Financial deepfake scams targeted in bipartisan Senate bill
A congressional crackdown on deepfakes continued this week with the introduction of a bipartisan Senate bill targeting financial scams that leverage artificial intelligence to trick…
Category: Cyberscoop
Aflac duped by social-engineering attack, marking another hit on insurance industry
Aflac disclosed Friday that it experienced a cyberattack last week that potentially impacted the supplemental insurance company’s data. The Georgia-based company said it identified unauthorized…
Iran’s financial sector takes another hit as largest crypto exchange is targeted
Cyberattacks targeting Iran’s financial sector widened Wednesday, as a pro-Israel hacktivist group stole more than $90 million from Nobitex, the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. The…
Unusually patient suspected Russian hackers pose as State Department in ‘sophisticated’ attacks on researchers
The hackers targeting prominent researcher and Russian military expert Keir Giles were different this time. The attackers, suspected to be working on behalf of the…
Researchers say AI hacking tools sold online were powered by Grok, Mixtral
Multiple variants of jailbroken and uncensored AI tools being sold on hacker forums were likely generated using popular commercial large language models from Mistral AI…
Iran’s Bank Sepah disrupted by cyberattack claimed by pro-Israel hacktivist group
Bank Sepah’s website is offline following a hacktivist group’s claimed attack on the Iran state-owned bank. The group, known as Predatory Sparrow — or Gonjeshke…
Cyber experts call for supercharging volunteer network to protect community organizations
The United States should move toward a new model where “target rich, resource-poor” community organizations like hospitals, schools, utilities and municipal governments share their cybersecurity…
Scattered Spider, fresh off retail sector attack spree, pivots to insurance industry
Scattered Spider, the loose-knit cybercrime collective that recently ran roughshod over U.K.- and U.S.-based retailers, has pivoted once again, setting its sites on insurance companies,…
SEC withdraws cyber rules for investment companies, advisers
The Securities and Exchange Commission is pulling back cybersecurity regulations for investment companies and investment advisers proposed under the Biden administration. In a notice last…
Cybercrime crackdown disrupts malware, infostealers, marketplaces across the globe
As spring gives way to summer, a wave of cybercrime crackdowns has taken root, with law enforcement and private security companies directing a surge of…
European authorities disrupt top drug marketplace, arrest leader
Authorities across Europe toppled Archetyp Market, the longest-standing online drug marketplace, and arrested its lead administrator, Europol announced Monday. The coordinated takedown brought an end…
Predator spyware activity surfaces in new places with new tricks
Recorded Future said on Thursday that it had linked Intellexa infrastructure to new locations, the latest indication that the Predator spyware maker has adapted after…