As many as 165 companies ‘potentially exposed’ in Snowflake-related attacks, Mandiant says

The impact of the operation targeting customers of the cloud storage giant continues to grow. 

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Alleged Ticketmaster breach could be part of larger compromise, researchers say

The ticket seller has yet to comment on claims that data on 560 million people has been stolen and put up for sale.

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Global police operation strikes against malware infrastructure 

‘Operation Endgame’ targeted well-known malware variants used to facilitate ransomware and other serious cybercrime.

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Phones of journalists and activists in Europe targeted with Pegasus

The notorious Israeli spyware was used to target journalists often working in exile from their authoritarian home countries, report finds. 

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Chinese national arrested for operating proxy service linked to billions in cybercrime 

YunHe Wang and two associates were also sanctioned by the Treasury Department in operation to install malware on users’ computers.

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Potent youth cybercrime ring made up of 1,000 people, FBI official says

The group known as Scattered Spider is one of the most impactful cybercrime groups working today and has proven elusive to law enforcement so far.  

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Moroccan cybercrime group impersonates nonprofits and abuses cloud services to rake in gift card cash

Microsoft researchers say the group, tracked as Storm-0539 or Atlas Lion, targets employees with major U.S. retailers who control gift card operations.

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Chinese-linked hacking units increasingly use ‘ORBs’ to obfuscate espionage, researchers say

Scores of purchased or compromised devices used in “operational relay box networks” make detection and defense harder.

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Arizona woman arrested and charged in North Korean IT worker scheme

Christina Chapman facilitated remote work and financial transfers for North Koreans tied to that nation’s weapons development programs, according to the U.S. government.

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