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Generated: 2026-01-06 02:00 PST
- Coinbase insider who sold customer data to criminals arrested in India
Graham Cluley • 2026-01-06 00:38 • www.bitdefender.com
Police in India have arrested a former Coinbase customer service agent who is believed to have been bribed by cybercriminal gangs to access sensitive customer information.Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/coinbase-insider-who-sold-customer-data-to-criminals-arrested-in-india - 168: LoD
Darknet Diaries • 2026-01-06 00:00 • darknetdiaries.comThe Legion of Doom (LoD) wasn’t just a “hacker group”, it captured the essence of underground hacking in the 80s/90s. BBSes, phreaking, rival crews, and the crackdowns that changed everything. From those humble beginnings came a legacy that still echoes through modern security culture today.
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https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/168/ - New n8n Vulnerability (9.9 CVSS) Lets Authenticated Users Execute System Commands
The Hacker News • 2026-01-05 21:08 • thehackernews.com
A new critical security vulnerability has been disclosed in n8n, an open-source workflow automation platform, that could enable an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary system commands on the underlying host.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-68668, is rated 9.9 on the CVSS scoring system. It has been described as a case of a protection mechanism failure.
It affects n8n versions from
https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/new-n8n-vulnerability-99-cvss-lets.html
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
