Security News

The Badbox botnet is back, powered by up to a million backdoored Androids
2025-03-07 01:51

Best not to buy cheap hardware and use third-party app stores if you want to stay clear of this vast ad fraud effort Human Security’s Satori research team says it has found a new variant of the...

International cops seize ransomware crooks' favorite Russian crypto exchange
2025-03-06 22:32

Did US Secret Service not get the memo, or? A coalition of international law enforcement has shut down Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex, a favorite of now-defunct ransomware crew Conti and...

Microsoft says malvertising campaign impacted 1 million PCs
2025-03-06 20:53

​Microsoft has taken down an undisclosed number of GitHub repositories used in a massive malvertising campaign that impacted almost one million devices worldwide. [...]

Ransomware gang encrypted network from a webcam to bypass EDR
2025-03-06 20:31

The Akira ransomware gang was spotted using an unsecured webcam to launch encryption attacks on a victim's network, effectively circumventing Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), which was...

Uncle Sam mulls policing social media of all would-be citizens
2025-03-06 20:25

President ordered officials to ramp up vetting 'to the maximum degree' The US government's Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) is considering monitoring not just the social media posts of...

US seizes domain of Garantex crypto exchange used by ransomware gangs
2025-03-06 19:07

The U.S. Secret Service has seized the domain of the sanctioned Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex in collaboration with the Department of Justice's Criminal Division, the FBI, and Europol. [...]

Cybercrime 'crew' stole $635,000 in Taylor Swift concert tickets
2025-03-06 18:05

New York prosecutors say that two people working at a third-party contractor for the StubHub online ticket marketplace made $635,000 after almost 1,000 concert tickets and reselling them online. [...]

Ethereum private key stealer on PyPI downloaded over 1,000 times
2025-03-06 17:11

A malicious Python Package Index (PyPI) package named "set-utils" has been stealing Ethereum private keys through intercepted wallet creation functions and exfiltrating them via the Polygon...

DoJ Busts Alleged Global Hacking-for-Hire Network of ‘Cyber Mercenaries’
2025-03-06 17:05

Targets included the U.S. Treasury Department, journalists, and religious organisations, and the attacks intended to steal data and suppress free speech.

Cybersecurity jobs available right now in the USA: March 6, 2025
2025-03-06 16:00

CISO Amplitude | USA | Hybrid – View job details As a CISO, you will develop, implement, and maintain a comprehensive security strategy aligned with Amplitude’s business goals and risk tolerance....