McDonald's hiring platform was using its original default credentials and inadvertently exposed information belonging to approximately 64 million job applicants.
July 16, 2025
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McDonald's hiring platform was using its original default credentials and inadvertently exposed information belonging to approximately 64 million job applicants.‎‎‎
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Since surfacing on GitHub in 2019, AsyncRAT has become a poster child for how open source malware can democratize cybercrime, with a mazelike footprint of variants available across the spectrum of functionality.‎‎‎
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The intelligence-gathering cyber campaign introduces the novel HazyBeacon backdoor and uses legitimate cloud communication channels for command-and-control (C2) and exfiltration to hide its malicious activities.‎
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Using more than 600 domains, attackers entice Chinese-speaking victims to download a vulnerable Telegram app that is nearly undetectable on older versions of Android.‎
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Experts recommend enhanced AI literacy, training around the ethics of using AI, and verification protocols to maintain credibility in an increasingly AI-influenced courtroom.‎
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The new framework is modeled after and meant to complement the MITRE ATT&CK framework, and it is aimed at detecting and responding to cyberattacks on cryptocurrency assets and other financial targets.‎
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As global power realigns and economies falter, the rise in cybercrime is no longer hypothetical — it's inevitable.‎‎‎
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