When Privacy Becomes a Weapon: Understanding Doxxing and Privacy Vulnerabilities in Mainland China's Social Media Ecosystem

Doxxing, the malicious disclosure of personal information, has become a pervasive privacy threat. Yet existing research remains predominantly Western-centric, limiting our understanding of how doxxing unfolds in contexts where mandatory identity systems, platform governance, and cultural logics...

NSFW app leak exposes 70,000 prompts linked to individual users

MyLovely.AI, an AI “artwork” generation platform, has reportedly been compromised, affecting 106,362 registered users. The AI girlfriend app allows users to generate personalized NSFW content and engage in real-time conversations with AI-generated personas, often sharing highly personal prompts a...

EUVD-2026-12379

Insecure Direct Object Reference IDOR vulnerability in Campus Educativa specifically at the endpoint '/archivos/usuarios/ID/username/thumbAAxAA.jpg' translated as 80x90 and 40x45. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated attacker to access the profile photos of...

CVE-2026-3111

Insecure Direct Object Reference IDOR vulnerability in Campus Educativa specifically at the endpoint '/archivos/usuarios/ID/username/thumbAAxAA.jpg' translated as 80x90 and 40x45. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated attacker to access the profile photos of...

CVE-2026-3111 Multiple vulnerabilities on the Educativa Campus

Insecure Direct Object Reference IDOR vulnerability in Campus Educativa specifically at the endpoint '/archivos/usuarios/ID/username/thumbAAxAA.jpg' translated as 80x90 and 40x45. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated attacker to access the profile photos of...

PT-2026-25668

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Campus Educativa affected versions not specified Description An Insecure Direct Object Reference IDOR issue exists in Campus Educativa. This allows an unauthenticated attacker to access user profile photos via manipulation of the URL at the AP...

ICE Agent Doxxing Platform was Crippled After Coordinated DDoS Attack

The activist website called "ICE List" was offline after a massive DDoS attack. The crash followed a leak of 4,500 federal agent names linked to the Renee Nicole Good shooting...

Your Digital Footprint Can Lead Right to Your Front Door

You lock your doors at night. You avoid sketchy phone calls. You're careful about what you post on social media. But what about the information about you that's already out there—without your permission? Your name. Home address. Phone number. Past jobs. Family members. Old usernames. It's all sti...

Bincode is unmaintained

Due to a doxxing and harassment incident, the bincode team has taken the decision to cease development permanently. The team considers version 1.3.3 a complete version of bincode that is not in need of any updates. Alternatives to consider wincode postcard bitcode rkyv...

A week in security (December 8 – December 14)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: The US digital doxxing of H-1B applicants is a massive privacy misstep Google ads funnel Mac users to poisoned AI chats that spread the AMOS infostealer How private is your VPN? DroidLock malware locks you out of your Android device and demands ransom Malwarebytes...

Dark Web Roast – November 2025 Edition

Dark Web Roast – November 2025 Edition By Trellix Advanced Research Center · December 9, 2025 Executive summary November 2025 delivered a masterclass in underground incompetence that would make any cybersecurity professional simultaneously laugh and cry. From the Silent data-extortion group getti...

ThreatsDay Bulletin: $176M Crypto Fine, Hacking Formula 1, Chromium Vulns, AI Hijack & More

Criminals don’t need to be clever all the time; they just follow the easiest path in: trick users, exploit stale components, or abuse trusted systems like OAuth and package registries. If your stack or habits make any of those easy, you’re already a target. This week’s ThreatsDay highlights show...

ThreatsDay Bulletin: $176M Crypto Fine, Hacking Formula 1, Chromium Vulns, AI Hijack & More

Criminals don’t need to be clever all the time; they just follow the easiest path in: trick users, exploit stale components, or abuse trusted systems like OAuth and package registries. If your stack or habits make any of those easy, you’re already a target. This week’s ThreatsDay highlights show...

Hackers Dox ICE, DHS, DOJ, and FBI Officials

Plus: A secret FBI anti-ransomware task force gets exposed, the mystery of the CIA’s Kryptos sculpture is finally solved, North Koreans busted hiding malware in the Ethereum blockchain, and more...

Shifts in the Underground: The Impact of Water Kurita’s (Lumma Stealer) Doxxing

A targeted underground doxxing campaign exposed alleged core members of Lumma Stealer Water Kurita, resulting in a sharp decline in its activity and a migration of customers to rival infostealer platforms...

ViLe Cybercrime Group Members Plead Guilty to Hacking DEA Portal

"ViLe" Hackers Busted! Two men plead guilty to breaching a federal law enforcement portal. Learn about the dangers of cybercrime, doxxing, and how authorities are working to combat these threats. This case highlights the importance of cybersecurity for law enforcement and the consequences for...

From Cryptojacking to DDoS Attacks: Diicot Expands Tactics with Cayosin Botnet

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered previously undocumented payloads associated with a Romanian threat actor named Diicot , revealing its potential for launching distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks. "The Diicot name is significant, as it's also the name of the Romanian organized crim...

"ViLE" members posed as police officers and extorted victims

Two men have been charged with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit computer intrusions after they allegedly extorted victims by threatening to publish their personal information online--a practice known as doxxing. In a press release, the US Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of New York...

New Twitter data dump is a cleaned up version of old Twitter dump

News of data dumps is often scary as the possibilities of identity theft, account takeovers, user de-anonymization, and other online data-driven threats rear their ugly heads. Reading about the latest reports of a new Twitter dump, however, is like opening up an already-healed wound, as the dump...

Twitter Bans Users From Posting 'Private Media' Without a Person's Consent

Twitter on Tuesday announced an expansion to its private information policy to include private media, effectively prohibiting the sharing of photos and videos without express permission from the individuals depicted in them with an aim to curb doxxing and harassment. "Beginning today, we will not...