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Another Thursday, another pile of weird security stuff that somehow happened in just seven days. Some of it is clever. Some of it is lazy. A few bits fall into that uncomfortable category of “yeah… this is probably going to show up in real incidents sooner than we’d like.” The pattern this week feels familiar in a slightly annoying way. Old tricks are getting polished. New research shows how
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AI-generated phishing is rapidly reshaping email risk, with more attacks slipping past filters and landing directly in users’ inboxes, even though AI-generated emails remain a minority of total phishing. The human element remains central: 68% of breaches involve people, and 80–95% of those begin with phishing, making social engineering the dominant breach vector. Phishing volume […]
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This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine
Sausalito, Calif. – Mar. 12, 2026Stacy Horn, 66, is an author and the founder of East Coast Hang Out, or ECHO, which is widely regarded as the first social network. She joined Cybercrime Magazine Podcast host Heather Engel to discuss her background and the startup of ECHO in 1990, as well as its impact on broader cyber culture and the future of social media on the Internet.
Here’s an excerpt from a 2023 story on ECHO in MIT Technology Review:
When Horn, 37 at the time, founded ECHO in 1989, she wanted to create a digital space that was social and unequivocally New York. Members had to meet two requirements: they had to be geeky enough to navigate a cumbersome, text-based digital platform in the early days of the internet, but culturally in tune enough to foster the types of conversations you might hear at a West Village dinner party.
Horn enlisted her graduate school friends (she was a recent graduate of New York University’s interactive telecommunications program), as well as members of other bulletin-board-style platforms.
One primary source of inspiration was the California-based online community known as the WELL (for “Whole Earth ’Lectronic Link”), started by Stewart Brand in 1985. Brand is well known for being a counterculture impresario in the Bay Area during the 1960s, editing the widely distributed Whole Earth Catalog.
Just as the WELL brought together experimental, self-sufficient individuals who foresaw the endless possibilities of computers, ECHO defined the New York web scene and influenced the design of contemporary social networks, creating lifelong friendships in the process. [Full Story…]
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A newly uncovered malware campaign dubbed KadNap has silently conscripted more than 14,000 internet‑exposed routers and edge devices into a stealth proxy botnet, with Asus routers the primary victims. More than 60% of known victims are located in the United States, with additional infections observed in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Russia, and other countriesHow KadNap Infects Routers The […]
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Learn how to protect smart home devices from hackers. Strong passwords, updates and secure networks help keep cameras, sensors and data safe.
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The most dangerous phishing campaigns aren’t just designed to fool employees. Many are designed to exhaust the analysts investigating them. When a phishing investigation takes 12 hours instead of five minutes, the outcome can shift from a contained incident to a breach. For years, the cybersecurity industry has focused on the front door of phishing defense: employee training, email gateways that
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A new wave of ClickFix campaigns targeting macOS users and delivering the MacSync infostealer, signaling a growing shift in threat actor tactics against Apple devices. The attacks rely heavily on social engineering rather than software exploits, tricking users into manually executing malicious commands in macOS Terminal. ClickFix is a deceptive technique where attackers present step‑by‑step […]
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Threat actors are increasingly exploiting legitimate Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) tools to breach corporate networks and establish persistent access. This tactic allows attackers to bypass traditional security defenses by blending malicious activities with routine administrative tasks. The Surge of RMM Abuse The exploitation of remote management software has become a primary initial access vector […]
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Researchers have discovered PixRevolution, a new Android banking trojan targeting Brazil’s PIX system. Unlike automated scams, this malware uses live operators to watch your screen and divert funds instantly.
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A recent Microsoft 365 credential harvesting campaign shows how attackers are exploiting CloudFlare’s protective features to shield malicious phishing sites from security scanners and threat researchers. CloudFlare is widely used by organizations to improve website performance and protect against attacks such as bots, DDoS, and automated scanning. However, these same protections can also unintentionally benefit […]
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