Tag: cybercrime
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The Coordination Gap: How Attackers Are Outpacing Law Enforcement
The fight against cybercrime continues because threat actors have adapted their strategies to avoid deterrents, but law enforcement still operates in silos. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/coordination-gap-attackers-outpacing-law-enforcement
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Ransom Cartel creator sentenced to 16 years in prison
Maksim Silnikau participated in cybercrime since at least 2005. He ran Ransom Cartel from 2021 until his arrest in 2023. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/ransom-cartel-creator-sentenced-to-16-years-in-prison/
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Belarusian cybercriminal behind Ransom Cartel gets 16-year prison sentence
A Belarusian national active in the cybercriminal world for decades was sentenced to 16 years in U.S. prison for running the Ransom Cartel ransomware operation. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/belarus-hacker-ransomware-sentenced
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Suppliers, logins, and AI tools are all becoming attack paths
Cybercriminals and state-backed hacking groups are abusing trusted identities, cloud services, AI tools, and software supply chains to gain access while avoiding detection, … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/06/crowdstrike-cyber-threat-trends-report/
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Cybercrime victims lose an average of $9,468, with global toll exceeding $1.24 trillion
Tags: cybercrimeFirst seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/cybercrime-victims-lose-an-average-of-9468-with-global-toll-exceeding-1-24-trillion
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AI-driven cybercrime surges in Africa, accounting for 55% of reported digital crime
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/ai-driven-cybercrime-surges-in-africa-accounting-for-55-of-reported-digital-crime
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Poison Claude Sells Discounted Claude Access While Its Operator Sees Every Customer Prompt
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered more than half-a-dozen services advertisements for illegal access to artificial intelligence (AI) models on underground cybercrime forums and messaging platforms.One such service, Poison Claude, claims to offer access to Anthropic’s large language models (LLMs), including Opus 4.8, Opus 4.7, Opus 4.6, and Sonnet 4.6.”Advertisements for Poison Claude First seen on thehackernews.com…
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INTERPOL flags AI as the new engine of African cybercrime
Africa’s growing digital economy is exposing governments, businesses and internet users to a rising wave of cybercrime. The continent recorded more than 1.1 billion … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/05/interpol-africa-cybercrime-trends/
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Fake Bank of America Phishing Scam Installs Remote Access Malware
Cybercriminals are using a fake Bank of America phishing campaign to trick users into downloading a malicious script that installs ScreenConnect, enabling remote access and persistence on compromised systems First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/fake-bank-of-america-phishing-scam/
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AI developers targeted via trojanized GitHub repositories
Cybercriminals are cloning popular GitHub repositories for AI tools and developer resources to distribute an infostealer, according to Netskope Threat Labs. (Source: Netskope) … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/04/developers-github-fake-ai-tools-infostealer/
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Cybercriminals Bypass AI Safety Controls by Splitting Malicious Tasks Across Multiple Sessions
Talos read attacker prompt logs and found guardrails fell to task splitting and ownership claims First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/talos-attackers-split-tasks-evade/
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AI Accounts for Over Half of Cybercrime in Africa, Says Interpol
Interpol claims AI is driving a surge in cybercrime in Africa, with related losses doubling First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ai-accounts-over-half-cybercrime/
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Amgen Tells SEC Hack Exposed Patient Data, Trade Secrets
Drug Maker Says PHI, Research, Confidential Business Data Potentially Stolen. Pharmaceutical maker Amgen has notified the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that cybercriminals have potentially stolen a cache of sensitive company data, including patient information, intellectual property, research and development, and other confidential business files. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/amgen-tells-sec-hack-exposed-patient-data-trade-secrets-a-32401
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Interpol Leverages Global System to Curtail Fraud Payments
When a fraudulent transaction occurs, law enforcement agencies must work quickly to halt payments before cybercriminals cash out. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/interpol-leverages-global-system-curtail-fraud-payments
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Cybercrime goes subscription: AI, malware and infrastructure on demand
Cybercrime has become a commercialized ecosystem where criminals can buy or rent nearly every capability needed to launch sophisticated attacks. These services provide … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/31/infoblox-domain-abuse-campaigns-report/
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BCON Collective uncovers shared phishing infrastructure linked to ShinyHunters
Bridewell’s BCON Collective has uncovered an active phishing infrastructure spanning more than 100 malicious domains after investigating what initially appeared to be a routine blocked vishing attempt against one of its customers. The investigation found evidence suggesting the campaign is linked to the ShinyHunters cybercriminal group and revealed that the same phishing kit is being…
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Researchers Expose Flying Eagle Criminal Ecosystem Behind Fake Chinese Police App
Researchers linked the Flying Eagle Android RAT to fake police apps, uncovering 170 servers in a growing cybercrime ecosystem. Hunt.io researchers and independent journalist NetAskari started with a fraudulent Android app impersonating a Chinese Provincial Public Security Bureau service and ended up mapping a sprawling criminal ecosystem built around a leaked Android RAT framework called…
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Cybercriminals Are Leveraging Autonomous AI Offensive Security Agents
Resecurity warns AI offensive agents are lowering hacking barriers, fueling an AI-driven race between attackers and defenders. Resecurity analyzed how autonomous offensive security agents such as T3MP3ST, Strix, CyberStrike, XBOW, PentAGI, PentestGPT, and Nebula lower the barriers to vulnerability identification and exploitation. The analysis also explores why AI is being repurposed for real attacks and…
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Tanaka Dominates Data Leak Landscape With 25 Leak Posts
Ransomware often dominates cybersecurity headlines, but stolen data has become an equally valuable commodity in the cybercrime economy. In the first half of 2026, one threat actor stood out in the data leak ecosystem: Tanaka, a prolific data leak broker responsible for more publicized leak activity than any other actor tracked by Cyble. First seen…
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Operation STANDOFF Uses GitHub Redirects Across 44 Servers to Hide Multi-Malware C2 Traffic
Operation STANDOFF is a Russian”‘speaking cybercriminal campaign that uses a cluster of at least 44 TimeWeb”‘hosted servers that all masquerade as benign GitHub redirectors to conceal multi”‘malware command”‘and”‘control (C2) and proxy traffic. This infrastructure underpins a full ecosystem: a pay”‘per”‘install loader, a proxy”‘botnet, a multi”‘operator intrusion console, and an AI”‘driven influence and outreach platform. All…
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Insane Castle Hurricane: APT Codename Confusion Proliferates
Google Debuts Yet Another Way to Track State-Sponsored and Cybercrime Actors What do Castle, Ion, Neptune, Relic and Comet have in common? They’re among the codenames Google will begin assigning to threat groups, many of which already have a dozen different codenames assigned to them. In the words of one researcher: There is a massive…
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Europol Launches Project COMPASS to Disrupt ‘The Com’ Cybercrime Network Targeting Minors
Europol has launched Project COMPASS, a coordinated transnational initiative aimed at disrupting >>The Com,<< a highly dangerous cybercrime and nihilistic extremist network that systematically targets minors and vulnerable young people across digital platforms. The Com operates as a sprawling transnational virtual network (TVN), utilizing social media, messaging apps, music platforms, and online games to recruit,…
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Cruciferra Crypter Uses BYOVD and Process Ghosting to Hide Windows Malware
The China-linked cybercrime group behind the use of income tax-related phishing lures targeting Indian taxpayers, tax professionals, and corporate finance teams has been observed using a sophisticated crypter service called Cruciferra.According to a new analysis by Proofpoint, Cruciferra has been utilized by various unrelated cybercriminal threat clusters to deliver a wide array of remote First…
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Inside the violent online network coercing children to self-harm – podcast
This year the FBI issued urgent warnings to parents about 764, a global online community where children are manipulated into acts of violence.<br><br>With hundreds of investigations under way worldwide, including in Australia, 764 and groups like it are accused of using coercion to turn vulnerable minors into victims and, in some cases, predators.<strong>Nour Haydar</strong> speaks…
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US to deny visas to foreign nationals involved in cybercrime
Tags: cybercrimeFirst seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/us-to-deny-visas-to-foreign-nationals-involved-in-cybercrime
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Patient Sues Abbott Labs, Exact Sciences in Data Theft
Class Action Suit Claims Labs Failed to Safeguard Data in ShinyHunters Hack. The first of what could be many more proposed class action lawsuits has been filed against clinical testing laboratory and medical device maker Abbott Laboratories and its cancer diagnostics business Exact Sciences following a data theft hack claimed by cybercrime gang ShinyHunters. First…
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ISMG Editors: Oops! AI Just Escaped the Sandbox
Also: Lessons From Scattered Spider Sentencing, Controlling Enterprise AI Costs. In this week’s panel, four ISMG editors discussed the implications of OpenAI’s sandbox escape and Hugging Face hack, the sentencing of two Scattered Spider members and what it means for the future of cybercrime, and the growing debate over the cost of enterprise AI. First…
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Inside the horrifying online network where children coerce others to commit violence and self-harm
The 764 network is just one part of a growing online ecosystem that pushes young members into brutal and degrading acts. It has perpetrators and victims in dozens of countriesIn late 2024, in a quiet suburb of Stockholm, a 14-year-old boy approached a man in his 80s who was using a walker. He stabbed the…
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New Dolphin X malware uses AI to rank high-value targets
A new Dolphin X remote access trojan claims to use an AI-powered profiling feature to score and rank infected users, helping cybercriminals identify which victims should be targeted first. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-dolphin-x-malware-uses-ai-to-rank-high-value-targets/