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UK Retailers Co-op, Harrods and M&S Struggle With Cyberattacks

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UK Retailers Co-op, Harrods and M&S Struggle With Cyberattacks 2025-05-02 at 14:05 By Ionut Arghire Major UK retailers Co-op, Harrods, and M&S are scrambling to restore services that were affected by cyberattacks. The post UK Retailers Co-op, Harrods and M&S Struggle With Cyberattacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View […]

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Ukrainian Nefilim Ransomware Affiliate Extradited to US

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Ukrainian Nefilim Ransomware Affiliate Extradited to US 2025-05-02 at 11:33 By Ionut Arghire Ukrainian national Artem Stryzhak was extradited to the US and charged with using Nefilim ransomware in attacks on large businesses. The post Ukrainian Nefilim Ransomware Affiliate Extradited to US appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original

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AI and automation shift the cybersecurity balance toward attackers

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AI and automation shift the cybersecurity balance toward attackers 2025-05-02 at 09:02 By Help Net Security Threat actors are increasingly harnessing automation, commoditized tools, and AI to systematically erode the traditional advantages held by defenders, according to Fortinet. The post AI and automation shift the cybersecurity balance toward attackers appeared first on Help Net Security.

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DDoS attacks jump 358% compared to last year

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DDoS attacks jump 358% compared to last year 2025-04-29 at 08:04 By Mirko Zorz Cloudflare says it mitigated 20.5 million DDoS attacks in the first quarter of 2025. This is a 358% increase compared to the same time last year. Their Q1 2025 DDoS report highlights a rise in the number and size of attacks,

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FBI: Cybercrime Losses Surpassed $16.6 Billion in 2024

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FBI: Cybercrime Losses Surpassed $16.6 Billion in 2024 2025-04-24 at 13:19 By Ionut Arghire The FBI received roughly 860,000 complaints of malicious activity in 2024, with reported losses exceeding $16.6 billion. The post FBI: Cybercrime Losses Surpassed $16.6 Billion in 2024 appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Cyberattack Hits British Retailer Marks & Spencer

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Cyberattack Hits British Retailer Marks & Spencer 2025-04-23 at 13:35 By Ionut Arghire British retailer Marks & Spencer has been experiencing certain service disruptions after falling victim to a cyberattack. The post Cyberattack Hits British Retailer Marks & Spencer appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React to

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Phishing emails delivering infostealers surge 84%

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Phishing emails delivering infostealers surge 84% 2025-04-23 at 07:31 By Help Net Security Cybercriminals continued to shift to stealthier tactics, with lower-profile credential theft spiking, while ransomware attacks on enterprises declined, according to IBM. Researchers observed an 84% increase in emails delivering infostealers in 2024 compared to the prior year, a method threat actors relied

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Cyberattack Knocks Texas City’s Systems Offline

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Cyberattack Knocks Texas City’s Systems Offline 2025-04-22 at 17:36 By Ionut Arghire The city of Abilene, Texas, is scrambling to restore systems that have been taken offline in response to a cyberattack. The post Cyberattack Knocks Texas City’s Systems Offline appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React

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Bot Traffic Surpasses Humans Online—Driven by AI and Criminal Innovation

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Bot Traffic Surpasses Humans Online—Driven by AI and Criminal Innovation 2025-04-21 at 16:01 By Kevin Townsend With 51% of internet traffic now bot-driven and a growing share of it malicious, organizations must prepare for an era of more evasive, AI-assisted automation. The post Bot Traffic Surpasses Humans Online—Driven by AI and Criminal Innovation appeared first

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Cybercriminals blend AI and social engineering to bypass detection

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Cybercriminals blend AI and social engineering to bypass detection 2025-04-21 at 08:04 By Help Net Security Attackers are focusing more on stealing identities. Because of this, companies need to use zero trust principles. They should also verify user identities more carefully, says DirectDefense. Researchers analyzed thousands of alerts, mapping them to the MITRE ATT&CK framework,

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The Zoom attack you didn’t see coming

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The Zoom attack you didn’t see coming 2025-04-18 at 17:02 By Zeljka Zorz Did you know that when participating in a Zoom call, you can grant permission to other participants to control your computer remotely? While this feature may come in handy when dealing with trusted family, friends and colleagues, threat actors have started abusing

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In Other News: 4chan Hacked, Android Auto-Reboot, Nemesis Admin Charged

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In Other News: 4chan Hacked, Android Auto-Reboot, Nemesis Admin Charged 2025-04-18 at 14:34 By SecurityWeek News Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: 4chan hacked, auto-reboot security feature coming to Android, Iranian administrator of Nemesis charged in US. The post In Other News: 4chan Hacked, Android Auto-Reboot, Nemesis Admin Charged appeared first on

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When ransomware strikes, what’s your move?

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When ransomware strikes, what’s your move? 2025-04-18 at 08:37 By Sinisa Markovic Should we negotiate? Should we pay? These are the questions every organization faces when cybercriminals lock their data. By the time attackers have encrypted your systems, the focus shifts from prevention to response. It’s no longer about how it happened, it’s about what

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Widely available AI tools signal new era of malicious bot activity

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Widely available AI tools signal new era of malicious bot activity 2025-04-18 at 07:34 By Help Net Security Rise in accessible AI tools significantly lowered the barrier to entry for cyber attackers, enabling them to create and deploy malicious bots at scale, according to Thales. Automated bot traffic surpassed human-generated traffic for the first time

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Man Helped Chinese Nationals Get Jobs Involving Sensitive US Government Projects

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Man Helped Chinese Nationals Get Jobs Involving Sensitive US Government Projects 2025-04-17 at 19:40 By Ionut Arghire Minh Phuong Ngoc Vong pleaded guilty to defrauding US companies of roughly $1 million in a fake IT worker scheme. The post Man Helped Chinese Nationals Get Jobs Involving Sensitive US Government Projects appeared first on SecurityWeek. This

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Inside PlugValley: How this AI vishing-as-a-service group operates

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Inside PlugValley: How this AI vishing-as-a-service group operates 2025-04-17 at 07:41 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Alexis Ober, Threat Intel Analyst at Fortra, discusses the threat actor group PlugValley, which is now offering AI-powered vishing-as-a-service. Rather than requiring technical skills or large budgets, PlugValley’s service lets any cybercriminal launch vishing

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New ‘ResolverRAT’ Targeting Healthcare, Pharmaceutical Organizations

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New ‘ResolverRAT’ Targeting Healthcare, Pharmaceutical Organizations 2025-04-14 at 16:49 By Ionut Arghire Organizations in the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors have been targeted with ResolverRAT, a new malware family with advanced capabilities. The post New ‘ResolverRAT’ Targeting Healthcare, Pharmaceutical Organizations appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React to

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Malicious NPM Packages Target Cryptocurrency, PayPal Users

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Malicious NPM Packages Target Cryptocurrency, PayPal Users 2025-04-14 at 13:45 By Ionut Arghire Threat actors are publishing malicious NPM packages to steal PayPal credentials and hijack cryptocurrency transfers. The post Malicious NPM Packages Target Cryptocurrency, PayPal Users appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React to this headline:

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In Other News: Scattered Spider Still Active, EncryptHub Unmasked, Rydox Extraditions

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In Other News: Scattered Spider Still Active, EncryptHub Unmasked, Rydox Extraditions 2025-04-11 at 15:17 By SecurityWeek News Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Scattered Spider still active despite arrests, hacker known as EncryptHub unmasked, Rydox admins extradited to US. The post In Other News: Scattered Spider Still Active, EncryptHub Unmasked, Rydox Extraditions

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