Cybercrime
How brickwork, not Facebook, helped dark web cops trace an abused child
A new documentary featuring elite law enforcement units attempting to identify children appearing in sexual abuse material has shown how these cases are often cracked. It’s not always about the use of technology, but about spotting tiny, revealing details in images or chat forums.
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Cyberattacks top risk rankings across G7 countries
Cyberattacks are the main concern for G7 countries for the second year in a row, ahead of economic or financial crises and disinformation campaigns from enemies.
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Looking for love this Valentine’s Day? US romance scam hotspots revealed
Romance scams and fake lovers cost Americans an estimated $697.3 million last year, and some states are far more susceptible to love scams than others.
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Turkey targets crypto and VPN access in $6.9M OnlyFans investigation
Turkey detained 16 people and seized assets worth about $6.9 million on Friday in an investigation into alleged money laundering linked to content shared on the OnlyFans platform, prosecutors said.
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ClickFix access broker campaign hits Windows with Python-driven backdoors
Businesses are being warned about a new cyber campaign targeting Windows environments where getting in is only the beginning – not the end – of the attack.
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Hackers breach Dutch privacy regulator, employee data compromised
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) is involved in a security incident in which an unauthorized party accessed employee data.
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Darknet kingpin gets 30 years: he stole from users and even taught cops crypto
Law enforcement has once again demonstrated its ability to catch criminals, despite their use of technologies such as blockchain in an attempt to cover their tracks, reminding users about the risks of darknet marketplaces.
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Illinois man hacked Snapchat accounts to steal nude photos, court hears
An Illinois man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to phishing the Snapchat access codes of nearly 600 women in order to hack their accounts and steal nude photos, which he kept, sold or traded on the internet.
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Cyberstalking, doxxing case: DOJ arrests Antifa member targeting ICE
A self-proclaimed member of Antifa has been taken into federal custody after allegedly doxxing ICE agents and calling for their murder on social media.
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Substack breach goes undetected for four months
Substack is facing mounting scrutiny after disclosing a security breach that exposed user email addresses, phone numbers and internal metadata — an incident that went undetected for months and is now sparking concern across the platform’s community.
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Coupang confirms additional 165,000 users impacted in data breach
South Korean e-commerce company Coupang confirmed on Thursday that the personal data of an additional 165,000 users was leaked as a government-led investigation continued into a major data breach announced last November.
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Russian crypto criminals caught behind Solana and TON draining campaigns
Security researchers have identified another Russia-linked crypto crime organization that is said to be behind more than $10 million worth of cryptoasset thefts.
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China moves to tighten cybercrime laws with post-sentence exit bans
Beijing is redrafting its cybersecurity law to bar convicted cybercriminals from leaving China for up to three years after their sentence, signaling a tougher stance on cross-border online fraud and related digital crime networks.
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French police raid X offices, Musk summoned for questioning
French police raided the offices of Elon Musk's social media network X on Tuesday, and prosecutors ordered the tech billionaire to face questions in April related to a widening investigation into the platform, the Paris prosecutor's office said.
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Hackers have attacked a Belgian school and are demanding €50 for every child
Cybercriminals have hacked the Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Instituut (OLV) Pulhof, a secondary school in Berchem, Belgium, and are demanding a ransom from the school and parents. The threat actor claims they will publish all stolen data on the dark web if the ransom isn’t paid by Monday.
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City of New Britain hit with a ransomware attack
The City of New Britain in central Connecticut, US, experienced system disruption due to a ransomware attack for over 48 hours.
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After FBI’s RAMP seizure, cybercriminals scatter as mistrust spreads on dark web forums
Cybercriminals are already beginning to scatter across alternative platforms following the FBI seizure of RAMP, a long-running underground forum used by ransomware-as-a-service gangs, extortionists and initial access brokers.
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China executes 11 gang members in first death penalties against online scammers
China has carried out the executions of 11 members of the Ming family, a crime clan accused of running industrial-scale online scam centers in Myanmar. It marks the country’s first use of the death penalty against bosses of the region’s cyber fraud industry.
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WinRAR flaw used against Ukraine now fueling global cybercrime, Google warns
Google Threat Intelligence warns that a critical flaw in the widely used file-compression tool WinRAR is being actively exploited by Russia- and China-linked state hackers, with cybercriminal groups rapidly adopting the same techniques for financially motivated attacks.
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Bragging hackers unintentionally expose $60M theft from US government crypto wallets
The US Marshals Service (USMS) confirms it is investigating a potential breach of its crypto wallets after an internet sleuth traces a $60 million theft to a hacker openly bragging about it inside “The Com.”
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