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UK cops say arrest of two young hackers disrupted the operations of an infamous hacking group

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Microsoft patches bug in video game Age of Empires II

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Iran abused mobile networks’ vulnerabilities to locate US military in the Middle East, report says

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Polymarket says hackers stole users’ funds

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Hacked Klue says criminals are deleting stolen customer data, but now other hackers are making threats

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Cellebrite said it cut off Russia, but Russia used its tools anyway

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New website names and shames companies that still don’t offer passkeys to users

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Cybercriminals allegedly hacked tens of thousands of Fortinet firewalls used by major companies all over the world

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Oracle warns of security bug that hackers abused to breach 100+ companies

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Former cyber executive turned whistleblower accuses IBM of covering up several data breaches

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Google and FBI warn of ransomware group that sends fake IT workers to hack victims in person

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Instagram is alerting users who were targeted by hackers during AI chatbot attacks

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Hackers hijacked Instagram accounts by tricking Meta AI support chatbot into granting access

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Grand Theft Auto V cheat service gets hacked, exposing thousands of gamers

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CrowdStrike and Google take down botnet used by hackers to target open source software developers

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Ghost hackers: the cybersecurity mystery that nobody has solved

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