Tag: crime
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Hamburg man charged with murder over teen’s livestreamed death
German authorities issue 204 charges against 21-year-old suspect, alleged to be part of wider network of abusersA man accused of luring children worldwide into a sadistic online abuse network has been charged by German prosecutors with hundreds of crimes, including murder, for the livestreamed death of a 13-year-old American.Using the pseudonym “White Tiger”, the 21-year-old…
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Beyond the checklist: Building adaptive GRC frameworks for agentic AI
Tags: access, ai, breach, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, crime, data, detection, endpoint, finance, framework, fraud, governance, grc, international, metric, monitoring, nist, risk, risk-management, strategy, supply-chain, switchAutonomous agent drift First, I experienced an autonomous agent drift that nearly caused a severe financial and reputational crisis. We deployed a sophisticated agent tasked with optimizing our cloud spending and resource allocation across three regions, giving it a high degree of autonomy. Its original mandate was clear, but after three weeks of self-learning and…
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Salesforce Rebuffs ShinyHunters Extortionists’ Ransom Demand
Criminals Behind Salesloft Breach Continue to Target Salesforce-Using Customers. Customer relationship management software giant Salesforce has directly notified customers that it won’t be complying with ransom demands issued by the data-stealing crime group ShinyHunters, which continues to pressure Salesforce-using customers who fell victim to the Salesloft breach. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/salesforce-rebuffs-shinyhunters-extortionists-ransom-demand-a-29689
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LockBit, Qilin & DragonForce Join Forces in Ransomware ‘Cartel’
The three extortion gangs also invited other e-crime attackers to join their collaboration to share attack information and resources, in the wake of LockBit 5.0 being released. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/extortion-gangs-join-forces-ransomware-cartel
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Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters offering $10 in Bitcoin to ‘endlessly harass’ execs
Crime group claims to have already doled out $1K to those in it ‘for money and for the love of the game’ First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/10/06/scattered_lapsus_bitcoin_reward/
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UK government bails out Jaguar Land Rover with £1.5B loan after hack disrupts vehicle production for weeks
The Indian-owned carmaking giant will be bailed out after a cyberattack stalled car production and its downstream supply chain. Critics argue that the bailout sends the wrong message to hackers and crime groups. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/09/29/uk-government-bails-out-jaguar-land-rover-with-1-5b-loan-after-hack-disrupts-vehicle-production-for-weeks/
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SMS Pools and what the US Secret Service Really Found Around New York
Tags: apple, authentication, business, china, conference, control, country, credit-card, crime, crypto, data, email, exploit, finance, fraud, google, group, Hardware, infrastructure, iphone, jobs, korea, law, linux, mfa, mobile, phishing, phone, scam, service, smishing, software, theft, usa, windowsLast week the United Nations General Assembly kicked off in New York City. On the first day, a strange US Secret Service press conference revealed that they had seized 300 SIM Servers with 100,000 SIM cards. Various media outlets jumped on the idea that this was some state-sponsored sleeper cell waiting to destroy telecommunication services…
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: CISA Highlights Vulnerability Management Importance in Breach Analysis, as Orgs Are Urged To Patch Cisco Zero-Days
Tags: 2fa, access, advisory, api, attack, authentication, breach, business, cisa, cisco, cloud, control, credentials, crime, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, endpoint, exploit, fido, finance, firewall, framework, github, grc, guide, identity, incident response, infrastructure, Internet, ISO-27001, kev, law, lessons-learned, malicious, malware, mfa, mitigation, monitoring, network, open-source, phishing, privacy, ransomware, risk, saas, scam, security-incident, service, soc, software, supply-chain, tactics, threat, update, vpn, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, worm, zero-dayCISA’s takeaways of an agency hack include a call for timely vulnerability patching. Plus, Cisco zero-day bugs are under attack, patch now. Meanwhile, the CSA issued a framework for SaaS security. And get the latest on the npm breach, the ransomware attack that disrupted air travel and more! Here are six things you need to…
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Netherlands establishes cyber resilience network to strengthen public-private digital defence
Network will connect organisations in a cyber crime defence initiative that goes way beyond information sharing First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366631894/Netherlands-establishes-cyber-resilience-network-to-strengthen-public-private-digital-defence
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NCA Arrest Man as HardBit Ransomware Blamed for Airport Outages
The UK’s National Crime Agency has arrested a suspect in connection with a ransomware attack on Collins Aerospace First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/nca-arrest-hardbit-ransomware/
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NCA Arrest Man as HardBit Ransomware Blamed for Airport Outages
The UK’s National Crime Agency has arrested a suspect in connection with a ransomware attack on Collins Aerospace First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/nca-arrest-hardbit-ransomware/
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$439 million recovered in global financial crime crackdown
Authorities around the world have recovered $439 million from criminals following a months-long operation led by INTERPOL. The effort, called HAECHI VI, ran from April through … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/09/25/interpol-global-financial-crime-crackdown/
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DHS Has Been Collecting US Citizens’ DNA for Years
Newly released data shows Customs and Border Protection funneled the DNA of nearly 2,000 US citizens”, some as young as 14″, into an FBI crime database, raising alarms about oversight and legality. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/dhs-has-been-collecting-us-citizens-dna-for-years/
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Canada’s RCMP closes TradeOgre, seizes $40M in country’s largest crypto bust
RCMP shuts down TradeOgre, seizing $40M from crime, the first crypto exchange closure and largest asset seizure in Canada’s history. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police shut down the crypto exchange TradeOgre and seized $40M worth of crypto assets. This is the first crypto exchange shut down by the Canadian authorities. >>RCMP Federal Policing Eastern […]…
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Canada’s RCMP closes TradeOgre, seizes $40M in country’s largest crypto bust
RCMP shuts down TradeOgre, seizing $40M from crime, the first crypto exchange closure and largest asset seizure in Canada’s history. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police shut down the crypto exchange TradeOgre and seized $40M worth of crypto assets. This is the first crypto exchange shut down by the Canadian authorities. >>RCMP Federal Policing Eastern […]…
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Microsoft DCU’s Takedown of RaccoonO365
When I saw the name of the Microsoft Digital Crime Unit’s latest target, “RaccoonO365” I probably reacted to it differently than most. With the help of a friend in Lagos, we’ve been watching the money launderers and things have reached a point that they now refer to what we previously called “Business Email Compromise” or…
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FBI alerts public to spoofed IC3 site used in fraud schemes
The FBI warns that criminals are spoofing the IC3 site to steal personal data and commit fraud targeting cybercrime reporters. The FBI warned that attackers are spoofing the official Crime Complaint Center (IC3) website to steal personal data and commit financial fraud, targeting users who report cybercrimes. The fake websites mimic the real IC3 domain…
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FBI alerts public to spoofed IC3 site used in fraud schemes
The FBI warns that criminals are spoofing the IC3 site to steal personal data and commit fraud targeting cybercrime reporters. The FBI warned that attackers are spoofing the official Crime Complaint Center (IC3) website to steal personal data and commit financial fraud, targeting users who report cybercrimes. The fake websites mimic the real IC3 domain…
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Threat Actors Fake FBI IC3 Portal to Steal Visitor Information
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued a critical public service announcement warning citizens about cybercriminals creating sophisticated spoofed versions of the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) website to harvest sensitive personal information from unsuspecting visitors. According to FBI Alert I-091925-PSA released on September 19, 2025, threat actors have been actively creating fraudulent websites…
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The Silent Threat: How Misconfigurations Fuel the Cyber Crime Economy
Billions of records are breached each year as a result of misconfigured servers, firewalls and other network devices. What can be done? Let’s explore. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/09/the-silent-threat-how-misconfigurations-fuel-the-cyber-crime-economy/
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FBI warns of cybercriminals using fake FBI crime reporting portals
The FBI warned today that cybercriminals are impersonating its Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) website in what the law enforcement agency described as “possible malicious activity.” First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-warns-of-fake-fbi-crime-complaint-portals-used-for-cybercrime/
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French court ruling may lead to legal challenges over state Sky ECC and EncroChat phone hack
A decision by the French supreme court may pave the way for defendants to challenge the lawfulness of France’s hacking of the EncroChat and Sky ECC cryptophone networks used by organised crime groups First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366631442/French-court-ruling-may-lead-to-legal-challenges-over-state-Sky-ECC-and-EncroChat-phone-hack
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Microsoft schaltet gefährliches Phishing-Netzwerk ab
Über die Phishing-as-a-Service-Plattform RaccoonO365 sollen mehr als 5.000 Microsoft-Accounts in 94 Ländern kompromittiert worden sein.Die Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) von Microsoft hat die Phishing-as-a-Service-Plattform RaccoonO365 lahmgelegt. Wie das Unternehmen aus Redmond berichtet, wurden dabei 338 Webseiten beschlagnahmt, um die Infrastruktur zu zerstören.Das von Microsoft als Storm-2246 verfolgte kriminelle Netzwerk hinter der Plattform hat sich auf…
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Microsoft beschlagnahmt 338 Websites zur Zerschlagung des schnell wachsenden Phishing-Dienstes ‘RaccoonO365″
Die Digital-Crimes-Unit (DCU) von Microsoft hat mit einem Gerichtsbeschluss des Southern District of New York 338 Websites beschlagnahmt, die mit ‘RaccoonO365″ verbunden sind. Ziel war es, die technische Infrastruktur des Dienstes zu stören und Kriminellen den Zugriff auf Opferkonten zu entziehen. RaccoonO365 ist ein Phishing-Toolkit, mit dem Microsoft-365-Zugangsdaten gestohlen werden. Dieser Fall zeigt, dass Cyberkriminelle…
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NCA Singles Out “The Com” as It Chairs Five Eyes Group
The UK’s National Crime Agency is the new chair of the Five Eyes Law Enforcement Group First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/nca-singles-out-com-chairs-five/
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Microsoft scores win against Office 365 credential thieves
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit disrupts a major phishing-as-a-service operation that targeted and stole Office 365 usernames and credentials First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366631473/Microsoft-scores-win-against-Office-365-credential-thieves
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Microsoft and Cloudflare teamed up to dismantle the RaccoonO365 phishing service
Microsoft and Cloudflare disrupted the RaccoonO365 phishing service, used to steal thousands of user credentials. A joint operation conducted by Microsoft and Cloudflare has taken down the infrastructure used by the RaccoonO365 phishing service (tracked by Microsoft as Storm-2246). Microsoft announced that its Digital Crimes Unit shut down RaccoonO365, seizing 338 sites used to steal…
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Microsoft and Cloudflare execute ‘rugpull’ on massive phishing empire
Tags: access, ai, attack, blockchain, breach, computer, credentials, crime, crimes, crypto, cybercrime, data, detection, exploit, extortion, finance, fraud, infrastructure, international, law, microsoft, phishing, programming, scam, service, strategy, threat, toolLegal victory with limitations: Microsoft’s investigation identified Joshua Ogundipe, based in Nigeria, as the operation’s leader and primary architect. The company filed a lawsuit against Ogundipe and four associates listed as John Does in late August, then obtained a court order from the US District Court for the Southern District of New York in early…
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Microsoft Shuts Down RaccoonO365 Phishing Ring, Seizes 338 Websites
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit dismantled RaccoonO365, a major phishing service that stole thousands of user credentials and targeted US healthcare organisations. Discover how the operation worked and its global impact. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/microsoft-shuts-down-raccoono365-phishing-seizes-sites/