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Cybercriminal groups embrace corporate structures to scale, sustain operations
2025-04-15 05:30

In this Help Net Security interview, Sandy Kronenberg, CEO of Netarx, discusses how cybercriminal groups are adopting corporate structures and employee incentives to scale operations, retain...

Cybersecurity firm buying hacker forum accounts to spy on cybercriminals
2025-04-14 19:36

Swiss cybersecurity firm Prodaft has launched a new initiative called 'Sell your Source' where the company purchases verified and aged accounts on hacking forums to to spy on cybercriminals. [...]

EncryptHub's dual life: Cybercriminal vs Windows bug-bounty researcher
2025-04-07 21:39

EncryptHub, a notorious threat actor linked to breaches at 618 organizations, is believed to have reported two Windows zero-day vulnerabilities to Microsoft, revealing a conflicted figure...

Cybercriminals exfiltrate data in just three days
2025-04-03 04:30

In 56% of Sophos managed detection and response (MDR) and incident response (IR) cases, attackers gained initial access to networks by exploiting external remote services, including edge devices...

Cybercriminals Exploit CSS to Evade Spam Filters and Track Email Users' Actions
2025-03-17 11:52

Malicious actors are exploiting Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), which are used to style and format the layout of web pages, to bypass spam filters and track users' actions. That's according to new...

Microsoft Exposes LLMjacking Cybercriminals Behind Azure AI Abuse Scheme
2025-02-28 10:33

Microsoft on Thursday unmasked four of the individuals that it said were behind an Azure Abuse Enterprise scheme that involves leveraging unauthorized access to generative artificial intelligence...

Microsoft names cybercriminals behind AI deepfake network
2025-02-27 18:15

Microsoft has named multiple threat actors part of a cybercrime gang accused of developing malicious tools capable of bypassing generative AI guardrails to generate celebrity deepfakes and other...

Cybercriminals Can Now Clone Any Brand’s Site in Minutes Using Darcula PhaaS v3
2025-02-21 13:03

The threat actors behind the Darcula phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform appear to be readying a new version that allows prospective customers and cyber crooks to clone any brand's legitimate...

Cybercriminals Use Eclipse Jarsigner to Deploy XLoader Malware via ZIP Archives
2025-02-20 11:12

A malware campaign distributing the XLoader malware has been observed using the DLL side-loading technique by making use of a legitimate application associated with the Eclipse Foundation. "The...

Cybercriminals shift focus to social media as attacks reach historic highs
2025-02-18 16:00

A new report from Gen highlights a sharp rise in online threats, capping off a record-breaking 2024. Between October and December alone, 2.55 billion cyber threats were blocked – an astonishing...