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Europol goes after The Com’s ransomware and extortion networks

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Europol goes after The Com’s ransomware and extortion networks 2026-02-27 at 14:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec Law enforcement agencies across 28 countries have spent the past year building cases against a loosely organized collective known as The Com, a decentralized network of mostly teenagers and young adults linked to high-profile ransomware attacks, financial extortion, and the […]

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Telegram rises to top spot in job scam activity

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Telegram rises to top spot in job scam activity 2026-02-26 at 19:37 By Sinisa Markovic Encrypted messaging platforms are becoming a primary channel for Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud, with Telegram representing a growing share of reported cases, according to the Revolut report. APP scam origination by % social media platform (Source: Revolut) The platform

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Ex-US Defense Contractor Executive Jailed for Selling Exploits to Russia

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Ex-US Defense Contractor Executive Jailed for Selling Exploits to Russia 2026-02-25 at 14:59 By Ionut Arghire Peter Williams was sentenced to 87 months in prison for selling cyber exploits to a Russian broker. The post Ex-US Defense Contractor Executive Jailed for Selling Exploits to Russia appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from

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Airline brands become launchpads for phishing, crypto fraud

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Airline brands become launchpads for phishing, crypto fraud 2026-02-25 at 08:05 By Sinisa Markovic Airline brands sit at the center of peak travel booking cycles, loyalty programs, and high value transactions. Criminal groups continue to register thousands of lookalike domains tied to these brands, targeting travelers, employees, and business partners. Recent threat intelligence from BforeAI’s

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Teenagers charged over public bike service breach that exposed 4.62 million records

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Teenagers charged over public bike service breach that exposed 4.62 million records 2026-02-24 at 17:06 By Sinisa Markovic Two South Korean teenagers have been charged in connection with a cyberattack that compromised the personal data of 4.62 million users of Seoul’s public bike service, Ttareungyi. The compromised data included user IDs, mobile phone numbers, addresses,

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International operation dismantles fraud network, €400,000 seized

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International operation dismantles fraud network, €400,000 seized 2026-02-24 at 12:55 By Sinisa Markovic A coordinated international operation supported by Eurojust dismantled a fraudulent call centre operating from three offices and targeting citizens throughout Europe. Authorities arrested 11 suspects and seized more than €400,000 in cash. Initial investigations identified victims in Latvia and Lithuania who lost

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Anonymous Fénix Members Arrested in Spain

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Anonymous Fénix Members Arrested in Spain 2026-02-24 at 12:05 By Ionut Arghire The group’s administrator and moderator were arrested last year, and two other members were arrested this month. The post Anonymous Fénix Members Arrested in Spain appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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AI is becoming part of everyday criminal workflows

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AI is becoming part of everyday criminal workflows 2026-02-24 at 09:00 By Mirko Zorz Underground forums include long threads about chatbots drafting phishing emails, generating code snippets, and coaching social engineering calls. A new study examined conversations captured between January 1, 2025 and July 31, 2025 across dozens of cybercrime forums to map how AI

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Ukrainian Gets 5 Years in US Prison for Aiding North Korean IT Fraud

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Ukrainian Gets 5 Years in US Prison for Aiding North Korean IT Fraud 2026-02-23 at 15:38 By Ionut Arghire Oleksandr Didenko sold the stolen identities of US citizens, allowing North Koreans to get hired using freelance work platforms. The post Ukrainian Gets 5 Years in US Prison for Aiding North Korean IT Fraud appeared first

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In Other News: Record DDoS, Epstein’s Hacker, ESET Product Vulnerabilities

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In Other News: Record DDoS, Epstein’s Hacker, ESET Product Vulnerabilities 2026-02-06 at 14:04 By SecurityWeek News Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: AT&T and Verizon response to Salt Typhoon, AI agents solve security challenges, man arrested in Poland for DDos Attacks. The post In Other News: Record DDoS, Epstein’s Hacker, ESET

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Researchers Expose Network of 150 Cloned Law Firm Websites in AI-Powered Scam Campaign

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Researchers Expose Network of 150 Cloned Law Firm Websites in AI-Powered Scam Campaign 2026-02-05 at 16:59 By Kevin Townsend Criminals are using AI to clone professional websites at an industrial scale. A new report shows how one AI-powered network grew to 150+ domains by hiding behind Cloudflare and rotating IP ranges. The post Researchers Expose

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Police shut down global DDoS operation, arrest 20-year-old

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Police shut down global DDoS operation, arrest 20-year-old 2026-02-05 at 12:45 By Sinisa Markovic Police officers from Poland’s Central Bureau for Combating Cybercrime (CBZC) have arrested a 20-year-old man suspected of carrying out global DDoS attacks targeting high-profile and strategically important websites. Arrest (Source: Poland’s Central Bureau for Combating Cybercrime) The suspect faces six criminal

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AI is driving a new kind of phishing at scale

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AI is driving a new kind of phishing at scale 2026-02-05 at 09:11 By Sinisa Markovic Email remains a primary entry point for attackers, and security teams continue to manage high volumes of malicious messages that change form across campaigns. Attackers generate large numbers of messages with small variations in wording, structure, and delivery paths.

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Incognito dark web drug market operator gets 30 years in prison

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Incognito dark web drug market operator gets 30 years in prison 2026-02-04 at 18:17 By Sinisa Markovic Rui-Siang Lin, a Taiwanese national, was sentenced to 30 years in U.S. federal prison for operating Incognito Market, one of the world’s largest illicit online narcotics marketplaces. Incognito Market splash page and graphical interface Incognito Market operated on

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ShinyHunters-Branded Extortion Activity Expands, Escalates

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ShinyHunters-Branded Extortion Activity Expands, Escalates 2026-02-02 at 17:54 By Ionut Arghire Hackers rely on evolved vishing and login harvesting to compromise SSO credentials for unauthorized MFA enrollment. The post ShinyHunters-Branded Extortion Activity Expands, Escalates appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Desperate Perth Renters Targeted by Rising Australian Housing Scam

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Desperate Perth Renters Targeted by Rising Australian Housing Scam 2026-02-02 at 15:39 By Ashish Khaitan For many residents in Perth, finding a rental has become a high-stakes challenge. As demand for housing surges, a troubling trend has just been revealed. An Australian housing scam preying on renters who are willing to stretch every dollar to secure a

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Ex-Google engineer found guilty of stealing AI secrets

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Ex-Google engineer found guilty of stealing AI secrets 2026-01-30 at 12:40 By Sinisa Markovic A federal jury in California convicted former Google software engineer Linwei Ding, also known as Leon Ding, on seven counts of economic espionage and seven counts of theft of trade secrets tied to AI technology. Ding faces a maximum sentence of

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A fake romance turns into an Android spyware infection

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A fake romance turns into an Android spyware infection 2026-01-29 at 02:20 By Anamarija Pogorelec ESET researchers have identified an Android spyware campaign that uses romance scam tactics to target individuals in Pakistan. The operation relies on a malicious app disguised as a chat service that routes conversations through WhatsApp. Behind the romance lure, the

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WinRAR vulnerability still a go-to tool for hackers, Mandiant warns

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WinRAR vulnerability still a go-to tool for hackers, Mandiant warns 2026-01-28 at 17:02 By Zeljka Zorz State-sponsored hackers and financially motivated attackers continue leveraging a critical WinRAR vulnerability (CVE-2025-8088) that’s been fixed over half a year ago. CVE-2025-8088 is a path traversal vulnerability that can be exploited via maliciously crafted RAR archives. “The exploit chain

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US Charges 31 More Defendants in Massive ATM Hacking Probe

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US Charges 31 More Defendants in Massive ATM Hacking Probe 2026-01-28 at 12:06 By Eduard Kovacs A total of 87 individuals, mostly Venezuelan nationals, have been charged for their role in the ATM jackpotting scheme. The post US Charges 31 More Defendants in Massive ATM Hacking Probe appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an

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