Tag: organized
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ToddyCat APT Targeting Internal Employee Communications at Organizations
Advanced persistent threat actors continue to develop sophisticated techniques for compromising corporate communications, with the ToddyCat APT group demonstrating remarkable evolution in their operational capabilities. Recent research from Kaspersky reveals how this highly organized espionage group has refined methods for covertly accessing internal employee communications at target organizations throughout the second half of 2024 and…
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ToddyCat APT Targeting Internal Employee Communications at Organizations
Advanced persistent threat actors continue to develop sophisticated techniques for compromising corporate communications, with the ToddyCat APT group demonstrating remarkable evolution in their operational capabilities. Recent research from Kaspersky reveals how this highly organized espionage group has refined methods for covertly accessing internal employee communications at target organizations throughout the second half of 2024 and…
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ToddyCat APT Targeting Internal Employee Communications at Organizations
Advanced persistent threat actors continue to develop sophisticated techniques for compromising corporate communications, with the ToddyCat APT group demonstrating remarkable evolution in their operational capabilities. Recent research from Kaspersky reveals how this highly organized espionage group has refined methods for covertly accessing internal employee communications at target organizations throughout the second half of 2024 and…
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ToddyCat APT Targeting Internal Employee Communications at Organizations
Advanced persistent threat actors continue to develop sophisticated techniques for compromising corporate communications, with the ToddyCat APT group demonstrating remarkable evolution in their operational capabilities. Recent research from Kaspersky reveals how this highly organized espionage group has refined methods for covertly accessing internal employee communications at target organizations throughout the second half of 2024 and…
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ToddyCat APT Targeting Internal Employee Communications at Organizations
Advanced persistent threat actors continue to develop sophisticated techniques for compromising corporate communications, with the ToddyCat APT group demonstrating remarkable evolution in their operational capabilities. Recent research from Kaspersky reveals how this highly organized espionage group has refined methods for covertly accessing internal employee communications at target organizations throughout the second half of 2024 and…
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More work for admins as Google patches latest zero-day Chrome vulnerability
Enterprise updating: The latest update also addresses a separate Type Confusion vulnerability in the V8 engine, CVE-2025-13224, also rated as ‘high’ priority. So far, there is no indication that this is under exploit.Enterprise customers can address both flaws by updating to Chrome version 142.0.7444.175/.176 for Windows, version 142.0.7444.176 for Mac, and version 142.0.7444.175 for Linux.Normally,…
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Crypto-less Crypto Investment Scams: A California Case
Tags: access, apt, blockchain, breach, business, china, communications, control, crime, crypto, cybercrime, data, email, finance, group, intelligence, international, jobs, network, office, organized, scam, theft, tool, usaMy readers will know by now that I am addicted to PACER – the Public Access to Court Electronic Records. When I see headlines like this one, I am compelled to dive in and read every publicly released document related to the case. USAO Central California The headline last month was that Shengsheng He, a…
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Crypto-less Crypto Investment Scams: A California Case
Tags: access, apt, blockchain, breach, business, china, communications, control, crime, crypto, cybercrime, data, email, finance, group, intelligence, international, jobs, network, office, organized, scam, theft, tool, usaMy readers will know by now that I am addicted to PACER – the Public Access to Court Electronic Records. When I see headlines like this one, I am compelled to dive in and read every publicly released document related to the case. USAO Central California The headline last month was that Shengsheng He, a…
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Europe Hosts First In-Orbit Satellite Cybersecurity Competition
D-Orbit and the ethical hacking collective mhackeroni have concluded CTRLSpace CTF, the first in-orbit satellite cybersecurity competition ever held in Europe. The event, organized with the support of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Security Cyber Centre of Excellence and ESA’s Security Office, marked a major step toward strengthening Europe’s space defence capabilities. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/europe-hosts-first-in-orbit-satellite-ctf/
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Europe Hosts First In-Orbit Satellite Cybersecurity Competition
D-Orbit and the ethical hacking collective mhackeroni have concluded CTRLSpace CTF, the first in-orbit satellite cybersecurity competition ever held in Europe. The event, organized with the support of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Security Cyber Centre of Excellence and ESA’s Security Office, marked a major step toward strengthening Europe’s space defence capabilities. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/europe-hosts-first-in-orbit-satellite-ctf/
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APT Groups Target Construction Firms to Steal RDP, SSH, and Citrix Credentials
Tags: apt, china, citrix, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, group, iran, korea, network, north-korea, organized, ransomware, russia, threatThe construction industry has emerged as a primary target for sophisticated cyber adversaries in 2025, with threat actors including state-sponsored APT groups, ransomware operators, and organized cybercriminal networks actively targeting organizations across the building and construction sector. Nation-state actors from China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea are leveraging the industry’s rapid digital transformation and security…
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APT Groups Target Construction Firms to Steal RDP, SSH, and Citrix Credentials
Tags: apt, china, citrix, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, group, iran, korea, network, north-korea, organized, ransomware, russia, threatThe construction industry has emerged as a primary target for sophisticated cyber adversaries in 2025, with threat actors including state-sponsored APT groups, ransomware operators, and organized cybercriminal networks actively targeting organizations across the building and construction sector. Nation-state actors from China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea are leveraging the industry’s rapid digital transformation and security…
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ThreatsDay Bulletin: AI Tools in Malware, Botnets, GDI Flaws, Election Attacks & More
Cybercrime has stopped being a problem of just the internet — it’s becoming a problem of the real world. Online scams now fund organized crime, hackers rent violence like a service, and even trusted apps or social platforms are turning into attack vectors.The result is a global system where every digital weakness can be turned…
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ThreatsDay Bulletin: AI Tools in Malware, Botnets, GDI Flaws, Election Attacks & More
Cybercrime has stopped being a problem of just the internet — it’s becoming a problem of the real world. Online scams now fund organized crime, hackers rent violence like a service, and even trusted apps or social platforms are turning into attack vectors.The result is a global system where every digital weakness can be turned…
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Hackers Targeting Freight Operators to Steal Cargo: Proofpoint
Threat actors are working with organized crime groups to target freight operators and transportation companies, infiltrate their systems through RMM software, and steal cargo, which they then sell online or ship to Europe, according to Proofpoint researchers, who saw similar campaigns last year. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/hackers-targeting-freight-operators-to-steal-cargo-proofpoint/
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Hackers Targeting Freight Operators to Steal Cargo: Proofpoint
Threat actors are working with organized crime groups to target freight operators and transportation companies, infiltrate their systems through RMM software, and steal cargo, which they then sell online or ship to Europe, according to Proofpoint researchers, who saw similar campaigns last year. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/hackers-targeting-freight-operators-to-steal-cargo-proofpoint/
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Hackers Targeting Freight Operators to Steal Cargo: Proofpoint
Threat actors are working with organized crime groups to target freight operators and transportation companies, infiltrate their systems through RMM software, and steal cargo, which they then sell online or ship to Europe, according to Proofpoint researchers, who saw similar campaigns last year. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/hackers-targeting-freight-operators-to-steal-cargo-proofpoint/
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Crooks exploit RMM software to hijack trucking firms and steal cargo
Hackers target trucking firms with RMM tools to steal freight, teaming with organized crime to loot goods, mainly food and beverages. Cybercriminals are targeting trucking and logistics firms with RMM tools (remote monitoring and management software) to steal freight. Active since June 2025, the group works with organized crime to loot goods, mainly food and…
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Crooks exploit RMM software to hijack trucking firms and steal cargo
Hackers target trucking firms with RMM tools to steal freight, teaming with organized crime to loot goods, mainly food and beverages. Cybercriminals are targeting trucking and logistics firms with RMM tools (remote monitoring and management software) to steal freight. Active since June 2025, the group works with organized crime to loot goods, mainly food and…
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Cybercrooks team up with organized crime to steal pricey cargo
Old-school cargo heists reborn in the cyber age First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/11/03/cybercriminals_team_up_with_ocgs/
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Cybercrooks team up with organized crime to steal pricey cargo
Old-school cargo heists reborn in the cyber age First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/11/03/cybercriminals_team_up_with_ocgs/
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Cybercrime groups team with organized crime in massive cargo theft campaigns
Financially motivated hackers are abusing remote monitoring and access tools against trucking and freight companies, Proofpoint warns. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cybercrime-organized-crime-cargo-theft-campaign/804501/
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Cybercriminals Exploit Remote Monitoring Tools to Infiltrate Logistics and Freight Networks
Bad actors are increasingly training their sights on trucking and logistics companies with an aim to infect them with remote monitoring and management (RMM) software for financial gain and ultimately steal cargo freight.The threat cluster, believed to be active since at least June 2025 according to Proofpoint, is said to be collaborating with organized crime…
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Hackers Help Organized Crime Groups in Cargo Freight Heists, Researchers Find
Proofpoint researchers have observed recent hacking campaigns supporting cargo theft First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/hackers-organized-crime-cargo/
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Transnational Organized Crime Gang Steals $1 Million from Ontario Couple
Today my LinkedIn feed and Google News filter is showing me several stories that illustrate how we are failing to stop online scammers from stealing from our elderly. It starts with the headlines. CTVNews: Ontario seniors GIVE AWAY MORE THAN $1 MILLION to scammers.CTVNews: Ontario couple LOSES MORE THAN $1 MILLION DOLLARS to fraud.Toronto Only:…
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The 10 biggest issues CISOs and cyber teams face today
Tags: ai, attack, awareness, breach, business, ceo, ciso, computing, crime, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, defense, email, encryption, exploit, finance, fraud, governance, group, hacker, international, mitigation, organized, phishing, ransom, risk, scam, service, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, training, usa, vulnerability2. Escalating, and accelerating, AI-enabled attacks: A 2025 survey from Boston Consulting Group found that 80% of CISOs worldwide cited AI-powered cyberattacks as their top concern, a 19-point increase from the previous year. A 2025 survey from Darktrace, a security technology firm, found that 78% of CISOs reported a significant impact from AI-driven threats, up…
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Top Advice for Detecting and Preventing AI Attacks, and for Securing AI Systems
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, best-practice, breach, business, chatgpt, china, ciso, cloud, computing, container, control, credentials, crime, cve, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, email, exploit, extortion, finance, flaw, framework, fraud, google, governance, government, group, guide, hacker, hacking, healthcare, iam, identity, incident response, intelligence, LLM, malicious, malware, mitigation, monitoring, network, open-source, openai, organized, phishing, ransom, risk, risk-management, russia, sans, scam, service, skills, soc, strategy, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, vulnerability, zero-trustAs organizations eagerly adopt AI, cybersecurity teams are racing to protect these new systems. In this special edition of the Cybersecurity Snapshot, we round up some of the best recent guidance on how to fend off AI attacks, and on how to safeguard your AI systems. Key takeaways Developers are getting new playbooks from groups…
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: F5 Breach Prompts Urgent U.S. Gov’t Warning, as OpenAI Details Disrupted ChatGPT Abuses
Tags: ai, attack, awareness, backdoor, breach, business, chatgpt, china, cisa, cloud, control, corporate, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, exploit, framework, fraud, governance, government, group, hacker, incident, infrastructure, Internet, iran, law, LLM, malicious, malware, mitigation, monitoring, network, openai, organized, phishing, privacy, resilience, risk, russia, scam, security-incident, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, training, update, vulnerabilityF5’s breach triggers a CISA emergency directive, as Tenable calls it “a five-alarm fire” that requires urgent action. Meanwhile, OpenAI details how attackers try to misuse ChatGPT. Plus, boards are increasing AI and cyber disclosures. And much more! Key takeaways A critical breach at cybersecurity firm F5, attributed to a nation-state, has triggered an urgent…
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TDL 007 – Cyber Warriors Digital Shadows: Insights from Canada’s Cybersecurity Leader
Tags: ai, awareness, backup, breach, browser, business, cio, ciso, communications, conference, control, corporate, country, cryptography, cyber, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, data-breach, defense, dns, email, encryption, finance, government, healthcare, identity, incident, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, jobs, law, leak, linux, malicious, mfa, mitigation, network, organized, phone, privacy, ransom, ransomware, RedTeam, resilience, risk, risk-management, router, service, startup, strategy, supply-chain, switch, tactics, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, windowsSummary In this episode of The Defender’s Log, host David Redekop interviews Sami Khoury, the Senior Official for Cybersecurity for the Government of Canada. With a career spanning 33 years at the Communication Security Establishment (CSE), Khoury shares how a coincidental job application blossomed into a lifelong passion for national security. Khoury emphasizes that modern…