Alleged longstanding member of Scattered Spider extradited to US

Peter Stokes boasted on social media about the luxurious globetrotting life he enjoyed while he was still a child.

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Researchers spot exploitation of another critical Oracle defect

The defect impacts a popular collection of business applications that attackers have hit before in widespread attack sprees.

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Authorities disrupt Evil Corp’s SocGholish botnet

Cybersecurity firms, researchers and officials took down 106 servers and remediated nearly 15,000 sites that were infected with the malware.

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How software development’s speed obsession enabled TeamPCP’s chaos crusade

The threat group’s remarkable success targeting open-source software was inevitable and fueled by the industry’s decision to prioritize code shipping over security.

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Attackers hit pair of critical Fortinet vulnerabilities the vendor disclosed in April

Multiple firms have observed active exploitation of the FortiSandbox defects, and warn that the attacks originate from multiple sources, not a single campaign.

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Google exposes China espionage group that’s been lurking in networks undetected since 2023

The revelation mirrors an alarming pattern of Chinese espionage groups dropping backdoors into critical infrastructure to intercept research and steal data with national security implications.

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FBI takes down massive China-based cybercrime network that caused $1.9B in losses

Outsider provided phishing kits and infrastructure for cybercriminals to scam victims with lures claiming they missed packages, had unpaid tolls or parking violations.

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Conti ransomware group member pleads guilty, faces up to 20 years in prison

Oleksii Lytvynenko, a 44-year-old Ukrainian national, admitted to joining the prolific cybercrime group in 2021. Officials said he engaged in cybercrime up until his arrest in Ireland in 2023.

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Conti ransomware group member pleads guilty, faces up to 20 years in prison

Oleksii Lytvynenko, a 44-year-old Ukrainian national, admitted to joining the prolific cybercrime group in 2021. Officials said he engaged in cybercrime up until his arrest in Ireland in 2023.

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ShinyHunters is actively extorting universities after exploiting an unpatched Oracle flaw

Oracle still hasn’t patched the vulnerability the group has been using in its attacks since late May.

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