A British man has been arrested in Spain for allegedly being the ringleader of the notorious Scattered Spider cybercrime group.
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A ShinyHunters hacker tells WIRED that they gained access to Ticketmaster’s Snowflake cloud account—and others—by first breaching a third-party contractor.
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The concept of zero trust implies organizations must work under a constant worst-case scenario. This means assuming breaches are inevitable and that no entity or users — coming from within or from outside the organization — should ever be trusted. This “never trust, always verify” approach significantly reduces the attack surface and minimizes the potential …
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Nigerian national Ebuka Raphael Umeti was convicted in the US for operating a business email compromise (BEC) scheme.
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CCTV cameras and AI are being combined to monitor crowds, detect bike thefts, and spot trespassers.
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Legitimate-but-compromised websites are being used as a conduit to deliver a Windows backdoor dubbed BadSpace under the guise of fake browser updates.
“The threat actor employs a multi-stage attack chain involving an infected website, a command-and-control (C2) server, in some cases a fake browser update, and a JScript downloader to deploy a backdoor into the victim’s system,” German
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The Arid Viper APT group is deploying AridSpy malware with Trojanized messaging applications and second-stage data exfiltration.
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Threat actors have been observed deploying a malware called NiceRAT to co-opt infected devices into a botnet.
The attacks, which target South Korean users, are designed to propagate the malware under the guise of cracked software, such as Microsoft Windows, or tools that purport to offer license verification for Microsoft Office.
“Due to the nature of crack programs, information sharing amongst
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Industry players and governments discuss guardrails for AI, but aren’t deploying them. Here’s what’s missing.
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In this common email scam, a criminal pretending to be your boss or coworker emails you asking for a favor involving money. Here’s what do to when a bad actor lands in your inbox.
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