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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 09 > slim-spider-steals-crypto-custody.html

Slim Spider Steals Crypto Custody Secrets From Brazilian Financial Institution

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (686+ words) A previously undocumented financially motivated threat actor has been linked to attacks targeting Brazilian financial institutions since at least March 2026. Cybersecurity company CrowdStrike is tracking the Brazil-based activity cluster under the name Slim Spider. Slim Spider has been observed orchestrating…...

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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 09 > liquid-hackers-return-3400-bitcoin.html

Liquid Hackers Return 3,400 Bitcoin Taken via Elements Bug, Still Holding $47M in BTC

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (636+ words) Whoever took nearly 4,000 bitcoin from the Liquid Network on Sunday, September 6, returned 3,400 of it the next day, Bitcoin's public record shows. About 598.5 bitcoin has not come back. Liquid is a Bitcoin sidechain that holds real bitcoin to back a token…...

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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 08 > doj-corrects-china-hacking-claim-says.html

DoJ Corrects China Hacking Claim, Says U.S. Agencies Were Targets, Not Victims

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (546+ words) The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Friday corrected a previously issued press statement that several of its agencies were victims of attacks carried out by Chinese threat actors, instead now pointing out that they were among those targeted. Last week,…...

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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 08 > cisa-red-team-compromised-two-critical.html

CISA Red Team Compromised Two Critical Infrastructure Orgs, One Detected Nothing

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (580+ words) The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published the results of two red team assessments it conducted simultaneously against two critical infrastructure organizations, using what it described as similar tradecraft while recording sharply different defensive outcomes. Both organizations were…...