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UK’s Ransomware Payment Ban: Bold Strategy or Dangerous Gamble?

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UK’s Ransomware Payment Ban: Bold Strategy or Dangerous Gamble? 2025-07-23 at 16:20 By Kevin Townsend Critics warn that a ban on ransomware payments may lead to dangerous unintended consequences, including forcing victims into secrecy or incentivizing attackers to shift tactics. The post UK’s Ransomware Payment Ban: Bold Strategy or Dangerous Gamble? appeared first on SecurityWeek. […]

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Phishing campaign targets U.S. Department of Education’s G5 portal

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Phishing campaign targets U.S. Department of Education’s G5 portal 2025-07-23 at 13:04 By Anamarija Pogorelec A new phishing campaign is targeting users of the U.S. Department of Education’s G5 portal, a site used by educational institutions and vendors to manage grants and federal education funding. Threat researchers at BforeAI uncovered a cluster of lookalike domains

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Fraud: A Growth Industry Powered by Gen-AI

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Fraud: A Growth Industry Powered by Gen-AI 2025-07-18 at 14:02 By Kevin Townsend With generative AI enabling fraud-as-a-service at scale, legacy defenses are crumbling. The next wave of cybercrime is faster, smarter, and terrifyingly synthetic. The post Fraud: A Growth Industry Powered by Gen-AI appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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Armenian Man Extradited to US Over Ryuk Ransomware Attacks

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Armenian Man Extradited to US Over Ryuk Ransomware Attacks 2025-07-17 at 16:20 By Eduard Kovacs Karen Serobovich Vardanyan pleaded not guilty to charges related to his alleged role in the Ryuk ransomware operation. The post Armenian Man Extradited to US Over Ryuk Ransomware Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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Cambodia Makes 1,000 Arrests in Latest Crackdown on Cybercrime

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Cambodia Makes 1,000 Arrests in Latest Crackdown on Cybercrime 2025-07-17 at 05:47 By Associated Press More than 1,000 suspects were arrested in raids in at least five provinces between Monday and Wednesday, according to Information Minister Neth Pheaktra and police. The post Cambodia Makes 1,000 Arrests in Latest Crackdown on Cybercrime appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Europol-Coordinated Global Operation Takes Down Pro-Russian Cybercrime Network

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Europol-Coordinated Global Operation Takes Down Pro-Russian Cybercrime Network 2025-07-16 at 20:54 By Associated Press Codenamed Eastwood, the operation targeted the so-called NoName057(16) group, which was identified as being behind a series of DDoS attacks on municipalities and organizations linked to a NATO summit. The post Europol-Coordinated Global Operation Takes Down Pro-Russian Cybercrime Network appeared first

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Global crackdown hits pro-Russian cybercrime, 100+ systems taken down worldwide

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Global crackdown hits pro-Russian cybercrime, 100+ systems taken down worldwide 2025-07-16 at 16:03 By Sinisa Markovic In a major blow to pro-Russian cybercrime, authorities across Europe and the United States launched a sweeping international crackdown on the hacking group NoName057(16) between 14 and 17 July. The coordinated operation, codenamed Eastwood and led by Europol and

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Former US Soldier Who Hacked AT&T and Verizon Pleads Guilty

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Former US Soldier Who Hacked AT&T and Verizon Pleads Guilty 2025-07-16 at 11:30 By Ionut Arghire Cameron John Wagenius pleaded guilty to charges related to hacking into US telecommunications companies. The post Former US Soldier Who Hacked AT&T and Verizon Pleads Guilty appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original

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AsyncRAT evolves as ESET tracks its most popular malware forks

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AsyncRAT evolves as ESET tracks its most popular malware forks 2025-07-15 at 12:50 By Sinisa Markovic AsyncRAT is an open-source remote access trojan that first appeared on GitHub in 2019. It includes a range of typical RAT capabilities, such as keylogging, screen capture, credential theft, and more. Its simplicity and open-source design have made it

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Thirteen Romanians Arrested for Phishing the UK’s Tax Service

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Thirteen Romanians Arrested for Phishing the UK’s Tax Service 2025-07-14 at 05:16 By Mike Lennon Investigators from HMRC joined more than 100 Romanian police officers to arrest the 13 Romanian suspects in the counties of Ilfov, Giurgiu and Calarasi.  The post Thirteen Romanians Arrested for Phishing the UK’s Tax Service appeared first on SecurityWeek. This

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Financial firms are locking the front door but leaving the back open

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Financial firms are locking the front door but leaving the back open 2025-07-11 at 07:32 By Anamarija Pogorelec Financial institutions are building stronger defenses against direct cyberattacks, but they may be overlooking a growing problem: their vendors. According to Black Kite’s new report, third-party risk has become one of the biggest cybersecurity threats facing the

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Four Arrested in UK Over M&S, Co-op Cyberattacks

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Four Arrested in UK Over M&S, Co-op Cyberattacks 2025-07-10 at 17:00 By Eduard Kovacs Three teens and a woman have been arrested by the UK’s NCA over the hacking of M&S, Co-op and Harrods. The post Four Arrested in UK Over M&S, Co-op Cyberattacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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Qantas Hit with Extortion Demand After Data Breach

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Qantas Hit with Extortion Demand After Data Breach 2025-07-08 at 14:56 By Ionut Arghire The Australian airline says a cybercriminal attempted to extort it after customer data was stolen from a contact center. The post Qantas Hit with Extortion Demand After Data Breach appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View

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Hunters International Shuts Down, Offers Free Decryptors as It Morphs Into World Leaks

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Hunters International Shuts Down, Offers Free Decryptors as It Morphs Into World Leaks 2025-07-07 at 17:15 By Ionut Arghire The notorious Hive successor ceases ransomware operations but pivots to pure data extortion under the new World Leaks brand. The post Hunters International Shuts Down, Offers Free Decryptors as It Morphs Into World Leaks appeared first

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Police in Brazil Arrest a Suspect Over $100M Banking Hack

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Police in Brazil Arrest a Suspect Over $100M Banking Hack 2025-07-07 at 14:22 By Associated Press Officials identified the suspect as João Roque, a C&M employee who worked in information technology and allegedly helped others gain unauthorized access to PIX systems. The post Police in Brazil Arrest a Suspect Over $100M Banking Hack appeared first

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New technique detects tampering or forgery of a PDF document

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New technique detects tampering or forgery of a PDF document 2025-07-07 at 07:37 By Sinisa Markovic Researchers from the University of Pretoria presented a new technique for detecting tampering in PDF documents by analyzing the file’s page objects. The technique employs a prototype that can detect changes to a PDF document, such as changes made

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In Other News: Hacker Helps Kill Informants, Crylock Developer Sentenced, Ransomware Negotiator Probed

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In Other News: Hacker Helps Kill Informants, Crylock Developer Sentenced, Ransomware Negotiator Probed 2025-07-04 at 13:31 By Mike Lennon Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: drug cartel hires hacker to identify FBI informants, prison time for Russian ransomware developer, ransomware negotiator investigated.  The post In Other News: Hacker Helps Kill Informants, Crylock

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Scam centers are spreading, and so is the human cost

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Scam centers are spreading, and so is the human cost 2025-07-01 at 11:17 By Sinisa Markovic Human trafficking tied to online scam centers is spreading across the globe, according to a new crime trend update from INTERPOL. Human trafficking victims by country of origin (Source: INTERPOL) By March 2025, people from 66 countries had been

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Fraudsters behind €460 million crypto scam arrested in Spain

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Fraudsters behind €460 million crypto scam arrested in Spain 2025-06-30 at 18:31 By Anamarija Pogorelec Spanish authorities arrested five members of a criminal network responsible for laundering €460 million stolen through global cryptocurrency investment fraud schemes. Source: Europol The operation, led by the Guardia Civil with support from Europol and law enforcement in Estonia, France,

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Hawaiian Airlines Hacked as Aviation Sector Warned of Scattered Spider Attacks

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Hawaiian Airlines Hacked as Aviation Sector Warned of Scattered Spider Attacks 2025-06-30 at 11:19 By Eduard Kovacs Scattered Spider is targeting airlines and the recent WestJet hack is believed to be the work of the notorious cybercrime group. The post Hawaiian Airlines Hacked as Aviation Sector Warned of Scattered Spider Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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