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fromFortune
1 day agoFirst they went after medtech, then Kash Patel. Iranian hackers' next target is likely 'low-hanging fruit' in water, energy, and tourism, experts say | Fortune
Iran-linked hackers are targeting high-profile figures and critical infrastructure in the U.S. and Israel to sow disruption.
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1 day agoFirst they went after medtech, then Kash Patel. Iranian hackers' next target is likely 'low-hanging fruit' in water, energy, and tourism, experts say | Fortune
Iran-linked hackers are targeting high-profile figures and critical infrastructure in the U.S. and Israel to sow disruption.
fromwww.bbc.com
2 days agoArrests as hundreds of stolen phones found in raid
We understand mobile phone theft remains a major concern for Londoners and that's why we have worked hard to drive down offending. Seizures such as this show that we are not only targeting individual phone snatchers, but also those who handle and profit from stolen devices.
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fromSecurityWeek
1 day agoMITRE Releases Fight Fraud Framework
"These incidents involve the intentional use of deceptive or illegal practices to fraudulently obtain money, assets, or information from individuals or institutions, and include actions carried out over cyber channels."
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fromComputerworld
4 weeks agoCyber criminals too are working from home... your home
The FBI warns that cybercriminals use residential proxies to mask illegal activities by hijacking IoT devices, smartphones, and routers, threatening both consumers and enterprises, particularly older devices.
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fromSecurityWeek
3 weeks agoSecurity Firm Executive Targeted in Sophisticated Phishing Attack
A C-level executive at Outpost24 was targeted by a sophisticated phishing attack using the Kratos phishing-as-a-service kit that exploited legitimate services like Cisco and Nylas to bypass security defenses.
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fromSecuritymagazine
3 weeks agoTargeted Phishing Attack Breaches Biotech Company Data
Intuitive Surgical suffered a phishing attack compromising employee credentials, exposing customer and corporate data, though operational systems and customer networks remained unaffected due to network segmentation.
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fromComputerWeekly.com
4 weeks agoInterpol obliterates cyber criminal infrastructure | Computer Weekly
Interpol's Operation Synergia III neutralized 45,000 malicious IP addresses and servers across 72 countries, resulting in 94 arrests and over 100 investigations targeting cyber fraud, phishing, malware, and ransomware infrastructure.
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fromTheregister
4 weeks agoInterpol sinkholes 45,000 IPs linked to global cybercrime
Interpol arrested 94 cybercriminals across multiple countries during Operation Synergia III, seizing 212 devices and sinkholing over 45,000 malicious IP addresses linked to phishing, romance scams, and credit card fraud.
fromTheregister
1 month agoCrims hit EV charger firm ELECQ, steal customer contact data
In a notice sent to customers on Monday and seen by The Register, the EV charging outfit said that it detected "unusual activity" on its AWS cloud platform on March 7 and quickly discovered that attackers had launched a ransomware attack against parts of its infrastructure. According to the message, some databases were both encrypted and copied during the intrusion, meaning that the crooks likely walked off with user information before the company pulled the plug.
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1 month agoDouble whammy: Steaelite RAT bundles data theft, ransomware
Steaelite, a new remote access trojan sold on cybercrime networks, enables double extortion attacks on Windows machines through ransomware, data theft, credential stealing, and live surveillance controlled via a centralized browser-based dashboard.
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