A new sample of the ToneShell backdoor, typically seen in Chinese cyberespionage campaigns, has been delivered through a kernel-mode loader in attacks against government organizations.

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Hackers have exposed heavily redacted information from the latest 11,034 documents in the Epstein files, released on Monday.

A ransomware gang exploited the critical React2Shell vulnerability (CVE-2025-55182) to gain initial access to corporate networks and deployed the file-encrypting malware less than a minute later.

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Strong encryption is the backbone of digital privacy and secure data. Pressure on the government to weaken encryption is mounting, which raises some serious concerns. How do we preserve strong ...

Using Dumpling to extract the game files from the disc directly. Using wudump to create a .wud file, and then using JWUDTool to extract the raw game files from that file. Other than the fact that ...

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So, you’re thinking about using MEGA cloud storage, huh? It promises a lot of space and some pretty serious privacy features. But is it really as secure and private as it claims? We’re going to break ...