Tag: cybercrime
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‘MessiahGPT’ AI Service Promises Ransomware, Phishing Kits, and Malware
Trellix says MessiahGPT is marketed to cybercriminals as an uncensored AI service for ransomware, phishing kits, malware, and breach exploitation. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/artificial-intelligence/news-messiahgpt-malware-phishing-ai/
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ExfilSquad Targets New Victims, Shares Data via Torrents
ExfilSquad targets 13 organizations, exploiting cloud portals for data theft and using torrents to spread stolen information and amplify damage. Resecurity is tracking the activity of ExfilSquad the group announced new victims this week. ExfilSquad is a new cybercrime group that emerged in mid-2026. Instead of using ransomware, it steals data and threatens to […]…
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QA: Ransomware is now a ‘fully fledged industry’, says cybercrime journalist Geoff White
Cybercrime no longer divides neatly between lone hackers, organised gangs and state-backed operations. These groups exchange tactics and tools, while stolen data gives them an asset that can be sold, used for fraud, held to ransom or weaponised for political damage. Geoff White is an award-winning investigative journalist whose reporting has taken him inside global…
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Exfiltration-Focused ExfilSquad Starts Leaking Stolen Data
Cities of Atlanta and Houston, and Frontier Airlines, Among New Group’s Victims. A fresh cybercrime group called ExfilSquad, which recently debuted with a data-leak site listing over a dozen victims, has begun leaking large quantities of stolen data. The group’s emergence comes as incident responders continue to see fewer victims paying exfiltration ransoms than ever…
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Coruna, DarkSword iOS Exploits Proliferate Globally
Sophisticated iPhone exploit chains previously limited to nation-states are spreading far and wide to organized cybercrime groups. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/coruna-darksword-ios-exploits-proliferate-globally
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Outdated Cybercrime Laws Put Security Researchers at Risk
A public policy expert mapped global cybercrime laws to develop a five-point framework for protecting ethical hackers and good-faith security research. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/application-security/outdated-cybercrime-laws-security-researchers-risk
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Member of The Com sent to prison for blackmail, sextortion
A member of “The Com,” a loose-knit online cybercrime collective that targets children and teenagers, has been sentenced to two years in prison for blackmail and sextortion offenses against nearly 120 victims worldwide. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/member-of-the-com-sent-to-prison-for-blackmail-sextortion/
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TeamPCP Linked To Redis Attacks Dating Back To 2020 And Later Supply Chain Campaign
Tags: attack, cybercrime, group, infrastructure, Internet, malware, software, supply-chain, threat, trainingA new analysis has uncovered that the threat actor tracked as TeamPCP has been active on the cybercrime scene as far back as 2020, indicating the group has been compromising internet-facing infrastructure for years before training their sights on the software supply chain.”The connection is supported by overlapping domains, malware deployment paths, staging techniques, backend…
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Breach Roundup: Water Utilities in 12 US States Hit
Also, Chinese-Made SOHO Routers Contain Trojan, AI Fuels Cybercrime Across Africa. This week: water utilities in 12 U.S. states hit, Trojans in Chinese SOHO routers, banned Chinese companies in U.S. networks, AI fueled cybercrime in Africa, a U.K. police legal database breached, IBM Langflow AI flaw, a cyberattack delayed orders at a Dutch retailer and…
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How Agentic AI Scales Cybercrime
Google’s Hultquist on Autonomous Attacks and Behavioral Defense. Cybercriminals are using agentic AI to automate intrusions, rewrite malware and scale operations with stolen access to artificial intelligence services. Google’s John Hultquist explains why signature-based defenses are losing ground and how behavioral detection can help security teams respond. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/how-agentic-ai-scales-cybercrime-a-32449

