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World news
fromArs Technica
8 hours ago

SpaceX disables 2,500 Starlink terminals allegedly used by Asian scam centers

Cyber-enabled fraud factories in Myanmar exploit trafficked workers and unauthorized satellite internet to run global scam operations with militia and criminal syndicate involvement.
fromwww.dw.com
1 day ago

Myanmar: Notorious cyberscam center KK Park raided by army DW 10/21/2025

Myanmar's military have closed down an online scamming operation, detaining more than 2000 people, according to state media on Monday. During the raid, which took place near the border with Thailand, dozens of Starlink satellite internet terminals were also seized. Myanmar is notorious for hosting cyberscam operations which have been responsible for taking money from people all over the world through scams which usually involve gaining victims' confidence online with romantic ploys or other ruses.
World news
fromIrish Independent
6 days ago

Fraudsters scammed 160m in Ireland last year, with digital payments the fastest-growing avenue for criminals

The number of fraudulent payments reached €160m last year with so-called e-money fraud suffering the sharpest rise, a study by the Central Bank of Ireland shows. The biggest losses last year were credit transfers, or bank payments, followed by card payments, which made up a combined €113m. Neither saw significant increase, however, but fraudulent e-money payments rose from €3.3m in 2023 to €25.6m last year. E-money is the digital form of cash stored electronically, which can also be referred to as digital or electronic wallets.
Miscellaneous
Information security
fromFast Company
6 days ago

Russia, China crank up AI-powered cyberattacks on the U.S., Microsoft warns

Adversarial states and criminal groups increasingly use AI to create deceptive content and bolster cyberattacks against U.S. targets and critical infrastructure.
#data-breach
Information security
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Kido nursery hackers threaten to publish more children's profiles

A cybercrime group named Radiant hacked Kido nurseries, obtained thousands of children's personal data and photos, and is extorting the company with publication threats.
Information security
fromwww.standard.co.uk
3 weeks ago

Hackers steal children's names, pictures and addresses from nursery chain with 18 branches in London

Hackers stole sensitive personal data, including photos and safeguarding details, of about 8,000 children from Kido nurseries and attempted ransomware extortion.
Cryptocurrency
fromThe Hacker News
6 days ago

ThreatsDay Bulletin: $15B Crypto Bust, Satellite Spying, Billion-Dollar Smishing, Android RATs & More

Connected technologies and trusted apps are increasingly exploited for large-scale scams, forced labor, and mass theft of cryptocurrency, concentrating criminal power and global victimization.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

The Guardian view on the online scam industry: authorities must not forget that perpetrators are often victims too | Editorial

A transnational scam industry exploits victims both deceived and trafficked into forced labor, operating through guarded compounds across multiple countries.
UK news
fromTheregister
1 week ago

Salesforce bandits run into hiding amid arrests, seizures

SLSH, a youth-dominated Western cybercrime collective, announced it will go dark until 2026 after the FBI seized its site, vowing retaliation.
#breachforums
fromIT Pro
1 week ago
Information security

Third time lucky? The FBI just took down BreachForums, again

fromIT Pro
1 week ago
Information security

Third time lucky? The FBI just took down BreachForums, again

#hacking
fromDataBreaches.Net
1 week ago
Information security

In a few days, the PowerSchool hacker will learn his sentence, and his life as he has known it will end. - DataBreaches.Net

fromDataBreaches.Net
1 week ago
Information security

In a few days, the PowerSchool hacker will learn his sentence, and his life as he has known it will end. - DataBreaches.Net

fromTheregister
1 week ago

Microsoft warns of 'payroll pirate' attacks against US unis

In a blog post, Redmond said a cybercrime crew it tracks as Storm-2657 has been targeting university employees since March 2025, hijacking salaries by breaking into HR software such as Workday. The attack is as audacious as it is simple: compromise HR and email accounts, quietly change payroll settings, and redirect pay packets into attacker-controlled bank accounts. Microsoft has dubbed the operation "payroll pirate," a nod to the way crooks plunder staff wages without touching the employer's systems directly.
Information security
#ransomware
fromIT Pro
1 week ago
Information security

Rocketing number of ransomware groups as new, smaller players emerge

UK news
fromwww.dw.com
4 weeks ago

Suspect arrested in the UK over airport cyberattacks DW 09/24/2025

A man in his 40s was arrested in southern England over ransomware cyberattacks that disrupted major European airports including Heathrow, Dublin, Brussels and Berlin.
Miscellaneous
fromTechCrunch
4 weeks ago

UK police arrest man linked to ransomware attack that caused airport disruptions in Europe | TechCrunch

A man in his forties was arrested in West Sussex on suspicion of a Collins Aerospace ransomware attack that disrupted European airport check-in systems.
fromIT Pro
1 week ago
Information security

Rocketing number of ransomware groups as new, smaller players emerge

fromTechCrunch
4 weeks ago
Miscellaneous

UK police arrest man linked to ransomware attack that caused airport disruptions in Europe | TechCrunch

Information security
fromChannelPro
1 week ago

DNS Security 101: Safeguarding your business from cyber threats

Organizations must strengthen DNS security to prevent phishing, malware distribution, domain and subdomain hijacking, and other cyberattacks exploiting lookalike domains.
#cybersecurity
Information security
fromThe Hacker News
2 months ago

Scattered Spider Hijacks VMware ESXi to Deploy Ransomware on Critical U.S. Infrastructure

Scattered Spider targets VMware ESXi hypervisors, employing social engineering to bypass security measures and conduct precise, campaign-driven attacks.
fromTheregister
2 weeks ago

Salesloft hackers outsourcing ransom negotiations for $10

Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters has launched an unusual crowdsourced extortion scheme, offering $10 in Bitcoin to anyone willing to help pressure their alleged victims into paying ransoms.. The cybercrime collective is encouraging followers to email senior executives at organizations it claims to have breached, urging them to pay up and avoid publicity about the group's new data leak site. Those who contact executives through personal email accounts will receive higher rewards,
Information security
Digital life
fromLondon On The Inside
3 weeks ago

How To Explore New Frontiers Of Online Safety In Everyday Life

Digital life in Ireland and the UK requires proactive online safety habits, using privacy tools and choosing alternative platforms that prioritize user control.
Privacy professionals
fromwww.standard.co.uk
3 weeks ago

Harrods warns customers details may have been taken in data breach

Harrods e-commerce customers had basic personal identifiers, such as names and contact details, taken from a compromised third-party provider; passwords and payment details were not affected.
#sextortion
fromDataBreaches.Net
4 weeks ago

Man arrested in UK over alleged cyberattack that affected European airports - DataBreaches.Net

A man in his 40s was arrested in southern England over an alleged cyberattack that disrupted several European airports in recent days, including at London Heathrow, law enforcement officials said Wednesday.
Information security
fromWIRED
4 weeks ago

'SIM Farms' Are a Spam Plague. A Giant One in New York Threatened US Infrastructure, Feds Say

Due to the sheer scale of the infrastructure of this single SIM farm-and the fact that it reportedly came onto the Secret Service's radar after it was exploited in "swatting" attacks that targeted US members of Congress around Christmas of 2023-the agency has warned that the operation, which has been at least partially dismantled, posed a serious threat of a disruptive attack on cellular service.
Information security
Information security
fromComputerWeekly.com
4 weeks ago

Rethinking identity in the age of AI impersonation | Computer Weekly

Deepfakes have evolved into accessible, high-impact tools that enable audio and video impersonation, causing financial loss and undermining digital trust.
#transport-for-london
Miscellaneous
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Judge quashes Home Office decision to extradite vulnerable man to US

High court quashed extradition of a vulnerable autistic man to the US, citing grooming, suicide risk, mental-health needs and family ties.
Information security
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

US government charges British teenager accused of at least 120 'Scattered Spider' hacks | TechCrunch

Thalha Jubair, 19, faces U.S. federal charges for involvement in at least 120 cyberattacks, extortion of U.S. companies, and a Transport for London data breach.
#phishing
fromDataBreaches.Net
1 month ago
Information security

Microsoft seizes 338 websites to disrupt rapidly growing 'RaccoonO365' phishing service - DataBreaches.Net

fromDataBreaches.Net
1 month ago
Information security

Microsoft seizes 338 websites to disrupt rapidly growing 'RaccoonO365' phishing service - DataBreaches.Net

#data-breaches
fromThe Hacker News
1 month ago

DOJ Resentences BreachForums Founder to 3 Years for Cybercrime and Possession of CSAM

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday resentenced the former administrator of BreachForums to three years in prison in connection with his role in running the cybercrime forum and possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Conor Brian Fitzpatrick (aka Pompompurin), 22, of Peekskill, New York, pleaded guilty to one count of access device conspiracy, one count of access device solicitation, and one count of possession of child sexual abuse material. Fitzpatrick was initially arrested in March 2023 and pleaded guilty later that July.
US news
Privacy technologies
fromDataBreaches.Net
1 month ago

Cybercrime Government News People Recorded Future US national charged in Finnish psychotherapy center extortion - DataBreaches.Net

Finnish prosecutors charged U.S. national Daniel Lee Newhard with aiding and abetting attempted aggravated extortion in the Vastaamo psychotherapy center breach; he denies the charge.
fromDataBreaches.Net
1 month ago

Kivimaki walks free during appeal over Vastaamo data breach - DataBreaches.Net

Aleksanteri Kivimäki, convicted of thousands of cybercrimes linked to the Vastaamo data breach, has been released from custody by the Helsinki Court of Appeal. The decision followed two days of testimony from Kivimäki, who denied all charges. The court cited his prolonged pretrial detention as the reason for release. He has been in custody since February 2023. His trial will continue through November.
Privacy technologies
fromFortune
1 month ago

25-year-old arrested in SEC hack that spiked Bitcoin price | Fortune

The price of bitcoin briefly spiked more than $1,000 after the post claimed "The SEC grants approval for #Bitcoin ETFs for listing on all registered national securities exchanges." But soon after the initial post appeared, SEC Chairman Gary Gensler said on his personal account that the SEC's account was compromised. "The SEC has not approved the listing and trading of spot bitcoin exchange-traded products," Gensler wrote, calling the post unauthorized without providing further explanation.
US news
fromIT Pro
1 month ago

Anthropic admits hackers have 'weaponized' its tools - and cyber experts warn it's a terrifying glimpse into 'how quickly AI is changing the threat landscape'

"Agentic AI has been weaponized," the company said in a . "AI models are now being used to perform sophisticated cyber attacks, not just advise on how to carry them out."
Information security
#generative-ai
World news
fromMashable India
1 month ago

Bengaluru Techie Lost Rs 91 Lakh In Work-From-Home Scam On Telegram Promising Rs 5000-10,000 Daily Profit

A Bengaluru techie lost Rs 91 lakh to a Telegram work-from-home scam that used fake tasks, bonuses and blocked accounts to extort deposits.
#veriftools
#ai-misuse
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

Hackers used AI to 'to commit large-scale theft'

AI tools have been weaponised by hackers to enable large-scale theft, extortion, and sophisticated cyber attacks, including automated decision-making and job-application fraud.
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago
Information security

Anthropic says agentic AI has been 'weaponized' for hacking

Anthropic detected and stopped cybercriminals using its Claude AI to perform and automate full cyberattacks, including developing and selling ransomware.
#north-korea
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago
World news

US sanctions fraud network used by North Korean 'remote IT workers' to seek jobs and steal money | TechCrunch

fromTechCrunch
1 month ago
World news

US sanctions fraud network used by North Korean 'remote IT workers' to seek jobs and steal money | TechCrunch

#sanctions
Information security
fromTheregister
1 month ago

Crims laud Claude, use Anthropic's AI to plant ransomware

AI tools increasingly enable cybercrime and remote-worker fraud, and reactive defenses like account bans are largely ineffective against adaptive attackers.
Artificial intelligence
fromThe Verge
1 month ago

'Vibe-hacking' is now a top AI threat

Agentic AI systems like Claude are being weaponized to enable individuals to conduct complex cybercrimes, including extortion and "vibe-hacking," executed end-to-end.
Information security
fromTheregister
1 month ago

AWS, Cloudflare, Google, helped Feds identify DDOS suspect

Ethan Foltz, 22, allegedly operated the Rapper Botnet that conducted over 370,000 DDoS attacks using up to 95,000 infected devices and 6 Tbps capacity.
#interpol
#insider-sabotage
fromTechCrunch
2 months ago
Information security

Developer gets prison time for sabotaging former employer's network with a 'kill switch' | TechCrunch

fromTechCrunch
2 months ago
Information security

Developer gets prison time for sabotaging former employer's network with a 'kill switch' | TechCrunch

World news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

Large Interpol cybercrime crackdown in Africa leads to the arrest of over 1,200 suspects

Interpol's Operation Serengeti 2.0 arrested 1,209 suspects across Africa, recovered nearly $97.4 million, and dismantled major cybercrime and cryptocurrency scam networks.
fromTheregister
2 months ago

Interpol arrests 1,209 in Africa in cybercrime clampdown

Interpol's latest clampdown on cybercrime resulted in 1,209 arrests across the African continent, from ransomware crooks to business email compromise (BEC) scammers, the agency says. Operation Serengeti 2.0 took place between June and August this year, and the global policing coordinator confirmed today that it seized $97.4 million gained from cybercriminal enterprises across the continent. About $37 million was recovered in Angola, where authorities shut down 25 cryptocurrency mining centers allegedly run by 60 Chinese nationals using illegal power stations to validate blockchain transactions.
World news
World news
fromThe Hacker News
2 months ago

INTERPOL Arrests 1,209 Cybercriminals Across 18 African Nations in Global Crackdown

Operation Serengeti’s second phase led to 1,209 arrests, recovery of $97.4 million, and dismantling of widespread cybercrime infrastructure across Africa.
Information security
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Nigeria deports 60 Chinese, 39 Filipino convicted in crypto romance scams

Nigeria deported 102 foreign nationals convicted of cyber-terrorism and internet fraud amid a crackdown on romance-led fake cryptocurrency investment scams.
Information security
fromIT Pro
2 months ago

Rapper Bot was 'one of the most powerful DDoS botnets to ever exist' - now it's done and dusted

Ethan Foltz allegedly developed and operated the Rapper Bot botnet, enabling massive DDoS and cryptojacking attacks against devices worldwide, including a major outage at X.
US news
fromDataBreaches.Net
2 months ago

18 Arrested as Gurugram Call Centre Data Leak Fuels Massive SBI Credit Card Scam - DataBreaches.Net

Eighteen individuals were arrested in Delhi for defrauding SBI credit card holders of ₹2.6 crore through insider information and a money-laundering scheme.
Privacy technologies
fromThe Hacker News
2 months ago

SocGholish Malware Spread via Ad Tools; Delivers Access to LockBit, Evil Corp, and Others

SocGholish malware utilizes Traffic Distribution Systems to redirect users to malicious content and has a Malware-as-a-Service model for cybercriminal operations.
US politics
fromPC Gamer
2 months ago

Remote IT worker scam involving 90 laptops and stolen identities generated $17 million in illicit revenue allegedly bound for North Korea's nuclear weapons program

Remote work scams can exploit opportunities, as shown by a woman imprisoned for aiding North Koreans in fraudulently securing remote jobs.
Digital life
fromFast Company
2 months ago

WhatsApp removes 6.8 million accounts linked to scam centers

WhatsApp deleted 6.8 million accounts linked to criminal scam centers as part of efforts to combat digital scams.
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