US detains suspects behind $80 million ‘pig butchering’ scheme
The U.S. Department of Justice charged four suspects (two of them already detained) for their alleged involvement in a pig butchering fraud scheme that resulted…
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Microsoft disrupts cybercrime gang behind 750 million fraudulent accounts
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit seized multiple domains used by a Vietnam-based cybercrime group (Storm-1152) that registered over 750 million fraudulent accounts and raked in millions…
Discord adds Security Key support for all users to enhance security
Discord has made security key multi-factor authentication (MFA) available for all accounts on the platform, bringing significant security and anti-phishing benefits to its 500+ million…
U.S. nuclear research lab data breach impacts 45,000 people
The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) confirmed that attackers stole the personal information of more than 45,000 individuals after breaching its cloud-based Oracle HCM HR management…
Protect your Active Directory from these Password-based Vulnerabilities
Active Directory (AD) is a highly attractive target for threat actors due to its critical role as the identity (or access and authorization) system in…
Ledger dApp supply chain attack steals $600K from crypto wallets
Ledger is warnings users not to use web3 dApps after a supply chain attack on the ‘Ledger dApp Connect Kit’ library was found pushing a…
Microsoft seizes domains used to sell fraudulent Outlook accounts
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit seized multiple domains used by a Vietnam-based cybercrime group (Storm-1152) that registered over 750 million fraudulent accounts and raked in millions…
Stealthy KV-botnet hijacks SOHO routers and VPN devices
The Chinese state-sponsored APT hacking group known as Volt Typhoon (Bronze Silhouette) has been linked to a sophisticated botnet named ‘KV-botnet’ since at least 2022…
BazarCall attacks abuse Google Forms to legitimize phishing emails
A new wave of BazarCall attacks uses Google Forms to generate and send payment receipts to victims, attempting to make the phishing attempt appear more…
French police arrests Russian suspect linked to Hive ransomware
French authorities arrested a Russian national in Paris for allegedly helping the Hive ransomware gang with laundering their victims’ ransom payments. “New arrest in the…
LockBit ransomware now poaching BlackCat, NoEscape affiliates
The LockBit ransomware operation is now recruiting affiliates and developers from the BlackCat/ALPHV and NoEscape after recent disruptions and exit scams. Last week, the NoEscape…
Russian hackers target TeamCity servers since September
CISA and partner cybersecurity agencies and intelligence services warned that the APT29 hacking group linked to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has been targeting unpatched TeamCity…