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Information security
fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago

Gucci, Balenciaga and Alexander McQueen private data ransomed by hackers

Cyber criminals stole personal data of potentially millions of Kering luxury brand customers, including names, contact details, addresses and total purchase amounts.
Law
fromDataBreaches.Net
3 weeks ago

Kosovo National Pleads Guilty To Operating An Online Criminal Marketplace - DataBreaches.Net

Liridon Masurica pleaded guilty to leading BlackDB.cc, a marketplace selling stolen credentials and personal data, and faces up to 10 years in federal prison.
Digital life
fromLondon On The Inside
4 days 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
5 days 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
fromWIRED
1 month ago
US news

493 Cases of Sextortion Against Children Linked to Notorious Scam Compounds

fromWIRED
1 month ago
US news

493 Cases of Sextortion Against Children Linked to Notorious Scam Compounds

fromDataBreaches.Net
1 week 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
#ransomware
fromTechCrunch
1 week ago
Miscellaneous

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

Information security
fromSecuritymagazine
2 weeks ago

Did Scattered Spider Scatter? Cyber Experts Are Skeptical

Fifteen ransomware groups announced retirement, but such announcements commonly indicate rebranding, disbanding, or tactical shifts rather than true cessation.
Privacy technologies
fromDataBreaches.Net
2 weeks ago

New fugitive uploaded to EU Most Wanted list for major ransomware attacks - DataBreaches.Net

Ukrainian national Volodymyr Viktorovych Tymoshchuk is on the EU Most Wanted list for leading a LockerGoga ransomware network behind the 2019 attack and global incidents.
fromTechCrunch
1 week ago
Miscellaneous

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

fromWIRED
1 week 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
1 week 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 week 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
2 weeks 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
2 weeks ago
Information security

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

fromDataBreaches.Net
2 weeks ago
Information security

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

Information security
fromIT Pro
2 weeks ago

BreachForums founder resentenced to three years in prison

Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, alias Pompompurin, founder and admin of BreachForums, was resentenced to three years after his earlier sentence was overturned.
#data-breaches
fromThe Hacker News
2 weeks 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
2 weeks 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
3 weeks 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
3 weeks 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
fromNature
1 month ago

Who is afraid of quantum mechanics? Books in brief

The BBC's first cyber correspondent, Joe Tidy, travels the world interviewing high-profile cybercriminals and cybersecurity experts - part of a growing industry worth US$200 billion. What most intrigues him after a decade is how often hackers are solitary teenage boys, teaming up from their bedrooms, often thousands of kilometres apart, to "cause mayhem". Why? Some want to hurt people, but a "decent chunk" have no idea of the harm and chaos they cause.
Science
#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
fromDataBreaches.Net
1 month ago
Information security

African authorities dismantle massive cybercrime and fraud networks, recover millions - DataBreaches.Net

fromDataBreaches.Net
1 month ago
Information security

African authorities dismantle massive cybercrime and fraud networks, recover millions - DataBreaches.Net

#insider-sabotage
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago
Information security

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

fromTechCrunch
1 month ago
Information security

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

World news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month 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
1 month 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
1 month 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
1 month 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
1 month 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.
#hacking
#fraud
Privacy technologies
fromThe Hacker News
1 month 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
1 month 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
1 month 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.
#cybersecurity
#europol
US politics
fromTheregister
2 months ago

IRL Com recruits teens for real-life stabbings, shootings

A growing subset of the cybercrime group The Com recruits minors for real-life violent crimes, raising serious concerns for youth safety.
#xssis
fromTechCrunch
2 months ago
European startups

European authorities arrest alleged admin of notorious Russian crime forum XSS | TechCrunch

fromTechCrunch
2 months ago
European startups

European authorities arrest alleged admin of notorious Russian crime forum XSS | TechCrunch

fromThe Hacker News
2 months ago

Google Sues 25 Chinese Entities Over BADBOX 2.0 Botnet Affecting 10M Android Devices

"The BADBOX 2.0 botnet compromised over 10 million uncertified devices running Android's open-source software (Android Open Source Project), which lacks Google's security protections."
Privacy professionals
EU data protection
fromComputerWeekly.com
2 months ago

European cyber cops target NoName057(16) DDoS network | Computer Weekly

Europol's Operation Eastwood has disrupted the NoName057(16) pro-Russian hacktivist network responsible for multiple DDoS attacks in Europe.
Europe news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Joint global operation takes down pro-Russian hacking group

An international operation has dismantled the pro-Russian cybercrime group NoName057(16), responsible for numerous attacks on Ukraine and its allies.
Privacy professionals
fromFortune Asia
2 months ago

Cybercrime is big business in Asia, and AI could be about to make things worse

Southeast Asia is a hotspot for cyber scams involving human trafficking, with significant global financial impact estimated at $37 billion.
UK news
fromwww.newsshopper.co.uk
2 months ago

Beckenham man hijacked free WiFi at stations to show Islamophobic content

John Andreas Wik altered free WiFi networks to display Islamophobic content referencing past terrorist attacks, causing public distress.
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