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FBI seeks help to unmask Salt Typhoon hackers behind telecom breaches
2025-04-25 09:34

The FBI has asked the public for information on Chinese Salt Typhoon hackers behind widespread breaches of telecommunications providers in the United States and worldwide. [...]

Ransomware scum and other crims bilked victims out of a 'staggering' $16.6B last year, says FBI
2025-04-24 00:51

Biggest threat to America's critical infrastructure? Ransomware Digital scammers and extortionists bilked businesses and individuals in the US out of a "staggering" $16.6 billion last year,...

FBI: US lost record $16.6 billion to cybercrime in 2024
2025-04-23 15:21

The FBI says cybercriminals have stolen a record $16,6 billion in 2024, marking an increase in losses of over 33% compared to the previous year. [...]

FBI: Scammers pose as FBI IC3 employees to 'help' recover lost funds
2025-04-18 16:19

The FBI warns that scammers posing as FBI IC3 employees are offering to "help" fraud victims recover money lost to other scammers. [...]

CISA and FBI Warn Fast Flux is Powering Resilient Malware, C2, and Phishing Networks
2025-04-07 13:40

Cybersecurity agencies from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States have published a joint advisory about the risks associated with a technique called fast flux that has been adopted...

Top cybersecurity boffin, wife vanish as FBI raids homes
2025-03-31 23:16

Indiana Uni rm -rf online profiles while agents haul boxes of evidence A tenured computer security professor at Indiana University and his university-employed wife have not been seen publicly...

FBI warnings are true—fake file converters do push malware
2025-03-23 14:09

The FBI is warning that fake online document converters are being used to steal people's information and, in worst-case scenarios, lead to ransomware attacks. [...]

Dept of Defense engineer took home top-secret docs, booked a fishing trip to Mexico – then the FBI showed up
2025-03-20 23:02

So much for that vacation A US Department of Defense electrical engineer has turned his world upside down after printing 155 pages from 20 documents, all of which were marked top secret and...

Scam Alert: FBI ‘Increasingly Seeing’ Malware Distributed In Document Converters
2025-03-19 19:11

FBI warns computer users to keep an eye out for malware, including ransomware, distributed through working document converters.

FBI: Free file converter sites and tools deliver malware
2025-03-18 11:26

Malware peddlers are increasingly targeting users who are searching for free file converter services (websites) and tools, the FBI’s Denver Field Office has warned earlier this month. “To conduct...