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Trojan hacking discord account and blocking factory reset

  • Published date: 2026-05-23 22:24:21

Trojan hacking discord account and blocking factory reset - posted in Virus, Trojan, Spyware, and Malware Removal Help: I recently installed a trojan on accident after a redirect went through my adblocker and started a download automatically. despite cancelli…

I recently installed a trojan on accident after a redirect went through my adblocker and started a download automatically. despite cancelling the download i did get a notification from windows defend… [+55113 chars]

Trojan hacking discord account and blocking factory reset

  • Published date: 2026-05-23 22:24:21

Trojan hacking discord account and blocking factory reset - posted in Virus, Trojan, Spyware, and Malware Removal Help: I recently installed a trojan on accident after a redirect went through my adblocker and started a download automatically. despite cancelli…

I recently installed a trojan on accident after a redirect went through my adblocker and started a download automatically. despite cancelling the download i did get a notification from windows defend… [+55113 chars]

Trojan hacking discord account and blocking factory reset

  • Published date: 2026-05-23 22:24:21

Trojan hacking discord account and blocking factory reset - posted in Virus, Trojan, Spyware, and Malware Removal Help: I recently installed a trojan on accident after a redirect went through my adblocker and started a download automatically. despite cancelli…

I recently installed a trojan on accident after a redirect went through my adblocker and started a download automatically. despite cancelling the download i did get a notification from windows defend… [+55113 chars]

My phone was hacked by Moscow, says Farage: 'Deeply concerned' Reform leader claims Russian spies leaked details of £5million gift that could lead to ban from Commons

  • Glen Owen
  • Published date: 2026-05-23 21:27:22

Sources say Nigel Farage became 'suspicious' that he had been compromised by 'foreign state actors' after the donation made by Christopher Harborne (pictured left) was made public.

Nigel Farage claims Russian spies hacked his phone to obtain details of his controversial £5million gift from a crypto billionaire. Sources say the Reform UK leader became intensely suspicious that … [+5894 chars]

Robot mower flaw could open your home network

  • None
  • Published date: 2026-05-23 18:57:32

Security researcher says Yarbo robot mowers contained serious flaws enabling remote access, live camera feeds and Wi-Fi password theft from home networks.

A robot mower sounds like the kind of yard tool that should make life easier. It cuts the grass, saves you time and quietly handles a chore most people would rather avoid. But a new independent secu… [+11105 chars]

CVE-2026-9082: Drupal’s Highly Critical SQL Injection Flaw Is Already Under Active Attack

  • Pierluigi Paganini
  • Published date: 2026-05-23 16:17:07

Attackers began exploiting Drupal SQL injection flaw CVE-2026-9082 within 48 hours of patch release. Drupal issued a highly critical security patch on May 20 for CVE-2026-9082, a SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to compromise …

CVE-2026-9082: Drupal’s Highly Critical SQL Injection Flaw Is Already Under Active Attack Drupal issued a highly critical security patch on May 20 for CVE-2026-9082, a SQL injection vulnerability th… [+4853 chars]

They have millions of online followers, deals with luxury brands and teach your teen the art of scam: This is the new generation of FRAUDSTERS

  • Roger Alton
  • Published date: 2026-05-23 16:00:52

Online scams are more and more common, new book reveals the depths to which scammers go and the success they achieving teaching others their arts.

Fraud is everywhere. It makes up 40 per cent of all criminal activity in the UK, more when you include something called Authorised Push Payment Fraud, which is when a scammer tricks you into sending … [+5754 chars]

These special phone and app features can help protect you from spyware

  • Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
  • Published date: 2026-05-23 16:00:00

Apple, Meta, and Google offer special security modes that provide your devices more secure against targeted spyware attacks. Here are how those modes work, what they do, and how to switch them on.

Spyware attacks on journalists, human rights defenders, and political dissidents are no longer rare or exotic. In early 2025, WhatsApp notified roughly 90 users many of them journalists and civil soc… [+10715 chars]

Cockroach Janta Party has lost access to all its social media accounts, says founder Abhijeet Dipke

  • PTI
  • Published date: 2026-05-23 13:14:10

Cockroach Janta Party founder claims crackdown after losing social media access while demanding Education Minister's resignation over NEET-UG paper leak.

Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Saturday alleged a crackdown on the satirical digital outfit, saying it does not have access to any of its social media accounts following a seri… [+2879 chars]

Why pure extortion is replacing traditional ransomware

  • Pierluigi Paganini
  • Published date: 2026-05-23 13:13:59

Ransomware gangs are shifting from encryption to pure extortion, focusing on stolen data, reputational pressure, and stealthier attacks. Ransomware groups are quietly changing strategy in 2026. Instead of encrypting systems and causing immediate disruption, m…

Why pure extortion is replacing traditional ransomware Ransomware groups are quietly changing strategy in 2026. Instead of encrypting systems and causing immediate disruption, many attackers are now… [+6671 chars]

Offices, Then and Now

  • Jamie Todd Rubin
  • Published date: 2026-05-23 13:00:29

As I wrapped up my work yesterday, I looked around my home office and flashed back to my home office 30 years earlier. My “office” back then was a desk in a small one-bedroom Studio City apartment, with a single 3-shelf bookcase. Today, my office is a room of…

As I wrapped up my work yesterday, I looked around my home office and flashed back to my home office 30 years earlier. My “office” back then was a desk in a small one-bedroom Studio City apartment, w… [+6033 chars]

First VPN Seized by European Authorities Over Organized Crime Links

  • Will Mccurdy
  • Published date: 2026-05-23 12:36:05

The FBI said the VPN had been used by 'at least 25 ransomware groups,' including Avaddon, for activities including botnet operations, denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, scams, and hacking. A VPN that was reportedly extremely popular among organized criminal gr…

A VPN that was reportedly extremely popular among organized criminal groups has been taken down and seized following a collaborative investigation led by France and the Netherlands, dubbed Operation … [+2509 chars]

First VPN Seized by European Authorities Over Organized Crime Links

  • Will Mccurdy
  • Published date: 2026-05-23 12:36:05

The FBI said the VPN had been used by 'at least 25 ransomware groups,' including Avaddon, for activities including botnet operations, denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, scams, and hacking. A VPN that was reportedly extremely popular among organized criminal gr…

A VPN that was reportedly extremely popular among organized criminal groups has been taken down and seized following a collaborative investigation led by France and the Netherlands, dubbed Operation … [+2509 chars]

Cockroach Janta Party has lost access to all its social media accounts, says founder Abhijeet Dipke

  • PTI
  • Published date: 2026-05-23 10:34:05

Cockroach Janta Party founder claims crackdown after losing social media access while demanding Education Minister's resignation over NEET-UG paper leak.

Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Saturday alleged a crackdown on the satirical digital outfit, saying it does not have access to any of its social media accounts following a seri… [+2879 chars]

Ghostwriter Is Back, Using a Ukrainian Learning Platform as Bait to Hit Government Targets

  • Pierluigi Paganini
  • Published date: 2026-05-23 09:39:32

Ghostwriter targeted Ukrainian government agencies with phishing emails delivering malware and Cobalt Strike payloads. The Belarus-nexus APT group Ghostwriter (also tracked as UAC-0057 and UNC1151) has resurfaced with a new phishing campaign targeting Ukraini…

Ghostwriter Is Back, Using a Ukrainian Learning Platform as Bait to Hit Government Targets The Belarus-nexus APT group Ghostwriter (also tracked as UAC-0057 and UNC1151) has resurfaced with a new ph… [+4075 chars]

Retro enthusiast injects Snake game into vintage S3 graphics card VBIOS — enjoy some serpentum fun while your old PC boots

  • Mark Tyson
  • Published date: 2026-05-23 09:30:00

A retro PC enthusiast has modified the VBIOS of a vintage graphics card to embed a version of Snake – the game everyone used to play on their dumb phones.

A retro PC enthusiast has modified the VBIOS of a vintage graphics card to embed a version of Snake – the game everyone used to play on their dumb phones. This tiny dose of serpentum fun is playable … [+3449 chars]

distribution finetuning

  • long
  • Published date: 2026-05-23 05:47:02

Technical Report: How Distribution Fine Tuning (DFT) improves LLM writing quality

Abstract/TLDR: LLMs are notoriously formulaic at writing, overusing certain tokens or phrases. I show that models trained with SFT fail to match the distribution of the training data by using Maximum… [+40738 chars]

Re: [BGP Hijack] AS202734 hijacked multiple Chinese Carriers on May 16-17 – Full evidence and attribution

  • None
  • Published date: 2026-05-23 05:13:10

Posted by 茶栗 via NANOG on May 22Hello, Zhong Miao and other colleagues on the NANOG mailing list, Apologies for the late-night message and for adding out-of-region noise to the mailing list, but I feel compelled to share some context regarding this situati…

From: via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>Date: Sat, 23 May 2026 14:09:19 +0900 Hello, Zhong Miao and other colleagues on the NANOG mailing list, Apologies for the late-night message and for … [+2581 chars]

The Team Behind The Flipper One Needs Your Help

  • Zoe Skyforest
  • Published date: 2026-05-23 05:00:26

You’ve probably heard of the Flipper Zero, a pocket-sized device that packs in lots of great hacking potential. The team behind it has now turned their efforts towards developing the …read more

You’ve probably heard of the Flipper Zero, a pocket-sized device that packs in lots of great hacking potential. The team behind it has now turned their efforts towards developing the Flipper One, and… [+1478 chars]

What did Trump Mobile expose about customers? #tech

  • AllToc
  • Published date: 2026-05-23 00:01:53

Trump Mobile exposed customers’ data, including addresses Multiple outlets report that Trump Mobile, the phone service marketed under the Trump brand, exposed customer information to the open internet before many consumers even had the phone in hand. The expo…

Multiple outlets report that Trump Mobile, the phone service marketed under the Trump brand, exposed customer information to the open internet before many consumers even had the phone in hand. The e… [+1566 chars]

AI Pizza Hut, Lying AI Agents, AI Starbucks, More: ResearchBuzz AI Update, May 22, 2026

  • ResearchBuzz
  • Published date: 2026-05-22 23:09:20

AI PROBLEMS The Register: Frustrated franchisee sues Pizza Hut over crappy kitchen AI. “The back-of-house AI system that Pizza Hut has mandated its restaurants to adopt has been so poorly received by […]

AI PROBLEMS The Register: Frustrated franchisee sues Pizza Hut over crappy kitchen AI. “The back-of-house AI system that Pizza Hut has mandated its restaurants to adopt has been so poorly received b… [+6876 chars]

Getting Real

  • Doc Searls
  • Published date: 2026-05-22 21:17:37

In my Oofday post, I shared a post in Hackrnoon titled We Treated Potholes Like Software Bugs and Accidentally Built a Civic Hacking Playbook. The story is about a civic hack in Sofia. The writing is vivid, clear, and useful. Everything in the piece is excell…

This image is clipped from one in the story below, about how people in Sofia mark potholes so the city can debug them. In my Oofday post, I shared a post in Hackrnoon titled We Treated Potholes Lik… [+3057 chars]