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Retail 5 min read

French Supermarket Fridge Hack: What Happened and How to Prevent It

Attackers took over Danfoss refrigeration controllers in hundreds of French supermarkets and heated fridges to 50°C. What failed, which models are affected and how to protect them.

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Financial Services 5 min read

Hidden PC in a Kobe Hotel Sent 480,000 Phishing Emails

Police in Japan say a couple hid a mini PC behind a hotel fridge and used the hotel Wi-Fi to send 480,000 credit card phishing emails. How the scheme worked and what it teaches.

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Crypto 6 min read

Tampered Ledger Wallets: How the Hidden Implant Steals Seed Phrases

Tampered Ledger devices sold through third-party resellers carried a hidden cellular implant that sent seed phrases to attackers. Over $100 million was drained. How to check yours.

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Cybersecurity 4 min read

ASCII Smuggling: How Invisible Unicode Bypasses Email Filters

ASCII smuggling hides invisible Unicode tag characters inside words so email filters miss them while people read normal text. How the attack works and how to stop it.

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News 5 min read

Argentina SIPA Data Leak Claim: The Phishing Risk Explained

In September, a threat actor claimed to have access to 38 million records from Argentina's SIPA pension system. ANSES denies a hack. Here's what we know and how the leaked data fuels phishing.

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Cybersecurity 4 min read

Data Breaches and Spear Phishing: The Second Wave Explained

A data breach is often the reconnaissance phase for targeted phishing. How attackers turn leaked personal data into convincing lures, and how to stop the second wave.

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Research 4 min read

UAC-0099 Weaponizes Notepad++ and WinRAR Plugins to Deliver Malware

UAC-0099 is hijacking trusted apps like Notepad++ and WinRAR through malicious plugins and DLL sideloading. Here's the full infection chain, based on CERT-UA's technical advisory.

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Research 5 min read

From Exploit to Phishing: How Attackers Weaponized the Coldcard Entropy Incident

Days after the Coldcard entropy vulnerability went public, a phishing campaign impersonating Coinkite began tricking users into installing remote access malware disguised as a hardware audit tool.

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Crypto 4 min read

How Impersonation Fuels Gift Card and Crypto Scams

Gift card and crypto scams work because attackers borrow someone else's identity: a celebrity, an investment manager, even a loved one's voice. Here's how the impersonation angle actually plays out.

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Research 2 min read

How a Real ChatGPT Link Delivers Phishing via a Fake Codex Install

A malicious Google Ad leads to a real chatgpt.com link, where a fake "Codex" install command hides a base64 payload that drops the MacSync infostealer. Here's the full chain.

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Research 3 min read

Fake Data Breach Claims: Why Scam-Style Extortion Is Surging in 2026

Scam-style extortion is rising: attackers post fake data breach claims on leak sites with no real intrusion. Here's how the bluff works and how to verify before you panic.

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Research 3 min read

Click to Pray Exposes 700k Users: Inside a Textbook IDOR Failure

The Vatican's Click to Pray app leaked the personal data of 700,000 users for over six months through a basic IDOR flaw. Here's how sequential user IDs and zero auth checks did the damage.

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