Microsoft seizes websites tied to Egypt-based DIY phishing kit-maker

The kits, which the company said were a sophisticated approach to bypassing multifactor authentication, pose a particular threat to the financial services sector.

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Meta cracks down on millions of accounts it tied to pig-butchering scams

It’s one part of a strategy to combat the fast-growing scheme that has cost victims billions of dollars.

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Meta cracks down on millions of accounts it tied to pig-butchering scams

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US charges five alleged members of Scattered Spider gang

Law enforcement unsealed criminal charges against five alleged members of Scattered Spider, who allegedly targeted employees of companies nationwide with phishing text messages and then used the harvested employee credentials to log in and steal non-pu… Continue reading US charges five alleged members of Scattered Spider gang

Attackers are hijacking Jupyter notebooks to host illegal Champions League streams

Normally reserved for data analysis, a cybersecurity firm caught online content pirates hosting soccer matches.

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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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