Tag: attack
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Scottish man pleads guilty to attack spree that created Scattered Spider’s notoriety
Tyler Robert Buchanan “was the glue that held this gang together,” a cybercrime researcher said. He faces up to 22 years in federal prison. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/the-com-scattered-spider-hacker-tyler-robert-buchanan-guilty-plea/
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Lawmakers ponder terrorism designations, homicide charges over hospital ransomware attacks
The ideas came up at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing, as health care ransomware attacks are on the rise. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/lawmakers-ponder-terrorism-designations-homicide-charges-over-hospital-ransomware-attacks/
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Europe Preps for Post-Quantum Computing
France Invokes Geopolitical Instability to Mandate 2030 Deadline. A working quantum computer is probably at least a decade away. The rush to adopt encryption algorithms that can withstand the onslaught of a qubit attack has already begun, with European countries feeling variable levels of urgency. Sooner is better in principle, an analyst said. First seen…
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New Lotus data wiper used against Venezuelan energy, utility firms
A previously undocumented data-wiping malware dubbed Lotus was used last year in targeted attacks against energy and utilities organizations in Venezuela. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-lotus-data-wiper-used-against-venezuelan-energy-utility-firms/
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The Attack Runs Itself: What Agentic AI Fraud Actually Looks Like
This is part 1 of a two-part series on agentic AI fraud defense. Since joining Arkose Labs, one of the first things I did was go deep on the threat data, what the attack patterns actually look like, how autonomous systems probe defenses, where classification breaks down and where it holds. That data has… Continued…
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The Attack Runs Itself: What Agentic AI Fraud Actually Looks Like
This is part 1 of a two-part series on agentic AI fraud defense. Since joining Arkose Labs, one of the first things I did was go deep on the threat data, what the attack patterns actually look like, how autonomous systems probe defenses, where classification breaks down and where it holds. That data has… Continued…
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The Attack Runs Itself: What Agentic AI Fraud Actually Looks Like
This is part 1 of a two-part series on agentic AI fraud defense. Since joining Arkose Labs, one of the first things I did was go deep on the threat data, what the attack patterns actually look like, how autonomous systems probe defenses, where classification breaks down and where it holds. That data has… Continued…
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‘Scattered Spider’ Member ‘Tylerb’ Pleads Guilty
A 24-year-old British national and senior member of the cybercrime group “Scattered Spider” has pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft. Tyler Robert Buchanan admitted his role in a series of text-message phishing attacks in the summer of 2022 that allowed the group to hack into at least a dozen major technology…
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‘Scattered Spider’ Member ‘Tylerb’ Pleads Guilty
A 24-year-old British national and senior member of the cybercrime group “Scattered Spider” has pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft. Tyler Robert Buchanan admitted his role in a series of text-message phishing attacks in the summer of 2022 that allowed the group to hack into at least a dozen major technology…
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‘Scattered Spider’ Member ‘Tylerb’ Pleads Guilty
A 24-year-old British national and senior member of the cybercrime group “Scattered Spider” has pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft. Tyler Robert Buchanan admitted his role in a series of text-message phishing attacks in the summer of 2022 that allowed the group to hack into at least a dozen major technology…
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More Cisco SD-WAN bugs battered in attacks
CISA gives federal agencies 4 days to patch First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/21/cisco_sdwan_bugs_kev/
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More Cisco SD-WAN bugs battered in attacks
CISA gives federal agencies 4 days to patch First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/21/cisco_sdwan_bugs_kev/
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AI Threats Aren’t Waiting
I’ve spent nearly 30 years in cybersecurity. I’ve seen a lot of “game changers” come and go. Mythos is different. When Anthropic’s model chained 32 steps of a corporate network attack, start to finish, in hours, I wasn’t shocked. I was sobered. Because I’ve been telling enterprises for years: your flat network isn’t… First seen…
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CISA urges security teams to view environments following axios compromise
A suspected North Korea-linked actor is behind a supply chain attack on the widely used library. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa–security-teams-environments-axios-compromise/818081/
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macOS ClickFix attacks deliver AppleScript stealers to snarf credentials, wallets
Data from browsers, cryptocurrency wallets, 200+ extensions hoovered up First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/21/macos_clickfix_attacks_deliver_applescript/
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macOS ClickFix attacks deliver AppleScript stealers to snarf credentials, wallets
Data from browsers, cryptocurrency wallets, 200+ extensions hoovered up First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/21/macos_clickfix_attacks_deliver_applescript/
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Ransomware negotiator admits role in attacks he was hired to resolve
A Florida man, formerly employed as a ransomware negotiator, pleaded guilty to conspiring to carry out ransomware attacks against US companies. Prosecutors say Angelo Martino, … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/21/ransomware-negotiator-blackcat-alphv-group/
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Ransomware Negotiator Pleads Guilty to Aiding BlackCat Attacks in 2023
A third individual who was employed as a ransomware negotiator has pleaded guilty to conducting ransomware attacks against U.S. companies in 2023.Angelo Martino, 41, of Land O’Lakes, Florida, teamed up with the operators of the BlackCat ransomware starting in April 2023 to assist the e-crime gang in extracting higher amounts as ransoms.”Working as a negotiator…
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The Gentlemen Ransomware Expands With Rapid Affiliate Growth
Gentlemen RaaS expands quickly with multi-platform attacks and SystemBC-linked infections First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/gentlemen-ransomware-rapid/
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CISA flags new SD-WAN flaw as actively exploited in attacks
CISA has given U.S. government agencies four days to secure their systems against another Catalyst SD-WAN Manager vulnerability it flagged as actively exploited in attacks. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-flags-new-sd-wan-flaw-as-actively-exploited-in-attacks/
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SerialIP Devices Hide Thousands of Old & New Bugs
The OT devices that translate machine talk into Internet-speak are riddled with vulnerabilities and more frequently targeted for attacks, researchers say. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/ics-ot-security/serial-ip-devices-thousands-of-bugs
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Phishing and MFA exploitation: Targeting the keys to the kingdom
In 2025, attackers increasingly targeted weaknesses in multi-factor authentication (MFA) workflows, and phishing attacks leveraged valid, compromised credentials to launch lures from trusted accounts. The trends focused entirely on trust, or the lack thereof, in everyday business operations. First seen on blog.talosintelligence.com Jump to article: blog.talosintelligence.com/phishing-and-mfa-exploitation-targeting-the-keys-to-the-kingdom/
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Actively exploited Apache ActiveMQ flaw impacts 6,400 servers
Nonprofit security organization Shadowserver found that over 6,400 Apache ActiveMQ servers exposed online are vulnerable to ongoing attacks exploiting a high-severity code injection vulnerability. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/actively-exploited-apache-activemq-flaw-impacts-6-400-servers/
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Actively exploited Apache ActiveMQ flaw impacts 6,400 servers
Nonprofit security organization Shadowserver found that over 6,400 Apache ActiveMQ servers exposed online are vulnerable to ongoing attacks exploiting a high-severity code injection vulnerability. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/actively-exploited-apache-activemq-flaw-impacts-6-400-servers/
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No Exploit Needed: How Attackers Walk Through the Front Door via Identity-Based Attacks
Tags: access, ai, attack, breach, credentials, cybersecurity, exploit, identity, supply-chain, threat, zero-dayThe cybersecurity industry has spent the last several years chasing sophisticated threats like zero-days, supply chain compromises, and AI-generated exploits. However, the most reliable entry point for attackers still hasn’t changed: stolen credentials.Identity-based attacks remain a dominant initial access vector in breaches today. Attackers obtain valid credentials through credential stuffing First seen on thehackernews.com Jump…
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Former ransomware negotiator pleads guilty to BlackCat attacks
41-year-old Angelo Martino, a former employee of cybersecurity incident response company DigitalMint, has pleaded guilty to targeting U.S. companies in BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware attacks in 2023. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/former-ransomware-negotiator-pleads-guilty-to-blackcat-attacks/
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PureRAT Hides PE Payloads in PNGs for Fileless Execution
A multi-stage PureRAT campaign that hides portable executable (PE) payloads inside PNG images and executes them almost entirely in memory, making detection and forensics significantly harder for defenders. The campaign combines steganography, PowerShell-based loaders, UAC bypass, process hollowing, and anti-virtualization checks to remain stealthy on compromised systems. The attack begins with a weaponized .LNK file…