Tag: cybercrime
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Europe’s cyber agency blames hacking gangs for massive data breach and leak
CERT-EU blamed the cybercrime group TeamPCP for the recent hack on the European Commission, and said the notorious ShinyHunters gang was responsible for leaking the stolen data online. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/04/03/europes-cyber-agency-blames-hacking-gangs-for-massive-data-breach-and-leak/
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Adversaries Exploit Vacant Homes to Intercept Mail in Hybrid Cybercrime
Threat actors are exploiting vacant homes as “drop addresses” to intercept mail and enable fraud. Flare shows how postal services and fake identities are abused to turn mail into a fraud vector. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/adversaries-exploit-vacant-homes-to-intercept-mail-in-hybrid-cybercrime/
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Cybercriminals take aim at Hasbro, weeks of recovery ahead
Hasbro, an American toy maker with more than 5,000 employees, confirmed a cyberattack and proactively took certain systems offline. The intrusion was detected on March 28, and … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/01/hasbro-cyberattack-network-breach/
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Your Next Employee Might Not Exist: LexisNexis Report Exposes the Synthetic Identity Explosion
The cybercrime landscape has always rewarded speed, smash-and-grab credential theft, rapid account takeovers, opportunistic phishing. But the LexisNexis Risk Solutions 2026 Cybercrime Report, derived from analysis of more than 116 billion online transactions, signals a fundamental strategic shift. Fraud is no longer just fast. Increasingly, it is deliberate, methodical, and terrifyingly patient. The report.. First…
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Casbaneiro Phishing Targets Latin America and Europe Using Dynamic PDF Lures
A multi-pronged phishing campaign is targeting Spanish-speaking users in organizations across Latin America and Europe to deliver Windows banking trojans like Casbaneiro (aka Metamorfo) via another malware called Horabot.The activity has been attributed to a Brazilian cybercrime threat actor tracked as Augmented Marauder and Water Saci. The e-crime group was first documented by Trend Micro…
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CrystalX Malware-as-a-Service Spreads via Telegram With Stealer, RAT Tools
Hackers are actively promoting a new malware-as-a-service (MaaS) platform called CrystalX RAT through private Telegram channels, offering cybercriminals a powerful toolkit that combines remote access, data theft, surveillance, and even prank-based disruption features. Security researchers identified the campaign in March 2026, noting that the malware is being sold under a subscription model with three pricing…
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Anthropic employee error exposes Claude Code source
Tags: access, ai, computer, control, credentials, cybercrime, data, data-breach, malicious, open-source, service, technology, tool, vulnerabilityCSO, “no sensitive customer data or credentials were involved or exposed. This was a release packaging issue caused by human error, not a security breach. We’re rolling out measures to prevent this from happening again.”But it wasn’t the first time this had happened; according to Fortune and other news sources, the same thing happened last…
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Iran Deploys ‘Pseudo-Ransomware,’ Revives Pay2Key Operations
Iranian APTs are blurring the lines between state-sponsored and cybercriminal activities to target high-impact US organizations. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/iran-pseudo-ransomware-pay2key-operations
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Qilin Ransomware allegedly breached chemical manufacturer giant Dow Inc
Qilin ransomware claims a breach of Dow Inc., listing it on its Tor leak site, but no proof of the hack has been released yet. Qilin Ransomware group allegedly breached the chemical manufacturing giant Dow Inc. The cybercrime group added the company to its Tor data leak site, but at this time, it has not…
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Tax Filing Scams Used to Deliver Malware in New Cybercrime Campaigns
Cybercriminals are once again exploiting global tax seasons, abusing IRS and tax filing lures to deliver malware, remote monitoring and management (RMM) tools, and credential phishing in a wave of new 2026 campaigns. Security researchers have already tracked more than a hundred tax-themed operations worldwide, with a noticeable increase in the use of legitimate RMM…
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Fahndung nach Cyberkriminellen 130 Firmen attackiert
130 Unternehmen und Institutionen gerieten ins Visier der Hacker.Nach jahrelangen Cybercrime-Angriffen auf mehr als Hundert Unternehmen und Einrichtungen in Deutschland haben Ermittler zwei zentrale Verdächtige identifiziert. Der eine sei der mutmaßliche Kopf von zwei Hackergruppen, der andere der mutmaßliche Programmierer der von diesen Gruppen genutzten Schadsoftware. Dies teilten das bei der Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Karlsruhe eingerichtete Cybercrime-Zentrum…
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Global Cybercrime Investigations Gain Ground
Stan Duijf of Dutch National Police on Collaborative Law Enforcement. Global law enforcement agencies are shifting tactics to disrupt ransomware earlier in the attack chain. Stan Duijf of the Dutch National Police describes how collaboration, threat intelligence and cryptocurrency seizures are making cybercrime more costly and less effective for criminals. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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Cybercriminals Exploit Tax Season With New Phishing Tactics
Tax-season phishing floods deliver RMM malware, credential theft, BEC and tax-form scams First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/tax-season-new-phishing-tactics/
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Partei Die Linke wurde Opfer eines Cyberangriffs
Wie Trend Micro berichtet, wurde vergangenen Donnerstag das IT-Netzwerk der Partei Die Linke Ziel eines Cyberangriffs. In der veröffentlichten Pressemeldung heißt es: ‘Uns liegen Hinweise vor, dass es sich um einen Ransomware-Angriff der Hackergruppe “šQilin’ handelt. Dabei handelt es sich um eine mutmaßlich russischsprachige Cybercrime-Organisation, deren Aktivitäten sowohl finanziell als auch politisch motiviert sein können.”…
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Russian court sentences notorious card fraud ringleader ‘Flint’ and 25 associates
A Russian military court sentenced 26 members of the cybercrime group Flint24, including ringleader Alexei Stroganov, a notorious hacker also wanted in the U.S. for large-scale payment card fraud. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/russia-flint-conviction-payment-fraud
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Cybercrime Report zeigt einen deutlichen Anstieg bei synthetischem Identitätsbetrug
Tags: cybercrimeFirst seen on datensicherheit.de Jump to article: www.datensicherheit.de/cybercrime-report-anstieg-identitaetsbetrug
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New Homoglyph Tricks Let Cybercriminals Mimic Trusted Domains
New homoglyph attack techniques are turning tiny visual differences in text into a reliable way to spoof trusted domains, steal credentials, and bypass weak Unicode handling in security stacks. By abusing Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs), Punycode, and Unicode “confusables,” attackers can register domains that look legitimate in the browser bar while resolving to attacker”‘controlled infrastructure.…
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Aufdeckung von rund 15.500 bösartigen Domains
Wie aktuelle Analysen von Infoblox Threat Intel und Confiant zeigen, verlagert sich Cyberkriminalität zunehmend in schwer erkennbare Bereiche des Internets. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/aufdeckung-15-500-boesartige-domains
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Aufdeckung von rund 15.500 bösartigen Domains
Wie aktuelle Analysen von Infoblox Threat Intel und Confiant zeigen, verlagert sich Cyberkriminalität zunehmend in schwer erkennbare Bereiche des Internets. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/aufdeckung-15-500-boesartige-domains
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Aufdeckung von rund 15.500 bösartigen Domains
Wie aktuelle Analysen von Infoblox Threat Intel und Confiant zeigen, verlagert sich Cyberkriminalität zunehmend in schwer erkennbare Bereiche des Internets. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/aufdeckung-15-500-boesartige-domains
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ShinyHunters claims the hack of the European Commission
The European Commission has allegedly been breached by ShinyHunters, with reported data dumps including content from mail servers. The European Commission has allegedly been breached by ShinyHunters, with reported data dumps including content from mail servers and internal communications systems. The cybercrime group added the Commission to its Tor data leak site, claiming the theft…
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ISMG Editors: Panel Wraps Up RSAC 2026 on AI, OT Risks
Conference Focuses on Emerging Agentic AI Risks, Cybercrime and Market Shifts. ISMG editors wrap up RSAC 2026 with an overview of key topics at the conference, including AI governance, agentic threats and OT security risks. Cyber experts addressed cybercrime disruption, funding challenges and the urgent need for stronger public-private collaboration. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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Browser werden zum Hauptziel von Cyberkriminalität
Tags: cybercrimeDer Webbrowser hat sich in vielen Unternehmen vom einfachen Werkzeug zur zentralen Arbeitsplattform entwickelt. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/browser-hauptziel-cyberkriminalitaet
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Cyberangriff auf die Linke
Die Hackergruppe “Qilin” steht möglicherweise hinter dem Angriff.Die Linke ist nach eigenen Angaben Opfer einer schweren Cyberattacke geworden und vermutet dahinter russischsprachige Hacker. Man habe am Donnerstag sofort reagiert und Teile der IT-Infrastruktur vom Netz genommen, teilte Bundesgeschäftsführer Janis Ehling mit. «Nach derzeitigen Erkenntnissen zielen die Täter darauf ab, sensible Daten aus dem inneren Bereich der…
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Critical Vulnerabilities, Insider Threats, and AI-Driven Cybercrime Define the Week
Weekly summary of Cybersecurity Insider newsletters First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/weekly-roundup/critical-vulnerabilities-insider-threats-and-ai-driven-cybercrime-define-the-week/
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Leak Bazaar Converts Stolen Corporate Data Into Organized Criminal Marketplace
A new cybercriminal service called “Leak Bazaar” has surfaced on the Russian-speaking TierOne forum, advertised on March 25, 2026, by a user known as Snow of SnowTeam. Unlike traditional data leak sites, Leak Bazaar introduces a more structured approach to monetizing stolen corporate data, focusing on processing and refining information rather than simply publishing it.…
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Russia detains alleged admin of LeakBase cybercrime forum weeks after global crackdown
Russian authorities have detained a suspected administrator of LeakBase, a major online marketplace for stolen data, weeks after U.S. and European law enforcement agencies carried out a global crackdown on the platform. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/leakbase-russia-admin-arrest-cyber
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Russia arrests suspected owner of LeakBase cybercrime forum
Russian police arrested a Taganrog resident believed to be the owner of LeakBase, a major online forum used by cybercriminals to buy and sell stolen data and hacking tools. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/russia-arrests-suspected-owner-and-admin-of-leakbase-cybercrime-forum/