Former BreachForums administrator Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, 22, has been sentenced to three years in federal prison after his initial 17-day sentence was overturned. Operating as "Pompompurin," he pleaded guilty to access device conspiracy and possession of child sexual abuse material. Brea...
A sophisticated supply chain attack called "Shai-Hulud" has infected over 40 npm packages with self-replicating malware, marking the first worm targeting the JavaScript ecosystem. The attack trojans legitimate packages, steals developer credentials including GitHub, npm, and AWS tokens usi...
Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 and 2019 will reach end of support on October 14, 2025, after which Microsoft will cease providing security patches, technical support, and maintenance updates. Organizations must urgently migrate to either Exchange Online (cloud-based) or Exchange Server Sub...
A sophisticated mobile ad fraud operation called "SlopAds" has been exposed, involving 224 malicious apps with 38 million downloads across 228 countries. The scheme used advanced techniques including steganography to hide malicious code in images and conditional activation that only trigge...
A 22-year-old hacker who operated BreachForums, one of the world's largest cybercrime platforms with over 330,000 members, has been sentenced to three years in prison after prosecutors successfully appealed his original lenient sentence. Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, known as "Pompompurin," cre...
