Law enforcement training is falling behind the volume and rapid evolution of cybercrimes. Officers really only need to learn the basics, but lack of focus and budget hinder progress.
A new Android threat codenamed Manic has been observed actively targeting Ukrainian banks, government and identity services, and messaging applications, as well as Russian and European financial institutions, global fintech and cryptocurrency services, and military-focused communications. "Manic sits at the intersection of Android banking malware and mobile spyware, combining financial-fraud
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on an updated version of ToxicPanda (aka TgToxic) that comes with "significant enhancements," including a set of 167 remote commands and expands its targeting footprint globally. Zimperium zLabs, in a Wednesday report, said the Android malware also features a PIN harvesting workflow targeting more than 140 banking and cryptocurrency applications.
Cisco Talos discovered a Chinese-speaking cybercrime group, tracked as UAT-10147, that targets a wide range of vulnerable web servers. This is an overview of the campaign, examining the countries affected, potential impact of BadIIS infections, the attack chain, and post-compromise tactics.
StopAndProtect turned nearly 2,000 hacked WordPress sites into a criminal network for malware delivery, data theft, surveillance and ransomware. Check Point Research uncovered a cybercrime operation, dubbed StopAndProtect, that has turned thousands of hacked WordPress websites into a shared platform for malware delivery, data theft, surveillance and ransomware. The operation is a good reminder that […]
Payment was authorised. The transaction was, technically, legitimate. It was also part of a $187 million criminal network, and the payment was the worst place to fight it.
The AI company officially forbids illicit use, while offering guardrail-free social engineering, offensive cybercrime, and OSINT scanning to anyone with a bit of cryptocurrency.
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a global cybercrime operation that abuses thousands of hacked WordPress websites as infrastructure to disseminate malware, commandeer infected hosts, store stolen documents, screenshots, and activity logs created to track the status of the activity. "The operation doesn't rely on a single piece of malware, but on a whole toolkit of criminal software
Over 50,000 exposed Stripe API keys show how leaked secrets can enable fraud, data access and account abuse within hours. Ransomnews researchers have documented a large-scale leak of Stripe merchant API keys found exposed in public code repositories, GitHub Actions logs, and misconfigured web servers, with over 50,000 unique keys identified in total. The research […]
You can’t patch everything. So what do you fix first? Findings in Q2 2026 have changed traditional answers.The latest Quarterly Threat Landscape Report from Rapid7 Labs shows vulnerability disclosures still surging while attackers use automation and AI-assisted tooling to compress the time between disclosure and exploitation. The gap that patch cycles were built to fill is closing. Speed and volume are overwhelming security teams that have relied on traditional patch cycles and reactive program…
Learn how Tenable One Cloud Exposure helps you unmask the sophisticated tactics of cybercrime group Storm-0501, which carries out Azure-based cloud ransomware campaigns. Tenable One Cloud Exposure uses AI-powered threat stories to expose Storm-0501 TTPs, backed by precision-engineered threat detection alerts.Key takeawaysStorm-0501 demonstrates that cloud-first ransomware groups have shifted from simple endpoint encryption to the total hijacking of cloud tenants.Storm-0501 systematically neutra…
Operation ASTERIX overviewRapid7 researchers identified an exposed web directory on infrastructure used to support a cryptocurrency fraud operation. The server contained raw phone-number datasets, account-validation tools, enriched lead records, phishing panels, voice-dialing scripts, fake wallet applications, persistence mechanisms, and Telegram exfiltration code. Among the artifacts was evidence that the operator relied on AI coding assistants throughout the campaign's development; recovered …
France’s tax agency says hackers stole data on 678,000 taxpayers, including income and tax details, in a sophisticated cyberattack. A threat actor claimed to have breached France’s tax agency in late June. France’s tax administration confirmed that a cyberattack exposed personal data of 678,000 individuals and businesses, prompting an immediate criminal investigation. The cybercrime unit […]
Germany’s federal police agency, the BKA, said three suspects were picked up in Europe and charged with fraud, and Brazil’s federal police said four others were arrested on similar charges.
Four cybercriminals were arrested in Brazil, and three others were charged in Europe over allegations that they exploited a vulnerability at a service provider, allowing them to withdraw funds from Commerzbank customers' bank accounts. [...]
The China-linked threat actor known as Jewelbug has been observed carrying out cyber espionage operations targeting governments and militaries, while simultaneously engaging in cryptocurrency fraud. "Both missions are administered from a single control panel, XG-Web, a browser-centric remote-access and information-stealing framework that turns a victim's browser into a full remote-control
Authorities in Ukraine shut down 94 fraudulent call centers across the country that lured people into investment scams or tried to obtain access to bank accounts. [...]
The Jewelbug hacker group has been carrying out espionage operations targeting governments and militaries while also engaging in cryptocurrency fraud. [...]
A previously unseen Android near field communication (NFC) relay malware family dubbed WindRelay is being deployed in conjunction with a known remote access trojan (RAT) called SpyNote as part of a contactless payment fraud scheme. The purpose-built malware, according to Group-IB, is designed to capture live card data via NFC and transmit it to fraudsters in real time. It was first detected in
More than a quarter of stolen funds are gone within fifteen minutes of the fraudulent transfer. That number ends the case-file era — and points to where the time can be won back.
A new NFC relay malware designated as WindRelay, paired with SpyNote RAT enables live-call fraud, combining social engineering with dual digital and physical cash-out.
Sophisticated iPhone exploit chains previously limited to nation-states are spreading far and wide to organized cybercrime groups.
A public policy expert mapped global cybercrime laws to develop a five-point framework for protecting ethical hackers and good-faith security research.
Go inside Huntress and the FBI’s five-year pursuit of Silk Typhoon, from 88,000 Exchange backdoors to an arrest and a wider fight against cybercrime.
The fight against cybercrime continues because threat actors have adapted their strategies to avoid deterrents, but law enforcement still operates in silos.
A 26-year-old Canadian man once described as one of the most consequential cybercrime threat actors of 2024 has pleaded guilty to computer fraud and conspiracy to hack and extort more than 165 organizations that used the cloud data storage provider Snowflake. Connor Riley Moucka, of Kitchener, Ontario, also admitted to stealing call and text history records of more than 100 million AT&T customers.
Organized crime is convincingly scamming at scale, making billions thanks to AI-enabled voice cloning, deepfake real-time video overlays, LLM-driven persona management, and automated translation.
Map any fraud campaign against your org chart and one stage of the attack has no owner. The adversary knows exactly which one — and the most expensive fraud cases live there.
When a fraudulent transaction occurs, law enforcement agencies must work quickly to halt payments before cybercriminals cash out.
Security experts have been sounding the alarm for years about the risks of using generic TV boxes that promise unlimited content streaming for a one-time fee, warning that they secretly rent the user's Internet connection out to strangers. But a groundbreaking new analysis finds these devices also routinely spoof themselves as mobile phones clicking ads on AI-generated websites as part of sprawling operation that seeks to defraud online merchants and advertising networks.
