cybercrime
Cybercriminals use simple trick to obtain personal data
People reveal more personal information when you ask them the same questions a second time – according to new research from the University of East Anglia. A new study reveals …
Cyberthreats take a toll on IT teams’ work on other projects
93% of organizations find the execution of some essential security operation tasks, such as threat hunting, challenging, according to Sophos. IT professionals face challenging …
Resecurity uncovers STYX, new cybercriminal platform focused on financial fraud
Resecurity has recently identified the STYX Innovation Marketplace, a new cybercriminal e-commerce platform with a specialized focus on financial fraud and money laundering. …
DoJ cracks down on cryptocurrency fraud, seizes $112 million in linked funds
The Department of Justice (DoJ) declared the confiscation of digital currency valued at approximately $112 million connected to fraudulent cryptocurrency investments. …
Europol details ChatGPT’s potential for criminal abuse
With the increased public interest in ChatGPT, the Europol Innovation Lab took the matter seriously and conducted a series of workshops involving subject matter experts from …
2022 witnessed a drop in exploited zero-days
Malicious threat actors have actively exploited 55 zero-days in 2022 – down from 81 in 2021 – with Microsoft, Google, and Apple products being most targeted. 53 …
Tracking the global spread of malware
Approximately 10-16 percent of organizations have shown evidence of malicious command and control (C2) activities, strongly indicating a network breach within the last year, …
Data loss prevention company hacked by Tick cyberespionage group
ESET researchers have uncovered a compromise of an East Asian data loss prevention (DLP) company. The attackers utilized at least three malware families during the intrusion, …
Alleged seller of NetWire RAT arrested in Croatia
This week, as part of a global law enforcement operation, federal authorities in Los Angeles successfully confiscated www.worldwiredlabs.com, a domain utilized by …
Internet crime in 2022: Over $3 billion lost to investment scammers
“In 2022, investment scam losses were the most (common or dollar amount) scheme reported to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3),” the FBI shared in its 2022 …
China-aligned APT is exploring new technology stacks for malicious tools
ESET researchers have analyzed MQsTTang, a custom backdoor that they attribute to the China-aligned Mustang Panda APT group. This backdoor is part of an ongoing campaign that …
Law enforcement teams score major win against DoppelPaymer ransomware gang
In a joint effort, the German Regional Police, Ukrainian National Police, Europol, Dutch Police, and FBI joined forces on February 28, 2023, to take down the masterminds …