Microsoft, in collaboration with Cloudflare, has carried out a sweeping operation against RaccoonO365, a Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platform widely exploited to steal Microsoft 365 credentials across the globe. Through coordinated action, 338 domains were seized,...
Twenty-two-year-old American Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, better known by his alias Pompompurin, has received a new sentence in the case concerning the creation and administration of the notorious hacking forum BreachForums. An appellate court overturned...
The newly emerged AISURU botnet has powered the largest recorded DDoS assault to date, peaking at 11.5 Tb/s. This surge shattered the spring record of 5.8 Tb/s and underscored how rapidly threats tied to...
The United Nations has issued a warning about a new trend in the operations of international criminal networks. According to a report by the UNODC, evidence of fraudulent centers has been uncovered in the...
Huntress found itself at the center of a heated debate following the publication of a study its own researchers had initially described as a lighthearted mishap. Beneath the playful tone, however, lay material that...
On Thursday, the Helsinki Court of Appeal delivered a ruling that stirred widespread public reaction. Alexander Kivimäki, the 28-year-old convicted of hacking the Vastaamo psychotherapy center and carrying out subsequent extortion, was released from...
Researchers at Wordfence Threat Intelligence have uncovered a large-scale campaign involving the use of so-called “nulled plugins”—pirated copies of premium WordPress extensions that have been tampered with by third parties. These counterfeit packages have...
Researchers at Palo Alto Networks have reported a surge in attacks leveraging the open-source platform AdaptixC2, originally designed for penetration testing but now increasingly exploited by cybercriminals. Unit 42 specialists first detected traces of...
An unusual incident unfolded at the Spinoza campus in Amsterdam: an unknown intruder hacked into the digital payment system of five washing machines. For several weeks, students were able to use the machines free...
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has raised alarm over a troubling trend: schoolchildren are increasingly responsible for cyberattacks and data breaches within educational institutions. An analysis of 215 incidents recorded between January 2022...
A new tool called SpamGPT has emerged on underground forums and quickly become a focal point of discussion within the cybersecurity community. The platform combines the capabilities of generative AI with a fully fledged...
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed charges against Ukrainian national Volodymyr Viktorovych Timoshchuk, identified by investigators as one of the key administrators behind the LockerGoga, MegaCortex, and Nefilim ransomware operations. According to U.S....
