Cybercrime
Europol busts up criminal organization operating fake online trading platform
An organized international crime gang is busted by international authorities on Tuesday for operating a fake online investment platform that stole millions from dozens of unsuspecting victims.
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Suspected Dutch research agency attacker busted in Moldova
A 45-year-old foreign national was arrested in Moldova, suspected of numerous cybercrimes against companies in the Netherlands.
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RansomHub tops Group-IB’s 2025 list of most prolific cybercriminal groups
RansomHub, a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation, is topping the list of the most prolific cybercriminal groups that Group-IB, a cybersecurity company, has investigated this past year.
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Upgraded crypto wallet drainer Inferno stole $9m in six months
Cybersecurity researchers have found that a crypto wallet drainer, supposedly shut down in 2023, is still operational and is now hard to detect, thanks to its upgrades.
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“Hello pervert” sextortion scam: how not to react
If an email that appears to be sent from your own account warns that you’ve been recorded in a compromising act and will be exposed unless you pay up, don’t panic.
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How hackers attacked Hollywood
It’s 2014, and a high-ranking executive has just logged in to work, but what happens next will change the cyber world forever.
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How ChatGPT is turning casual snapshots into privacy nightmares
Over the last few weeks, OpenAI's new visual reasoning models have taken center stage in a viral trend known as "reverse location guessing." Think of it as GeoGuessr meets CSI, where users upload casual photos such as blurry bar shots, street corners, or even selfies, and then ask ChatGPT to figure out where the photos were taken.
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Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office allegedly hit by ransomware
A Russian ransomware crew is bragging that it hijacked nearly 100GB of files from an Ohio sheriff’s office, public safety information allegedly included.
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Massive DDoS-for-hire network seized
Authorities have seized a major DDoS empire and arrested four individuals in conjunction with the widespread operation that allowed bad actors to launch cyberattacks worldwide.
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Man sentenced to decades in prison for crypto-terror scheme
One Virginia man has been sentenced for his role in a crypto-terror financing scheme in which he raised more than $185,000 to support the Islamic State (ISIS).
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Hackers breached LockBit, admins say they are back on track
The world’s former most prolific ransomware gang just got hacked, with threat actors leaving a note, “Don’t do crime.”
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Coinbase users keep losing tens of millions to scammers while exchange remains silent
Clients of a major crypto exchange, Coinbase, are still reportedly losing tens of millions of USD worth of cryptoassets per week to social engineering scams, with total losses already in the nine-figure zone.
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Crypto AI agents can be tricked into giving away their money, study finds
As a new class of crypto tools is emerging, a study has showcased how crypto artificial intelligence (AI) agents can be injected with malicious instructions, forcing them to transfer all the funds under their management to the attacker.
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Man hacks Disney employee, stealing 1.1TB of company data
A California man has pleaded guilty to hacking Disney via a fake artificial intelligence (AI) platform that promised to generate AI art. Instead, it ran malicious software, allowing the hacker to steal terabytes of confidential data.
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Myanmar militia group emerges as North Korea's scammer competitor
It seems that cybercrime is becoming a lucrative side gig not only for dictatorships, such as North Korea, but for at least one militia group as well.
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France hit with another crypto-kidnapping case
France has just registered its fifth cryptoasset-related physical attack this year, as the country followed a kidnapping drama unfolding over the weekend.
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NCSC: ‘Cyber incidents on UK retailers are a wake-up call’
The cybersecurity incidents involving multiple retailers from the United Kingdom should be considered a wake-up call to all organizations, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) says in a statement.
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‘Swatting’ trio busted for hoax 911 “active shooter” calls targeting celebrity influencers
Three British men are charged with a two-year-long “swatting” campaign of hoax 911 calls in the US and Canada, that included “active shooter threats” and celebrity influencers.
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Kraken catches a North Korean hacker during a job interview
As North Korean hackers become more prolific, crypto exchange Kraken shares its know-how that you can use to catch your own impersonator.
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Crypto scammers enter physical world with letters to Ledger users
As sending emails and making phone calls is not enough, crypto scammers are now also sending physical letters to potential victims, reminding us of the importance of protecting our privacy.
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