Tag: organized

Cybersecurity Snapshot: AI Security Skills Drive Up Cyber Salaries, as Cyber Teams Grow Arsenal of AI Tools, Reports Find

Oct 10, 2025 9:24 PM

Tags: access, advisory, ai, attack, authentication, breach, business, ciso, cloud, computing, credentials, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, endpoint, exploit, extortion, finance, framework, fraud, google, governance, guide, hacker, hacking, identity, incident response, Internet, iot, jobs, login, microsoft, monitoring, network, nist, oracle, organized, password, privacy, ransomware, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, scam, skills, technology, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-day

Want recruiters to show you the money? A new report says AI skills are your golden ticket. Plus, cyber teams are all in on AI, including agentic AI tools. Oh, and please patch a nasty Oracle zero-day bug ASAP. And get the latest on vulnerability management, IoT security and cyber fraud. Key takeaways Eager to…
Purdue 2.0? : Rising to the Challenge to secure OT with Zero Trust Connectivity

Oct 8, 2025 3:58 PM

Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, breach, cloud, compliance, control, corporate, csf, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, dns, email, endpoint, espionage, exploit, extortion, firewall, firmware, framework, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, iot, malicious, malware, mitre, monitoring, network, nist, organized, phishing, ransomware, resilience, risk, service, siem, soc, software, spear-phishing, supply-chain, tactics, technology, theft, threat, tool, unauthorized, update, vpn, vulnerability, zero-trust

Our connected world is getting dangerously messy. Demands on the effective protection of OT environments has never been greater than it is today. This is only growing. Cybercrime is becoming more organized with RaaS and the internal threat is enhanced by huge payouts of initial access brokers. Additionally, Nation States are posturing for cyber war…
Purdue 2.0? : Rising to the Challenge to secure OT with Zero Trust Connectivity

Oct 8, 2025 3:58 PM

Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, breach, cloud, compliance, control, corporate, csf, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, dns, email, endpoint, espionage, exploit, extortion, firewall, firmware, framework, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, iot, malicious, malware, mitre, monitoring, network, nist, organized, phishing, ransomware, resilience, risk, service, siem, soc, software, spear-phishing, supply-chain, tactics, technology, theft, threat, tool, unauthorized, update, vpn, vulnerability, zero-trust

Our connected world is getting dangerously messy. Demands on the effective protection of OT environments has never been greater than it is today. This is only growing. Cybercrime is becoming more organized with RaaS and the internal threat is enhanced by huge payouts of initial access brokers. Additionally, Nation States are posturing for cyber war…
Product Walkthrough: How Passwork 7 Addresses Complexity of Enterprise Security

Oct 3, 2025 2:41 PM

Tags: credentials, organized, password, update

Passwork is positioned as an on-premises unified platform for both password and secrets management, aiming to address the increasing complexity of credential storage and sharing in modern organizations. The platform recently received a major update that reworks all the core mechanics.Passwork 7 introduces significant changes to how credentials are organized, accessed, and managed, reflecting First…
Chinese Guarantee Syndicates and the Fruit Machine

Sep 12, 2025 8:16 PM

Tags: apple, business, china, country, credit-card, crime, data, finance, group, iphone, mobile, organized, phishing, phone, theft

When I was speaking to a group of Bank Security people in New York City yesterday, I mentioned “machine rooms” — which are rooms full of Apple iPhones that are used to send iMessage phishing spam. Someone in the audience asked “Where would they get that many phones?” The kids like to use the acronym…
Money Mule Networks Surge 168% Fueling Digital Banking Fraud

Sep 10, 2025 8:16 PM

Tags: banking, crime, crypto, fraud, group, network, organized

BioCatch Says Crime Groups Have Industrialized Operations With Stablecoin Transfers. Organized crime groups have industrialized digital banking fraud operations in the United States, with money mule networks surging 168% in the first half of 2025. Money mules are being recruited at unprecedented scale, and they’re using stablecoins to transfer funds to crypto exchanges. First seen…
APT37 Targets Windows with Rust Backdoor and Python Loader

Sep 8, 2025 5:08 PM

Tags: api, attack, backdoor, cctv, cloud, computer, control, data, detection, exploit, government, group, infection, injection, jobs, korea, malicious, malware, microsoft, monitoring, north-korea, organized, password, phishing, powershell, programming, rust, service, social-engineering, spear-phishing, startup, tactics, theft, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, windows

IntroductionAPT37 (also known as ScarCruft, Ruby Sleet, and Velvet Chollima) is a North Korean-aligned threat actor active since at least 2012. APT37 primarily targets South Korean individuals connected to the North Korean regime or involved in human rights activism, leveraging custom malware and adopting emerging technologies.In recent campaigns, APT37 utilizes a single command-and-control (C2) server…
APT37 Targets Windows with Rust Backdoor and Python Loader

Sep 8, 2025 5:08 PM

Tags: api, attack, backdoor, cctv, cloud, computer, control, data, detection, exploit, government, group, infection, injection, jobs, korea, malicious, malware, microsoft, monitoring, north-korea, organized, password, phishing, powershell, programming, rust, service, social-engineering, spear-phishing, startup, tactics, theft, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, windows

IntroductionAPT37 (also known as ScarCruft, Ruby Sleet, and Velvet Chollima) is a North Korean-aligned threat actor active since at least 2012. APT37 primarily targets South Korean individuals connected to the North Korean regime or involved in human rights activism, leveraging custom malware and adopting emerging technologies.In recent campaigns, APT37 utilizes a single command-and-control (C2) server…
APT37 Targets Windows with Rust Backdoor and Python Loader

Sep 8, 2025 5:08 PM

Tags: api, attack, backdoor, cctv, cloud, computer, control, data, detection, exploit, government, group, infection, injection, jobs, korea, malicious, malware, microsoft, monitoring, north-korea, organized, password, phishing, powershell, programming, rust, service, social-engineering, spear-phishing, startup, tactics, theft, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, windows

IntroductionAPT37 (also known as ScarCruft, Ruby Sleet, and Velvet Chollima) is a North Korean-aligned threat actor active since at least 2012. APT37 primarily targets South Korean individuals connected to the North Korean regime or involved in human rights activism, leveraging custom malware and adopting emerging technologies.In recent campaigns, APT37 utilizes a single command-and-control (C2) server…
Cybersecurity Snapshot: Expert Advice for Securing Critical Infrastructure’s OT and Industrial Control Systems, IoT Devices and Network Infrastructure

Sep 5, 2025 6:20 PM

Tags: access, advisory, apt, attack, authentication, breach, china, cisa, cisco, cloud, compliance, computer, computing, control, credentials, cryptography, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, espionage, exploit, firmware, framework, google, government, guide, hacker, Hardware, incident response, infrastructure, international, Internet, iot, login, mfa, military, mitigation, monitoring, network, nist, organized, password, phishing, ransomware, regulation, risk, russia, sans, service, software, technology, theft, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, zero-trust

Destructive cyber attacks against critical infrastructure have unfortunately become increasingly frequent. Just last week, multinational government agencies blared the alarm about a global cyber espionage campaign targeting critical infrastructure networks. With this type of cyber threat in the spotlight, we’re rounding up recent cyber advice for securing critical infrastructure. In case you missed it, here…
Help Wanted: Dark Web Job Recruitment is Up

Aug 29, 2025 8:23 AM

Tags: ai, attack, cybercrime, dark-web, deep-fake, hacker, iot, jobs, organized, social-engineering

Cybercriminal forums are experiencing a recruitment boom, with dark-web job postings for hackers, AI experts, and social engineers doubling year over year. Research from Reliaquest highlights growing demand for English-speaking social engineering, IoT compromise, AI-driven attacks, and deepfake capabilities, signaling how adversaries are scaling organized cybercrime operations. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/08/help-wanted-dark-web-job-recruitment-is-up/
Organized and Criminal, Ransomware Gangs Run Up Profits

Aug 29, 2025 8:23 AM

Tags: access, attack, control, cyber, extortion, group, organized, ransomware, tactics, vulnerability, vulnerability-management

Ransomware attacks are rising 49% as cyber gangs evolve into organized criminal enterprises. With over 200 groups operating like corporations, recruiting talent, using RaaS models, and deploying multi-extortion tactics, defenders must strengthen foundational controls, limit vendor access, and prioritize vulnerability management to stay ahead. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/08/organized-and-criminal-ransomware-gangs-run-up-profits-2/
Fraud, Romance Scams, and Laundered Millions: Fifth Conspirator Convicted

Aug 28, 2025 2:23 PM

Tags: crime, fraud, organized, scam

A federal jury in Puerto Rico has convicted Oluwasegun Baiyewu, the fifth defendant in a transnational money laundering conspiracy involving fraud schemes run by Nigerian Organized Crime Groups. The 37-year-old Texas resident was found guilty following a 22-day trial in San Juan. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/baiyewu-convicted-in-money-laundering/
Retail Cybersecurity in the AI Era

Aug 27, 2025 7:23 PM

Tags: ai, crime, cybersecurity, detection, organized, threat

Threat actors now use AI for scaling organized retail crime and to make bot detection more difficult. How can defenders use AI to respond? Jackie Deloplaine of RH-ISAC and Derek Dykens of Splunk share insight and optimism on the use of AI to detect and combat ORC. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/interviews/retail-cybersecurity-in-ai-era-i-5490
WhatsApp Removes 6.8 Million Accounts Over Malicious Activity Concerns

Aug 7, 2025 9:11 AM

Tags: cyber, fraud, malicious, network, organized

WhatsApp has permanently removed 6.8 million accounts during the first half of 2024 as part of an aggressive crackdown on global scamming operations, parent company Meta announced this week. The massive account purge primarily targeted sophisticated fraud networks operating from organized criminal centers across Southeast Asia, where forced labor is frequently used to execute elaborate…
Project Red Hook: Chinese Gift Card Fraud at Scale

Aug 7, 2025 5:11 AM

Tags: apple, breach, cctv, china, computer, country, crime, data, finance, fraud, group, office, organized, phone, scam, software, theft, unauthorized

Project Red Hook is a Homeland Security Investigations operation examining how Chinese Organized Crime is committing wholesale Gift Card Fraud by using Chinese illegal immigrants to steal gift cards, reveal their PIN, reseal the cards, and return them to store racks. When the card is later purchased and activated, operators are standing by to quickly…
Ransomware attacks: The evolving extortion threat to US financial institutions

Aug 4, 2025 2:28 PM

Tags: access, ai, antivirus, attack, backup, banking, breach, business, cloud, communications, compliance, control, credentials, crime, crimes, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, ddos, defense, detection, edr, email, encryption, endpoint, extortion, finance, firewall, governance, group, identity, incident response, infrastructure, insurance, intelligence, international, korea, law, leak, least-privilege, lessons-learned, linkedin, linux, lockbit, login, malicious, mfa, monitoring, network, north-korea, organized, phishing, ransom, ransomware, resilience, risk, rust, service, soc, social-engineering, software, startup, strategy, supply-chain, tactics, theft, threat, tool, training, update, usa, vmware, vulnerability, warfare, windows, zero-trust

Before sunrise on a chilly November morning, I got the kind of call no security leader ever wants. A mid-sized U.S. bank had been hit overnight hard. Customers couldn’t access their accounts, ATMs were non-functional and every screen in the company’s environment glowed with the same ominous message: their systems were encrypted, and data had…
Ransomware gang tells Ingram Micro, ‘Pay up by August 1’

Jul 31, 2025 5:28 AM

Tags: access, attack, backup, breach, cyber, cyberattack, data, data-breach, encryption, exploit, extortion, government, group, international, Internet, law, leak, organized, ransom, ransomware, technology, tool, vpn, vulnerability

Ransomware attacks increase: In a report on ransomware released this week, researchers at Zscaler ThreatLabz said the number of organizations listed on all ransomware leak sites rose 70% in the 12 month period ending in April.A growing number of ransomware operators are abandoning encryption of data in favour of just data extortion, it noted. For…
US Announces $15M Reward for North Korean IT Scheme Leaders

Jul 25, 2025 2:27 PM

Tags: crime, cyber, government, north-korea, organized

The United States government announced coordinated actions across multiple departments today, offering rewards totaling up to $15 million for information leading to the arrests and convictions of North Korean nationals involved in extensive revenue generation schemes targeting American companies and citizens. The Department of State’s Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program is specifically targeting Sim Hyon-sop…
US Announces $15M Reward for North Korean IT Scheme Leaders

Jul 25, 2025 1:27 PM

Tags: crime, cyber, government, north-korea, organized

The United States government announced coordinated actions across multiple departments today, offering rewards totaling up to $15 million for information leading to the arrests and convictions of North Korean nationals involved in extensive revenue generation schemes targeting American companies and citizens. The Department of State’s Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program is specifically targeting Sim Hyon-sop…
Threat actors scanning for apps incorporating vulnerable Spring Boot tool

Jul 19, 2025 1:40 AM

Tags: access, attack, authentication, ciso, compliance, country, credentials, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, email, encryption, endpoint, exploit, finance, flaw, governance, group, hacker, incident response, infrastructure, Internet, kev, nist, organized, password, risk, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, zero-day

/health endpoints, commonly used to detect internet-exposed Spring Boot deployments. If vulnerable implementations of apps, including TeleMessage SGNL, are found, they could be exploited to steal sensitive data in heap memory, including plaintext usernames and passwords. The hole is serious enough that it was added this week to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Known Exploited…
Octalyn Stealer Harvests VPN Configs, Passwords, and Cookies in Organized Folder Structure

Jul 15, 2025 3:40 PM

Tags: credentials, cyber, github, organized, password, RedTeam, tool, vpn

The Octalyn Forensic Toolkit, which is openly accessible on GitHub, has been revealed as a powerful credential stealer that poses as a research tool for red teaming and digital forensics. This is a worrying development for cybersecurity. Developed with a C++-based payload module and a Delphi-built graphical user interface (GUI) builder, the toolkit lowers the…
UK’s NCA disputes claim it’s nearly three times less efficient than the FBI

Jul 14, 2025 11:40 AM

Tags: crime, organized

Report on serious organized crime fails to account for differences, agency says First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/07/14/nca_fbi_claims/
Threat Actors Exploit ChatGPT, Cisco AnyConnect, Google Meet, and Teams in Attacks on SMBs

Jun 26, 2025 5:36 PM

Tags: attack, chatgpt, cisco, cyber, cybercrime, exploit, google, hacker, kaspersky, microsoft, organized, service, software, threat

Threat actors are increasingly leveraging the trusted names of popular software and services like ChatGPT, Cisco AnyConnect, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams to orchestrate sophisticated cyberattacks. According to a recent report by Kaspersky Lab, SMBs, often perceived as less fortified than larger enterprises, are prime targets for both opportunistic hackers and organized cybercrime groups. Rising…
Phishing goes prime time: Hackers use trusted sites to hijack search rankings

Jun 17, 2025 3:54 PM

Tags: access, attack, awareness, breach, communications, cybercrime, data, email, google, group, hacker, malicious, organized, phishing, service, software, tool, training, unauthorized

An organized operation currently limited to Turkey: Hacklink is currently letting cybercriminals browse and buy access to thousands of hacked websites, with listings costing as little as $1 per unit, and .gov or high-authority domains fetching even more.The operation appears to be highly organized, with groups like “Neon SEO Academy” and “SEOLink” offering illicit SEO…
Hackers Manipulate Search Engines to Push Malicious Sites

Jun 17, 2025 2:54 PM

Tags: cyber, cybercrime, data-breach, exploit, hacker, Internet, malicious, organized

A new wave of cybercrime is exploiting the very backbone of internet trust: search engines. Recent research by Netcraft has exposed a sophisticated and organized SEO poisoning operation, where hackers manipulate search engine algorithms to push malicious websites to the top of search results. At the heart of this campaign is a platform known as…
Colossal breach exposes 4B Chinese user records in surveillance-grade database

Jun 6, 2025 2:54 PM

Tags: breach, china, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, disinformation, exploit, finance, fraud, group, identity, infrastructure, insurance, intelligence, iphone, leak, mobile, organized, phishing, phone, threat

according to cybersecurity firm Cybernews, which reported its findings based on its own research.What makes this breach particularly alarming isn’t just its size, though at four billion records, it’s believed to be the largest single-source leak of Chinese personal data ever found, it’s the breadth and depth of information that was exposed.According to the report, the researchers stumbled…
Cybersecurity Snapshot: AI Data Security Best Practices Released, While New Framework Seeks To Help IT Pros Gain Cyber Skills

May 23, 2025 11:55 PM

Tags: access, advisory, ai, api, attack, authentication, awareness, best-practice, breach, cctv, cisa, cloud, computer, control, credentials, crypto, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, detection, email, espionage, exploit, finance, framework, germany, group, Hardware, infrastructure, injection, intelligence, iot, kev, law, linux, malware, metric, mfa, military, mitigation, network, nist, open-source, organized, passkey, password, phishing, risk, russia, skills, software, sql, tactics, technology, tool, training, ukraine, unauthorized, update, vpn, vulnerability, wifi, zero-trust

Check out expert recommendations for protecting your AI system data. Plus, boost your IT department’s cybersecurity skills with a new interactive framework. In addition, learn about a malware campaign targeting critical infrastructure orgs. And get the latest on Russian cyber espionage and on a NIST effort to enhance vulnerability prioritization. Dive into five things that…
LLM03: Supply Chain FireTail Blog

May 21, 2025 8:55 PM

Tags: ai, compliance, cyber, data, encryption, exploit, LLM, malicious, mitigation, monitoring, open-source, organized, privacy, risk, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, training, update, vulnerability

May 21, 2025 – Lina Romero – LLM03: Supply Chain 20/5/2025 Excerpt The OWASP Top 10 List of Risks for LLMs helps developers and security teams determine where the biggest risk factors lay. In this blog series from FireTail, we are exploring each risk one by one, how it manifests, and mitigation strategies. This week,…
Cloud Data Protection: How DSPM Helps You Discover, Classify and Secure All Your Data Assets

May 21, 2025 6:54 PM

Tags: access, ai, attack, best-practice, breach, cloud, compliance, control, credentials, cyber, data, data-breach, exploit, framework, group, ibm, identity, infrastructure, law, mitigation, organized, privacy, regulation, resilience, risk, service, strategy, threat, tool, unauthorized, vulnerability

In this fourth installment of Tenable’s “Stronger Cloud Security in Five” blog series, we turn our attention to securing cloud data, a complex endeavor as data grows exponentially and threats become more sophisticated. Check out five DSPM best practices to sharpen your cloud data security and compliance. As the volume of data stored and processed…