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Hackers are stealing Instagram credentials through a tricky phishing scam that asks victims to apply for exclusive verified account status.

Researchers have identified security hole in Microsoft Office’s Excel spreadsheet program that allows an attacker to trigger a malware attack on remote systems.

A bug in the Electronic Arts gaming platform’s single sign-on mechanism could have allowed hackers to access game accounts.

Web analytics firm plugs a hole in its platform that allowed attackers to open a reverse shell that could be used to attack the service.

An attempt by Facebook to block a lawsuit, regarding a massive 2018 data breach, has been shot down.

The Threatpost team discusses the top news of the week – from a NASA cyberincident to dating app privacy issues.

Mozilla has patched a second actively-exploited vulnerability in Firefox this week.

Riviera Beach, a Florida city, is coughing up $600,000 to hackers after a ransomware attack brought down its computer systems.

Malware adds ransomware to its malicious bag of tricks.

Gnosticplayers have reportedly taken credit for the breach, which they say consists of 6 million records.