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fromThe Local France
3 days agoFrance charges four over failed attack on US bank
The man in his early twenties from a Paris suburb had been charged with 'terrorist criminal conspiracy' and remanded in custody. French counter-terrorism prosecutors suspect he asked teenagers to place an explosive device outside the US financial institution near the famed Champs-Elysees avenue.
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fromSilicon Canals
1 day agoA fintech app asked users for their passports - then left 360,000 files unprotected for five years - Silicon Canals
A money transfer app exposed over 360,000 sensitive files on a public server for nearly five years, including unencrypted personal documents.
fromComputerworld
1 day agoA core infrastructure engineer pleads guilty to federal charges in insider attack
Rhyne's attack involved unauthorized remote desktop sessions, deletion of network administrator accounts, and changing of passwords, showcasing significant security vulnerabilities.
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fromSecurityWeek
4 days agoVenom Stealer Raises Stakes With Continuous Credential Harvesting
Stolen credentials via infostealers like Venom Stealer are central to modern cybercrime.
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fromTechCrunch
1 month agoU.S. and EU police shut down LeakBase, a site accused of sharing stolen passwords and hacking tools | TechCrunch
U.S. and European law enforcement seized LeakBase, a major cybercriminal forum with 142,000 members operating since 2021, resulting in 13 arrests and over 100 enforcement actions worldwide.
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fromComputerworld
3 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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fromnews.bitcoin.com
4 days agoChainalysis Deploys AI Agents to Counter Criminal Use of Artificial Intelligence in Crypto
Chainalysis introduces AI agents to enhance fraud detection and compliance without requiring deep technical expertise, ensuring data quality and human oversight.
fromWIRED
2 weeks agoUS Takes Down Botnets Used in Record-Breaking Cyberattacks
The US Department of Justice, working with the cybercrime-fighting agency within the US Department of Defense known as the Defense Criminal Investigative Service, announced that it had dismantled four massive botnets in a single operation, removing the command-and-control servers used to commandeer the hacker-run armies of compromised devices known by the names JackSkid, Mossad, Aisuru, and Kimwolf.
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fromSecurityWeek
2 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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fromComputerWeekly.com
3 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
3 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.
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fromThe Hacker News
1 month agoEuropol-Led Operation Takes Down Tycoon 2FA Phishing-as-a-Service Linked to 64,000 Attacks
Law enforcement and security companies dismantled Tycoon 2FA, a major phishing-as-a-service toolkit that facilitated credential harvesting attacks affecting nearly 100,000 organizations globally.
fromSecurityWeek
1 month agoMan Linked to Phobos Ransomware Arrested in Poland
A 47-year-old man arrested by police in Poland for allegedly being involved in cybercriminal activities has been linked to the Phobos ransomware operation. According to Poland's Central Cybercrime Bureau, officers found hacking tools, credentials, payment card numbers, and server IP addresses on the unnamed suspect's devices during a search. They also discovered that the suspect had exchanged messages with the Phobos ransomware group.
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fromComputerWeekly.com
2 months agoMicrosoft DCU uses UK courts to hunt down cyber criminals | Computer Weekly
Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit disrupted the RedVDS cybercrime-as-a-service network, seizing domains and coordinating international law enforcement to halt large-scale fraud.
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