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A major sports piracy ring linked to the illegal PirloTV streaming platform has been disrupted in an action that targeted 44 domains. PirloTV is a network of websites that aggregate and embed links to unauthorized live sports streams, primarily soccer, replaying feeds from various licensed broadcasters, depending on the event. The platform, which does not […]
The Bluekit phishing-as-a-service platform continues to evolve with nearly 70 new hostnames identified over the past week, and by adding browser-in-the-middle (BitM) capabilities for improved data theft. First documented in April by Varonis researchers, Bluekit provides an AI assistant that supports multiple large language models (Llama, GPT-4.1, Claude, Gemini, and DeepSeek) for drafting phishing emails. At […]
Google is rolling out new privacy controls for Search services and Google Play, giving you more control over saved history and personalized recommendations. In an email titled “New privacy settings for Search services,” sent to users and seen by GeekFeed, Google said it is “updating our settings to give you even more control over saved […]
A 21-year-old using the alias “Snoopy” was sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in hacking DraftKings accounts in the November 2022 cyberattack. In December 2025, the man, Nathan Austad of Minnesota, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit computer intrusion, admitting that he and co-conspirators compromised 60,000 DraftKings user accounts. During the attack, the […]
A malicious Microsoft Edge extension dubbed ‘Edgecution’ has been used in a ransomware attack to escape the browser sandbox and deploy a Python-based backdoor. Access to the local system is obtained by leveraging the Chrome Native Messaging protocol that allows browser extensions to interact with native desktop applications, such as a password manager communicating with […]
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning of hackers actively exploiting flaws in Ubiquity UniFi OS and Lantronix serial-to-ethernet servers. According to the BOD 26-04 directive, federal agencies have three days to apply available security updates or vendor-recommended mitigations. The Ubiquiti flaws that CISA added to its catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities are: Ubiquiti released security updates for the […]
Microsoft, Europol, and international partners have disrupted infrastructure used by the Amadey and StealC malware operations as part of Operation Endgame, which targets cybercriminal services and ransomware gangs. The law enforcement action involved authorities and private partners from multiple countries, who assisted in identifying and taking down, seizing, blocking, or sinkholing infrastructure tied to the malware […]
A new backdoor dubbed Mistic has been observed in financially motivated attacks targeting organizations in the insurance, education, IT, and professional services sectors. The malware is believed to be linked to KongTuke/Woodgnat, an initial access broker active since at least 2024 that specializes in compromising corporate networks and selling that access to ransomware groups, including […]
A high-severity SSRF vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20230, in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Server is now being exploited in attacks. Cisco released security updates for the CVE-2026-20230 flaw on June 3, warning that exploitation could give attackers root privileges on the device. “A vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) and Cisco Unified Communications Manager […]
Tata Electronics has confirmed in a statement to GeekFeed that it was the target of a cyberattack that impacted parts of its IT infrastructure. The company emphasizes that its operations continued to run normally and were not affected by the incident. “A few weeks ago, Tata Electronics identified a cybersecurity incident on some of our […]
