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Breaking News – Cyber Threats – 2026-04-18 03:00 PDT

Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)

Generated: 2026-04-18 03:00 PDT

  • [Webinar] Eliminate Ghost Identities Before They Expose Your Enterprise Data
    The Hacker News • 2026-04-18 01:07 • thehackernews.com
    In 2024, compromised service accounts and forgotten API keys were behind 68% of cloud breaches. Not phishing. Not weak passwords. Unmanaged non-human identities that nobody was watching.
    For every employee in your org, there are 40 to 50 automated credentials: service accounts, API tokens, AI agent connections, and OAuth grants. When projects end or employees leave, most
    https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/webinar-find-and-eliminate-orphaned-non.html
  • $13.74M Hack Shuts Down Sanctioned Grinex Exchange After Intelligence Claims
    The Hacker News • 2026-04-18 00:59 • thehackernews.com
    Grinex, a Kyrgyzstan-incorporated cryptocurrency exchange sanctioned by the U.K. and the U.S. last year, said it’s suspending operations after it blamed Western intelligence agencies for a $13.74 million hack.
    The exchange said it fell victim to what it described as a large-scale cyber attack that bore hallmarks of foreign intelligence agency involvement. This attack led to the theft of over 1
    https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/1374m-hack-shuts-down-sanctioned-grinex.html
  • Mirai Variant Nexcorium Exploits CVE-2024-3721 to Hijack TBK DVRs for DDoS Botnet
    The Hacker News • 2026-04-17 23:01 • thehackernews.com
    Threat actors are exploiting security flaws in TBK DVR and end‑of‑life (EoL) TP-Link Wi-Fi routers to deploy Mirai-botnet variants on compromised devices, according to findings from Fortinet FortiGuard Labs and Palo Alto Networks Unit 42.
    The attack targeting TBK DVR devices has been found to exploit CVE-2024-3721 (CVSS score: 6.3), a medium-severity command injection vulnerability affecting
    https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/mirai-variant-nexcorium-exploits-cve.html

Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.

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