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Tomorrow's fraud techniques
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (410+ words) Leaders need to proactive as attackers launch more consistent, sophisticated attacks Fraud has evolved in leaps and bounds over the past few years, with new technology and more digitally native businesses than ever providing the ideal attack surface for fraudsters....
Interpol teams up with tech firms to seize 45,000 malicious IPs, servers in global cyber crime crackdown
22+ hour, 11+ min ago (652+ words) Operation Synergia III saw 94 arrests - and counting - with malicious IP addresses used in phishing and fraud schemes seized Interpol has taken down more than 40,000 malicious IP addresses and servers as part of an international cyber crime operation targeting phishing, malware…...
Thousands of Asus routers are being used to fuel a massive cyber crime spree
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (857+ words) Black Lotus Labs has spotted a massive botnet of Asus routers built by malware that uses a common peer networking tool Malware targeting Asus routers has built a botnet of 14,000 devices to spread malicious traffic, according to researchers at Lumen's…...
True scale of TfL cyber attack emerges: What happened, who was responsible, and how many people were impacted?
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (578+ words) New details on the scale of the TfL cyber attack raise serious questions about the rail operator's response According to analysis from BBC News, the security incident is thought to have affected roughly 10 million people, prompting fierce criticism of the…...
FBI and Europol take down major data leak forum
1+ week, 1+ day ago (538+ words) LeakBase enabled the sale and purchase of huge amount of personal data and had more than 142,000 members The FBI and Europol have taken down LeakBase, one of the largest underground data leak forums, and a "central hub in the cybercrime…...
Law enforcement and security firms take down huge PhaaS platform
1+ week, 1+ day ago (566+ words) Tycoon 2FA has been responsible for tens of millions of phishing messages, reaching over 500,000 organizations each month worldwide Microsoft, Europol, and several security firms have teamed up to disrupt the Tycoon 2FA phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform. First spotted in August 2023, Tycoon 2FA uses adversary-in-the-middle…...
A single compromised account gave hackers access to 1.2 million French banking records
3+ week, 1+ day ago (660+ words) Ficoba has warned that "numerous" scams are already in circulation following the data breach Credentials stolen from a single government official enabled threat actors to access a French national database containing data on more than 1.2 million bank accounts. The attackers…...
Russian DDoS: what’s the threat to businesses?
1+ week, 4+ day ago (636+ words) The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued a warning that Russian-aligned hacktivist groups are targeting organizations The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued a warning that Russian-aligned hacktivist groups are targeting organizations. The alert describes how…...
Fake North Korean IT workers are rampant on LinkedIn – security experts warn operatives are stealing profiles to apply for jobs and infiltrate firms
1+ mon, 21+ hour ago (631+ words) The scammers' latest efforts mark a significant escalation in tactics, experts have warned North Korean IT workers are hijacking genuine LinkedIn profiles to apply for remote jobs and infiltrate enterprises. Security Alliance (SEAL) said the technique, which marks an escalation…...
Deepfake business risks are growing – here's what leaders need to know
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (631+ words) As the risk of being targeted by deepfakes increases, what should businesses be looking out for? Deepfake attacks were once a faraway reality, but there are now numerous examples of the technology being used successfully by adversaries. Others estimate an…...