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BreachForums admin 'Pompourin' sentenced to 20 years of supervised release

ID: a57b4380-4fb6-501e-b680-bc246dd33091

STIX ID: report--a57b4380-4fb6-501e-b680-bc246dd33091

Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Threat Score
75/100

Date Published: 2024-01-22

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Brandon Vigliarolo

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Infosec roundup: A former BreachForums administrator received supervised release after related charges; researchers disclosed PixieFail, nine UEFI/EDK II vulnerabilities affecting IPv6 PXE boot that can enable remote unauthenticated code execution and other severe impacts; multiple critical vulnerabilities are noted including an actively exploited Chrome V8 zero-day and Citrix NetScaler issues; Kaspersky published a simple Shutdown.log method to detect Pegasus-style iOS spyware; and a spearphishing attack led to $7.5M stolen from US HHS grant funds.

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