Botnet serving as ‘backbone’ of malicious proxy network taken offline 

Lumen Technology’s Black Lotus Labs took the ngioweb botnet and NSOCKS proxy offline Tuesday.

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Alleged Russian Phobos ransomware administrator extradited to U.S., in custody

Evgenii Ptitsyn is said to have helped operate a ransomware-as-a-service organization that extorted millions from more than 1K victims, including schools and hospitals.

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Infostealers increasingly impact global security

Check Point Software’s latest threat index reveals a significant rise in infostealers like Lumma Stealer, while mobile malware like Necro continues to pose a significant threat, highlighting the evolving tactics used by cybercriminals across the globe…. Continue reading Infostealers increasingly impact global security

Social engineering scams sweep through financial institutions

North American financial institutions fielded 10 times more reports of social engineering scams in 2024 than they did a year ago, according to BioCatch. The data shows scams now represent 23% of all digital banking fraud. Growing danger of deepfake and… Continue reading Social engineering scams sweep through financial institutions

DHS nominee Kristi Noem stood alone for rejecting department cyber grants to state, local governments

But the South Dakota governor has touted cybersecurity as her state’s “next big industry” and signed cyber legislation into law.

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North Korean-linked hackers were caught experimenting with new macOS malware

Researchers can’t tell if the malware was used in a campaign, or North Korean operatives were caught before they could deploy it in the wild.

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What Telegram’s recent policy shift means for cyber crime

Since its launch in August 2013, Telegram has become the go-to messaging app for privacy-focused users. To start using the app, users can sign up using either their real phone number or an anonymous number purchased from the Fragment blockchain marketplace. In the case of the latter, Telegram cannot be linked to the user’s real […]

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Schneider Electric reports cyberattack, its third incident in 18 months

The ransomware group HellCat claims responsibility for the cyberattack and threatens to dump 40GB.

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