Cybercrime

We’re inextricably tied to our tech, and cyberstalkers know it

The newest Netflix true crime documentary, “Unknown Number: The High School Catfish,” illuminates our complex and inescapable relationship with tech in the most disturbing way possible.
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FBI searching for three FSB officers, offers reward of up to $10M

The FBI has released a public service announcement warning that Russian FSB actors are targeting end-of-life networking devices across critical infrastructure sectors in the United States. The intelligence agency is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the identification or whereabouts of these attackers.
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The next time you watch porn, cover your webcam

Cybercriminals are taking sextortion to the next level by employing automated malware to take webcam images of users watching pornography.
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Jaguar Land Rover operations disrupted by cyber incident

Jaguar Land Rover's retail and production activities have been "severely disrupted" following a cybersecurity incident, the British luxury carmaker said on Tuesday, adding that it was working to restart its operations in a controlled manner.
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Data breach at Clinical Diagnostics bigger than anticipated, 850K patients affected

For the first time since the disclosure of the data breach, Clinical Diagnostics has announced that the scope of the recent breach is larger than expected. According to the laboratory, hackers gained access to the personal information of 850,000 patients.
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YouTubers help bust major international fraud ring targeting seniors

A YouTube duo helped dismantle a $65 million international fraud ring that scammed thousands of seniors out of their savings.
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WhatsApp and Apple issue emergency update for advanced spyware campaign

WhatsApp has announced that crooks may have exploited a security vulnerability in its messaging apps for Apple iOS and macOS to execute a spyware campaign.
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Dutch police and FBI take down website that was used for creating fake IDs

The Dutch National Police and the FBI have joined forces to dismantle VerifTools, one of the largest online platforms used to produce fake IDs.
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Clinical Diagnostics to be hit by two class-action lawsuits over data breach

Two law firms are prepared to sue Clinical Diagnostics and the Centre for Population Screening on behalf of victims of the recent data breach. In just a few days, almost 70,000 people have already registered for a potential collective claim for damages.
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Hundreds of Swedish municipalities and regions are down because of a cyberattack

A large-scale ransomware attack on Swedish IT supplier Miljödata has affected around 200 municipalities and regions in Sweden.
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AI ransomware is here, but don’t panic, it’s not as bad as it sounds

Cybercriminals are upping the stakes and using artificial intelligence (AI) to extort victims and exfiltrate data. And ransomware is no exception.
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Ghana’s “Sakawa Boys” scam British women in online romance fraud as digital retribution for colonialism

Ghana’s notorious Sakawa Boys are running sophisticated online romance scams, targeting wealthy Western women and justifying their crimes as “digital reparations” for colonial exploitation.
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Trusted Google resource targeted in ongoing global phishing campaign

A large-scale active phishing campaign abusing Google Classroom, a platform trusted by millions of students and educators worldwide, has been uncovered. The scope of the attack is staggering.
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Germany is prime target for dark web and ransomware attacks

Germany, well known as the industrial powerhouse of Europe, is now also the top target for dark web and ransomware attacks. With factories operating around the clock, the country’s critical industries are under a wave of cyberattacks.
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Supermarket chain Auchan hit with cyberattack, again

The French supermarket chain Auchan has been hit by a cyberattack, compromising data from loyalty accounts of hundreds of thousands of customers.
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Apple sues former employee for stealing company secrets

Apple is suing Chen Shi, an employee who used to work at the company’s Apple Watch division. Allegedly, he stole highly confidential and sensitive corporate information to hand over to his new employer, Oppo.
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Ransomware attack on healthcare giant DaVita exposed data of nearly 2.7m people

Kidney dialysis behemoth DaVita has confirmed that cybercriminals accessed personal and health data belonging to 2.7 million people during the April ransomware attack.
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Massive Interpol operation takes down 11,500 malicious networks in Africa

From crypto mining to inheritance scams, INTERPOL dismantles 11,500 cybercriminal infrastructures across Africa, arresting 1,200 suspects for scamming $485 million from thousands of victims.
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One million health records exposed in medical marijuana data breach

Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered an unencrypted and non-password-protected database containing 957,434 records.
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Oregon man getting sued for monetizing DDoS attacks with Rapper Bot

Ethan Foltz, a 22-year-old man from Eugene, Oregon, has been charged with conducting large-scale DDoS attacks since 2021.
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