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19-Year-Old Hacker Taken into Custody for False Bomb Threats at Schools and Airplanes

Teen Arrested for Bomb Threats Linked to Cybercrime Group British authorities have taken a significant step in addressing cybercrime with the arrest of a 19-year-old individual associated with the notorious Apophis Squad. This group has been implicated in a series of hoax bomb threats directed at numerous educational institutions and…

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Mandiant Unveils Rainbow Table Capable of Breaking Weak Admin Passwords in Just 12 Hours

Microsoft’s NTLMv1 protocol, introduced in the 1980s alongside OS/2, has long been known for its vulnerabilities. Significant research, notably by cryptanalyst Bruce Schneier and Mudge in 1999, highlighted critical weaknesses in NTLMv1’s security architecture. This became alarmingly clear during the 2012 Defcon 20 conference, where researchers unveiled a toolkit that…

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Coupang’s Devastating Data Breach: A Cautionary Tale

Seoul Investigates Coupang for ‘Self-Investigation’ Amid Data Breach Fallout Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • January 16, 2026 Image: Ki Young/Shutterstock The recent data breach involving Coupang, South Korea’s largest e-commerce platform, has escalated significantly, as government bodies express dissatisfaction with the company’s efforts to address the incident. The breach, linked…

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Unfiltered Attack: Covert Privilege Escalation Technique Evades Windows Security

A new attack method termed NoFilter has emerged, leveraging the Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) for privilege escalation in the Windows operating system. This previously undetected approach poses significant risks as it could be exploited by threat actors to gain higher-level access without detection. Ron Ben Yizhak, a security researcher with…

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