Email-Based Attacks Top Cyber-Insurance Claims
Cyber-insurance carrier Coalition said business email compromise and funds transfer fraud accounted for 60% of claims in 2024.
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PowerSchool Paid Ransom, Now Hackers Target Teachers for More
PowerSchool paid ransom after a major data breach; now hackers are targeting teachers and schools with direct extortion…
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PowerSchool paid a hacker’s ransom, but now schools say they are being extorted
Schools in Toronto and North Carolina are reporting extortion attempts.
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Toronto school district says data not deleted after ransom was paid to hacker
After paying the hacker a ransom, PowerSchool previously said it believed the incident had been “contained” because the hacker turned over a video showing the data being deleted.
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LockBit’s Dark Web Domains Hacked, Internal Data and Wallets Leaked
LockBit’s dark web domains were hacked, exposing internal data, affiliate tools, and over 60,000 Bitcoin wallets in a…
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38,000+ FreeDrain Subdomains Found Exploiting SEO to Steal Crypto Wallet Seed Phrases
Cybersecurity researchers have exposed what they say is an “industrial-scale, global cryptocurrency phishing operation” engineered to steal digital assets from cryptocurrency wallets for several years.
The campaign has been codenamed FreeDrain by threat intelligence firms SentinelOne and Validin.
“FreeDrain uses SEO manipulation, free-tier web services (like gitbook.io, webflow.io, and github.io
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Operation PowerOFF Takes Down 9 DDoS-for-Hire Domains
Four different countries, including the United States and Germany, were included in the latest international operation alongside Europol’s support.
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Fake Crypto Exchange Ads on Facebook Spread Malware
Bitdefender exposes Facebook ad scams using fake crypto sites and celebrity lures to spread malware via malicious desktop…
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Japan orgs targeted by CoGUI phishing kit impersonating Amazon, Rakuten
People and organizations across Japan are being inundated with phishing messages from cybercriminals who are using CoGUI, a sophisticated toolkit that lets them avoid detection.
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