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Cybercrooks are targeting Bengal cat lovers in Australia for some reason
2024-11-06 21:47

In case today’s news cycle wasn’t shocking enough, here’s a gem from Sophos Fresh from a series of serious reports detailing its five-year battle with Chinese cyberattackers, Sophos has dropped a...

Belgian cops cuff 2 suspected cybercrooks in Redline, Meta infostealer sting
2024-10-29 16:35

US also charges an alleged Redline dev, no mention of an arrest International law enforcement officials have arrested two individuals and charged another in connection with the use and...

Cybercrooks strut away with haute couture Harvey Nichols data
2024-09-20 09:27

Nothing high-end about the sparsely detailed, poorly publicized breach High-end British department store Harvey Nichols is writing to customers to confirm some of their data was exposed in a...

Cybercrooks spell trouble with typosquatting domains amid CrowdStrike crisis
2024-07-23 15:15

Thousands of typosquatting domains are now registered to exploit the desperation of IT admins still struggling to recover from last week's CrowdStrike outage, researchers say. The incident wasn't isolated and CrowdStrike was forced to issue a public memo on the same day warning against opportunistic cybercriminals exploiting the situation.

Cybercrooks crafting solo careers in wake of ransomware takedowns
2024-07-22 16:33

More baddies go it alone as trust in big gangs withers, claims Europol A fresh report from Europol suggests that the recent disruption of ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) groups is fragmenting the...

4 cuffed following probe into holiday scheme for cybercrooks
2024-06-05 12:06

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Cybercrooks get cozy with BoxedApp to dodge detection
2024-06-04 12:00

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Cybercrooks play dress-up as 'helpful' researchers in latest ransomware ruse
2024-01-10 17:01

Ransomware victims already reeling from potential biz disruption and the cost of resolving the matter are now being subjected to follow-on extortion attempts by criminals posing as helpful security researchers. Researchers at Arctic Wolf Labs publicized two cases in which casulaties of the Royal and Akira ransomware gangs were targeted by a third party, believed to be the same individual or group in both scenarios, and extorted by a fake cyber samaritan.

Cybercrooks book a stay in hotel email inboxes to trick staff into spilling credentials
2023-12-20 21:30

Cybercriminals are preying on the inherent helpfulness of hotel staff during the sector's busy holiday season. When the staff then responds by requesting more information, the attacker sends a message directing the staff to open a link that supposedly contains evidence supporting their claim.

Recruiters, beware of cybercrooks posing as job applicants!
2023-12-12 13:37

Recruiters are being targeted via spear-phishing emails sent by cybercrooks impersonating job applicants, Proofpoint researchers are warning. "The tone and content of the emails suggest to the recipient the actor is a legitimate candidate, and because the actor specifically targets people who are involved in recruiting and hiring, the emails do not immediately seem suspicious," they noted.