Members of ‘Black Axe’ cybercriminal group extradited from South Africa
Prosecutors unsealed a 2021 indictment accusing the five men of conducting lucrative romance scams that stole thousands of dollars from more than 100 people.
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Pro-Ukraine Hacking Cat group deploying new malware against Russian targets
The pro-Ukraine hacktivist group Hacking Cat has evolved from carrying out website defacements and data leaks to more sophisticated and destructive attacks o...
Hundreds of fake government websites target users in Central Asia
The sites are designed to collect victims’ contact details, which scammers then use to target them through phone or email to steal money, personal informatio...
Revolut handed customer data to fraudsters using government email account
British fintech Revolut confirmed disclosing sensitive customer data to fraudsters who submitted emergency data requests from a legitimate government email a...
Thorough reorganization at NSA will create five 'mission centers,' including cyber and AI
The largest electronic spy agency in the world is reorganizing. And fast.
Florida says motor vehicle data breach tied to credentials stolen from officer’s personal device
The Florida Department of Motor Vehicles confirmed a data breach claimed by the cybercrime group ShinyHunters, saying it originated with the theft of credent...
Microsoft sees some new wrinkles in invoice-scam emails
Researchers analyzed a flood of fraudulent business emails and found that the threat actors had doubled-up on tactics to make them appear legitimate, includi...
Anthropic caught Russia-linked spies using Claude in hacking operations
Anthropic detected and disrupted a Russia-linked cyber-espionage group that used its AI tool Claude in a hacking campaign targeting more than 20 government, ...
Ukrainian hacker gets four years in US prison over Conti ransomware attacks
A Ukrainian national was sentenced to four years in a U.S.
Treasury urges banks to file cyber scam reports, noting nearly $13 billion in losses since 2023
As the cyber scam industry expands globally, the U.S.
IDScan confirms breach after hackers offer 153 million driver’s license scans for sale
A notice dated September 4 but not widely shared shows that IDScan acknowledged a data breach but did not specify how many people were affected.
Cyber Command turns to veteran of intelligence agencies for top AI role
Ronzelle Green, most recently a senior official at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, will be U.S.
Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries says DDoS attack delayed payments to sellers
Wildberries told several Russian media outlets earlier this week that payments to some sellers were delayed by security measures introduced after a distribut...
UK appoints new commander of National Cyber Force
The individual has not yet been avowed — the formal process in Britain by which an intelligence or security figure’s identity is publicly acknowledged — as r...
Multiple crypto companies warn customers of phishing emails after alleged provider breach
Subscribers to newsletters from Trezor, CoinTracking and BitBox received corrupted messages through an email provider that all three companies use.
CISA head says agency must change quickly to prevent the 'worst that could happen'
CISA's cybersecurity, infrastructure security and emergency communications divisions are among the priorities as the agency fills vacancies created at the be...
US disrupts Xinbi Guarantee marketplace fueling the cyber scam economy
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Grindr settles privacy lawsuit tied to disclosure of users’ HIV statuses for $35 million
The settlement concludes a legal fight that dates to April 2024, when UK users sued for the alleged violations of their country’s privacy laws.
Electronic health record company says customer data stolen in breach
Veradigm said access was limited to a specific interface, and did not impact the company’s broader environment such as its networks, servers or databases. Th...
Multiple Chinese hacking groups seen using identical Chrome zero-day exploit
A Google Chrome bug identified in August was exploited by at least four China-linked cyber-espionage groups, according to researchers.