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US govt says Americans lost record $12.5 billion to fraud in 2024
2025-03-10 19:05

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said today that Americans lost a record $12.5 billion to fraud last year, a 25% increase over the previous year. [...]

Rhysida pwns two US healthcare orgs, extracts over 300K patients' data
2025-03-10 14:00

Terabytes of sensitive info remain available for download Break-ins to systems hosting the data of two US healthcare organizations led to thieves making off with the personal and medical data of...

US cities warn of wave of unpaid parking phishing texts
2025-03-09 15:20

US cities are warning of an ongoing mobile phishing campaign pretending to be texts from the city's parking violation departments about unpaid parking invoices, that if unpaid, will incur an...

US seizes $23 million in crypto linked to LastPass breaches
2025-03-07 19:13

U.S. authorities have seized over $23 million in cryptocurrency linked to the theft of $150 million from a Ripple crypto wallet in January 2024. Investigators believe hackers who breached LastPass...

US charges Garantex admins with money laundering, sanctions violations
2025-03-07 15:40

The administrators of the Russian Garantex crypto-exchange have been charged in the United States with facilitating money laundering for criminal organizations and violating sanctions. [...]

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. [...]

Feds name and charge alleged Silk Typhoon spies behind years of China-on-US attacks
2025-03-06 00:47

Xi's freelance infosec warriors apparently paid up to $75K to crack a single American inbox US government agencies announced Wednesday criminal charges against alleged members of China's Silk...

US charges Chinese hackers linked to critical infrastructure breaches
2025-03-05 17:23

The US Justice Department has charged Chinese state security officers along with APT27 and i-Soon hackers for network breaches and cyberattacks that have targeted victims globally since 2011. [...]

China's Silk Typhoon, tied to US Treasury break-in, now hammers IT and govt targets
2025-03-05 17:22

They're good at zero-day exploits, too Silk Typhoon, the Chinese government crew believed to be behind the December US Treasury intrusions, has been abusing stolen API keys and cloud credentials...

Fake BianLian ransom notes mailed to US CEOs in postal mail scam
2025-03-05 02:18

Scammers are impersonating the BianLian ransomware gang in fake ransom notes sent to US companies via snail mail through the United States Postal Service. [...]