Cybercrime
Man scammed by deepfake Jennifer Aniston
A Southampton man lost hundreds to a deepfake Jennifer Aniston scam, exposing the rise of AI-driven celebrity fraud.
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Qantas cyberattack affects 6M customers
Six million people are said to have been affected by a cyberattack on the popular Australian airline, Qantas. Yet, the airline claims that the “cyber incident” hasn’t impacted its operations.
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Hacker who boldly broke into computer systems to promote his cybersecurity business pleads guilty
A hacker has pleaded guilty to cybercrimes he committed when trying to promote his own “cybersecurity business.”
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Disgruntled employee takes revenge with cyberattack
An IT worker in the UK has been handed a prison sentence for launching a cyberattack against his employer after being suspended.
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AI is aiding sextortion schemes
Criminals are using artificial intelligence (AI) to extort young people via social media and dating apps, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warns.
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The most detrimental leak in history: the mystery of the Shadow Brokers
A few stolen classified tools downloaded to a user's computer would spark one of the biggest mysteries in hacking history and conjure one of the most enduring hacking groups the world has ever seen.
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AI is reshaping threat intelligence for both attackers and defenders – report
After observing more than 2.5 million AI-related posts: jailbreak prompts, deepfake service ads, phishing toolkits, and bespoke language models built for fraud and cybercrime, Flashpoint analysts say the scene is being reshaped significantly.
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Patient death linked to NHS cyberattack
The death of a person has been linked to a major ransomware attack on NHS services last June.
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61 million "Verizon USA" customer records for sale online
Records full of sensitive data belonging to over 60 million Verizon customers are allegedly circulating online, according to SafetyDetectives’ Cybersecurity Team.
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Denmark wants to copyright your face as deepfake war intensifies
Denmark is set to become the first European country to give people copyright-like control over their face, voice, and body in a bold move to combat AI deepfakes and identity theft.
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Booking.com sued for misleading consumers using dark patterns
Dutch advocacy group Consumer Competition Claims (CCC) and the Consumentenbond have filed a class-action lawsuit against Booking.com for misleading customers by illegally using so-called dark patterns.
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US charges British hacker and seeks extradition from France in data theft case
US prosecutors have charged a British national with data theft and related cybercrime offences, and are seeking to extradite the alleged hacker from France, the US Justice Department said on Wednesday.
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German and Romanian police uncover massive fraud scheme
Law enforcement authorities from Germany and Romania have successfully dismantled a group of scammers that defrauded customers of over €400,000.
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Africa faces cybercrime crisis amid weak enforcement, INTERPOL warns
A new INTERPOL report reveals that cybercrime now accounts for over 30% of all reported crime in East and West Africa.
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Fintech sector increasingly a target for cybercriminals employing AI-driven tools
Despite layered defenses against common cyber threats, the digital supply chain in the modern fintech sector remains vulnerable. Cybercriminals are gladly using the opportunity to attack the industry, experts say.
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Australian dad creates “evil twin” WiFi to lurk in women’s social media accounts
An Australian dad who created a fake WiFi to spy on women and exfiltrate their intimate images has pleaded guilty.
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Can employees be trusted to use their company laptops properly? Not really
To discover how many employees are misusing company tech, 1,000 workers were surveyed and asked about their behaviors on company-issued devices. The trend is alarming.
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Russia-linked attackers hit target with novel social engineering attack
A prominent expert on Russian information operations was recently targeted with a sophisticated and personalized novel social engineering attack, researchers say.
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Encrypted messaging apps and social media exploited to recruit teenage hitmen
Teenagers are being recruited as hitmen via encrypted messaging apps and social media platforms. This is what law enforcement has feared all along.
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UBS reports data leak from provider cyberattack
Swiss bank UBS on Wednesday said it had suffered a data leak due to a cyber attack against one of its providers, but that no client data was affected.
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