IDScan sued over 153 million licence breach, FalconFlank zero-day hijacks CrowdStrike, Magento stores backdoored with no patch

IDScan sued over 153 million licence breach, FalconFlank zero-day hijacks CrowdStrike, Magento stores backdoored with no patch

Author: David Shipley September 7, 2026 Duration: 14:25

Identity verification firm IDScan faces multiple lawsuits and investigations after hackers allegedly breached it. The criminals offered over 153 million U.S. and Canadian driver's license scans for sale.

Nightmare Eclipse releases FalconFlank, a zero-day privilege escalation that abuses CrowdStrike's Falcon alongside other zero-days targeting Kaspersky, Avast, and Nvidia.

Sansec disclosed an unpatched Magento/Adobe Commerce flaw "Style Smuggler" enabling unauthenticated code execution.

Arctic Wolf observed active exploitation of PaperCut authentication bypass and RCE flaws against schools, including credential theft and lateral-movement prep.

UK police data shows reported losses from hacked accounts rose 417% amid improved reporting via the new Report Fraud system.

00:00 Top Headlines

00:31 IDScan Breach Lawsuits

03:13 FalconFlank Zero Day

05:02 Security Tools Weaponized

05:48 Magento Style Smuggler

08:59 Papercut Attacks Schools

11:02 UK Account Hack Losses

13:57 Wrap Up and Sign Off


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