FBI: Hackers using social engineering to breach accounts and steal explicit content
2026-08-12T20:51:48Z•67f88da14c0cd310e4c9c7e2cafa2c32e89a5b9d192b4ad15f748b5ef2074444
ACROCISADPRKMicrosoftNorth KoreaPatch Tuesdayactive exploitationcredential theftdata breachjob application phishingphishingprivacysocial engineeringvulnerability management
What happened
The feed reports multiple cybersecurity developments, including FBI warnings about social engineering and spoofed sites used to steal private explicit content, three undetected breaches at the UK criminal records office ACRO, a large Microsoft Patch Tuesday release, and a Microsoft vulnerability exploited in a North Korean campaign against job applicants. The most urgent item concerns active exploitation and CISA-directed federal patching.
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