Cybercriminals speak the language young people trust 2026-01-21 at 08:30 By Sinisa Markovic Criminal groups actively recruit, train, and retain people in structured ways. They move fast, pay in crypto, and place no weight on age. Young people are dealing with a new kind of addiction. It isn’t drugs, alcohol, or gambling. It’s screens. Constant […]
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Initial access broker pleads guilty to selling access to 50 corporate networks 2026-01-20 at 15:43 By Zeljka Zorz A 40-year-old Jordanian man has admitted to selling unauthorized access to computer networks of at least 50 companies, the US Attorney’s Office of the District of New Jersey has announced. Feras Khalil Ahmad Albashiti has pleaded guilty
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Critical Infrastructure Attacks Became Routine for Hacktivists in 2025 2026-01-20 at 14:24 By Ashish Khaitan Hacktivists moved well beyond their traditional DDoS attacks and website defacements in 2025, increasingly targeting industrial control systems (ICS), ransomware, breaches, and data leaks, as their sophistication and alignment with nation-state interests grew. That was one of the conclusions in Cyble’s exhaustive new 2025 Threat Landscape report, from which this blog was adapted.
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Jordanian Admits in US Court to Selling Access to 50 Enterprise Networks 2026-01-19 at 17:21 By Ionut Arghire Operating as an access broker, the defendant sold unauthorized access to compromised networks to an undercover agent. The post Jordanian Admits in US Court to Selling Access to 50 Enterprise Networks appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article
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Law enforcement tracks ransomware group blamed for massive financial losses 2026-01-19 at 14:00 By Sinisa Markovic Law enforcement agencies in Ukraine and Germany have identified two members of a Russian-affiliated ransomware group and carried out searches in western Ukraine. Search (Source: Cyber Police of Ukraine) Investigators also named the alleged organizer, a Russian national, and
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Tennessee Man Pleads Guilty to Repeatedly Hacking Supreme Court’s Filing System 2026-01-17 at 14:05 By Associated Press Nicholas Moore pleaded guilty to repeatedly hacking the U.S. Supreme Court’s filing system and illegally accessing computer systems belonging to AmeriCorps and the Department of Veterans Affairs. The post Tennessee Man Pleads Guilty to Repeatedly Hacking Supreme Court’s
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In Other News: FortiSIEM Flaw Exploited, Sean Plankey Renominated, Russia’s Polish Grid Attack 2026-01-16 at 18:21 By SecurityWeek News Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: BodySnatcher agentic AI hijacking, Telegram IP exposure, shipping systems hacked by researcher. The post In Other News: FortiSIEM Flaw Exploited, Sean Plankey Renominated, Russia’s Polish Grid
Cyber Insights 2026: Social Engineering 2026-01-16 at 14:45 By Kevin Townsend We’ve known that social engineering would get AI wings. Now, at the beginning of 2026, we are learning just how high those wings can soar. The post Cyber Insights 2026: Social Engineering appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View
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Ransomware activity never dies, it multiplies 2026-01-16 at 09:57 By Sinisa Markovic Ransomware attacks kept climbing through 2025, even as major criminal groups collapsed and reformed. A new study conducted by the Symantec and Carbon Black Threat Hunter Team shows that disruption inside the ransomware economy slowed activity only briefly, while extortion methods expanded and
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Microsoft shuts down RedVDS cybercrime subscription service tied to millions in fraud losses 2026-01-15 at 10:22 By Sinisa Markovic Microsoft has announced a coordinated legal action in the United States and the United Kingdom to disrupt RedVDS, a global cybercrime subscription service tied to large-scale fraud losses. The effort forms part of a broader joint
RedVDS Cybercrime Service Disrupted by Microsoft and Law Enforcement 2026-01-14 at 17:43 By Eduard Kovacs RedVDS enables threat actors to set up servers that can be used for phishing, BEC attacks, account takeover, and fraud. The post RedVDS Cybercrime Service Disrupted by Microsoft and Law Enforcement appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt
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Enterprise security faces a three-front war: cybercrime, AI misuse, and supply chains 2026-01-13 at 11:04 By Anamarija Pogorelec Security teams are dealing with pressures tied to AI use, geopolitical instability, and expanding cybercrime that reach beyond technical controls, according to findings from the World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026. AI drives risk growth and
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Cyber fraud network behind €5,93 million in losses dismantled in Spain 2026-01-12 at 12:50 By Sinisa Markovic The Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional), working closely with the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office (Bayerisches Landeskriminalamt) and with support from Europol, has carried out an operation targeting the international criminal organization known as Black Axe. Black Axe
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Crypto crime hits record levels as state actors move billions 2026-01-12 at 11:15 By Sinisa Markovic Nation-state involvement in crypto increased in 2025, signaling a shift in how on-chain crime operates. Three waves of crypto crime (Source: Chainalysis) Research from Chainalysis shows that crypto-related crime has grown more organized over recent years, with illicit groups
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Cybercriminals are scaling phishing attacks with ready-made kits 2026-01-08 at 09:10 By Anamarija Pogorelec Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) kits lower the barrier to entry, enabling less-skilled attackers to run large-scale, targeted phishing campaigns that impersonate legitimate services and institutions, according to Barracuda Networks. Phishing kits grow more sophisticated and scalable Barracuda threat analysts found that in 2025
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Researchers Trap Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters in Honeypot 2026-01-06 at 16:20 By Ionut Arghire Using fake accounts and synthetic data to lure the hackers, the researchers gathered information on their servers. The post Researchers Trap Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters in Honeypot appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source
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Cyberattack Unlikely in Communications Failure That Grounded Flights in Greece 2026-01-05 at 20:24 By Associated Press Flights across Greece were impacted for several hours after noise was reported on multiple air traffic communication channels. The post Cyberattack Unlikely in Communications Failure That Grounded Flights in Greece appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt
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Security coverage is falling behind the way attackers behave 2025-12-31 at 07:46 By Sinisa Markovic Cybercriminals keep tweaking their procedures, trying out new techniques, and shifting tactics across campaigns. Coverage that worked yesterday may miss how those behaviors appear today. The 2025 Threat-Led Defense Report from Tidal Cyber draws on tens of thousands of observed
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LLMs are automating the human part of romance scams 2025-12-29 at 09:03 By Sinisa Markovic Romance scams succeed because they feel human. New research shows that feeling no longer requires a person on the other side of the chat. The three stages of a romance-baiting scam Romance scams depend on scripted conversation Romance baiting scams
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Pro-Russian Hackers Claim Cyberattack on French Postal Service 2025-12-24 at 16:52 By Associated Press Central computer systems at French national postal service La Poste were knocked offline Monday in DDoS attack. The post Pro-Russian Hackers Claim Cyberattack on French Postal Service appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source
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