Category: CYBER SECURITY

A massive international law enforcement effort, led by the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), has taken down two Russian-linked money laundering networks that were quietly supporting global criminals, including ransomware groups.

Americans are being strongly encouraged to use encrypted messaging and calling apps to protect their personal information from potential exposure to foreign hackers still lurking in U.S. telecom networks.

Russian authorities have sentenced Stanislav Moiseyev, the leader of the notorious Hydra Market criminal group, to life imprisonment.

McAfee has uncovered 15 malicious "SpyLoan" apps on Google Play, collectively downloaded over 8 million times.

T-Mobile disclosed on Wednesday that it had recently detected attempts by "bad actors" to infiltrate its systems, but emphasized that no sensitive customer data, including calls, voicemails, or texts, was accessed.

This precautionary measure follows what appears to be another security incident involving the platform, which serves a global user base of over 140 million people.

Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler uncovered an unsecured database containing over 644,000 records belonging to SL Data Services, a company that provides information research services under the Propertyrec brand.

The Russian-based RomCom cybercrime group has been exploiting two zero-day vulnerabilities to target Firefox and Tor Browser users across Europe and North America.

Meta recently revealed that it has taken down over 2 million accounts involved in scams such as "pig butchering" since the start of 2024.

Russian cyber-espionage group APT28, also known as Fancy Bear, has pioneered a groundbreaking cyberattack method dubbed the "Nearest Neighbor Attack," enabling the breach of corporate WiFi networks from thousands of miles away.

This vulnerability allows attackers to exploit site administrators by tricking them into clicking malicious links, potentially performing unauthorized actions on their websites.

The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the seizure of PopeyeTools, a notorious website and online marketplace used for selling stolen credit card data and other cybercrime tools.

A significant data breach at Forces Penpals, a social networking and dating service for military personnel and their supporters, exposed more than 1.1 million records.

A French hospital has fallen victim to a cyberattack, exposing the sensitive medical records of 750,000 patients.

Australia has expressed growing concerns about the increasing targeting of critical infrastructure in cyberattacks, with one in ten incidents last year linked to sectors such as electricity, gas, water, education, and transport services.

Ford is investigating claims of a data breach after a hacker named "EnergyWeaponUser" allegedly leaked 44,000 customer records on the BreachForums hacking platform.

The U.S. Justice Department has unsealed charges against Evgenii Ptitsyn, a 42-year-old Russian national, for allegedly orchestrating the sale and distribution of the notorious Phobos ransomware.

Maxar Space Systems, a leading U.S. satellite manufacturer, has reported a data breach that exposed sensitive personal information belonging to its employees.

Chinese threat actors, known as "BrazenBamboo," are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Fortinet's FortiClient Windows VPN client using a custom post-exploitation toolkit named "DeepData."