FBI Seizes NSW2U, PS4PKG And Other Video Game Piracy Sites
The FBI’s Atlanta Field Office has seized several major online platforms involved in video game piracy. These websites offered pirated versions of popular video games,…
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India Charts Quantum-Safe Cyber Future
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in India, along with CERT-In and cybersecurity firm SISA, has launched a whitepaper titled “Transitioning to Quantum Cyber…
LogoKit Phishing Kit Used In Government, Other Attacks: Cyble
Cyble threat intelligence researchers identified a phishing campaign aimed at Hungarian government targets that further investigation revealed was connected to wider global attack campaigns targeting…
Qilin Solidifies Claim As Top Ransomware Group
Qilin was the top ransomware group by a wide margin in June, solidifying its position as the top ransomware group since RansomHub went offline at…
Ransomware Response Improves Even As Preparation Lags
One bright spot in Sophos’ annual State of Ransomware report released this week is that organizations have gotten better at stopping ransomware attacks before attackers…
British National Alleged To Be ‘IntelBroker’ By U.S.
The U.S. is alleging that 25-year-old British national Kai West is the prolific hacker “IntelBroker.” IntelBroker was arrested in February, the Paris, France Public Prosecutor’s…
BreachForums Operators Arrested By French Police
BreachForums was arguably the biggest cybercrime forum until it went offline in April amid rumors of the arrest of one of its most prominent members.…
Hackers Poisoning AI Tools’ Google Search Results To Deliver Infostealers
Threat actors are hijacking Google search results for popular AI platforms like ChatGPT and Luma AI to deliver malware, in a sprawling black hat SEO…
U.S. DDoS Attacks Launched By Pro-Iran Hacktivists
Iran-aligned hacktivists launched DDoS attacks against 15 U.S. organizations and 19 websites in the first 24 hours after the U.S. bombed Iranian nuclear targets on…
Africa Faces A Digital Sextortion Crisis As Numbers Surge
A continent-wide takedown of 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria in mid-2024 has spotlighted one of Africa’s fastest growing cyber threats: digital sextortion. The figure, disclosed…
Ukrainian Government Systems Targeted In APT28 Cyberattack
Russia-linked hackers are back at it again, this time with upgraded tools and a stealthier playbook targeting Ukrainian government systems. Ukraine’s national Computer Emergency Response…
Israel-Iran Conflict Sparks Wider Cyber Conflict, Malware
The Israel-Iran conflict that began with Israeli attacks on Iranian nuclear and military targets on June 13 has sparked a wider cyber conflict in the…