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Algerian national accused of running cybercrime marketplaces extradited to US

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Algerian national accused of running cybercrime marketplaces extradited to US 2026-06-24 at 17:09 By Sinisa Markovic An Algerian national accused of running online marketplaces that sold phishing kits and fraud tools has been extradited from Spain to the United States to face bank fraud conspiracy charges. The post Algerian national accused of running cybercrime marketplaces […]

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Third DraftKings Hacker Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison

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Third DraftKings Hacker Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison 2026-06-24 at 15:52 By Eduard Kovacs Nathan Austad has been ordered to pay roughly $1.8 million in forfeiture and restitution, and the sentence also includes 3 years of supervised release.  The post Third DraftKings Hacker Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison appeared first on SecurityWeek. This

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Phishing attack on healthcare firm Xsolis impacts 1.4 million people

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Phishing attack on healthcare firm Xsolis impacts 1.4 million people 2026-06-24 at 15:00 By Sinisa Markovic Healthcare technology company Xsolis confirmed that a phishing attack resulted in unauthorized access to its network. The company develops AI-powered software for hospitals, health systems, and health plans and serves more than 600 hospitals and health insurers. “On January

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New ‘Mistic’ RAT Opens Door to Several Ransomware Families

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New ‘Mistic’ RAT Opens Door to Several Ransomware Families 2026-06-24 at 14:42 By Ionut Arghire Mistic is used by Woodgnat, an initial access broker working with Qilin, Interlock, Rhysida, Akira, 8Base, and Black Basta. The post New ‘Mistic’ RAT Opens Door to Several Ransomware Families appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from

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Algerian Man Extradited to US for Running Cybercrime Marketplaces

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Algerian Man Extradited to US for Running Cybercrime Marketplaces 2026-06-23 at 15:06 By Eduard Kovacs 26-year-old Abdellah Belmili faces up to 30 years in prison for allegedly operating the marketplaces Market0Day and Spoxy. The post Algerian Man Extradited to US for Running Cybercrime Marketplaces appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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GTA 6 early access offers are taking gamers’ crypto

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GTA 6 early access offers are taking gamers’ crypto 2026-06-23 at 13:31 By Mirko Zorz Scam websites are circulating across the internet with a pitch aimed at millions of gamers: a way to play Grand Theft Auto VI before its release. The pages promise early access for a few hundred dollars in cryptocurrency, ask buyers

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Two Scattered Spider hackers plead guilty over Transport for London cyberattack

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Two Scattered Spider hackers plead guilty over Transport for London cyberattack 2026-06-23 at 12:59 By Sinisa Markovic Two members of the notorious hacker group Scattered Spider have pleaded guilty to charges related to a 2024 cyberattack on Transport for London (TfL) that resulted in £29 million in loss and recovery costs. Thalha Jubair, 20, from

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Phishing hides in routine Microsoft 365 workflows

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Phishing hides in routine Microsoft 365 workflows 2026-06-23 at 11:26 By Sinisa Markovic Attackers are abusing Outlook Groups and Microsoft 365 collaboration features to make phishing campaigns appear routine, according to Fortra. “The technique shifts malicious intent away from a single phishing email into a trusted productivity workflow. A user may see what looks like

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Free, no-signup World Cup streams serve scams instead of football

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Free, no-signup World Cup streams serve scams instead of football 2026-06-23 at 07:30 By Sinisa Markovic Researchers at Malwarebytes identified dozens of websites claiming to offer free access to FIFA World Cup matches. Instead of streaming games, the sites directed visitors through a chain of advertising pages designed to generate revenue for their operators. Fake

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What the Latest ShinyHunters Breaches Reveal About Modern Cyberattacks

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What the Latest ShinyHunters Breaches Reveal About Modern Cyberattacks 2026-06-22 at 13:30 By Torsten George Groups like ShinyHunters are demonstrating that attackers do not necessarily need malware or zero-day exploits to cause massive damage. The post What the Latest ShinyHunters Breaches Reveal About Modern Cyberattacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from

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Cybercriminals abused GitHub, YouTube and VirusTotal to push crypto-stealing malware

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Cybercriminals abused GitHub, YouTube and VirusTotal to push crypto-stealing malware 2026-06-19 at 15:11 By Sinisa Markovic A cryptocurrency-stealing malware campaign used inflated GitHub activity, software reviews, YouTube tutorials and favorable VirusTotal comments to make malicious trading and gambling tools appear trustworthy, Check Point researchers found. According to the researchers, the attackers packaged the malware as

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Malware attacks strip Roblox developers of entire games

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Malware attacks strip Roblox developers of entire games 2026-06-18 at 15:41 By Sinisa Markovic Hackers who once focused on stealing valuable Roblox items are now taking over entire games. Although Roblox operates the service, users can create and publish their own games on it. Successful games can generate substantial revenue through in-game purchases. Some developers

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GentleKiller targets more than 400 security processes across 48 products

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GentleKiller targets more than 400 security processes across 48 products 2026-06-18 at 12:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec Most ransomware operations leave the work of disabling endpoint security software to their affiliates. The ransomware-as-a-service gang Gentlemen runs a different model. Its operators develop and maintain a set of tools for shutting down endpoint detection and response (EDR)

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Another healthcare firm attacked days after Novo Nordisk breach

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Another healthcare firm attacked days after Novo Nordisk breach 2026-06-17 at 17:51 By Sinisa Markovic Medical technology company iRhythm Holdings disclosed a cyberattack involving certain third-party-hosted business applications that resulted in the theft of patient protected health information, proprietary data, and other personal data. The company discovered unauthorized activity on June 8, 2026, and launched

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Rokarolla Android trojan targets banking and crypto users, enables device takeover

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Rokarolla Android trojan targets banking and crypto users, enables device takeover 2026-06-17 at 16:23 By Sinisa Markovic A newly discovered Android banking trojan, dubbed Rokarolla, targets 217 banking and cryptocurrency applications and can execute 137 commands on infected devices, according to researchers at Zimperium. Named after its command-and-control (C2) infrastructure, Rokarolla is primarily distributed through

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Cybercriminals mask malicious communications through Microsoft Teams relays

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Cybercriminals mask malicious communications through Microsoft Teams relays 2026-06-16 at 17:22 By Sinisa Markovic The DragonForce ransomware group used a custom malware called Backdoor.Turn to hide command-and-control traffic inside Microsoft Teams relay infrastructure during an intrusion at a U.S. services company, according to Symantec. DragonForce is a ransomware-as-a-service operation that has been active since 2023.

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Ukrainian Man Pleads Guilty in US to Conti Ransomware Charges

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Ukrainian Man Pleads Guilty in US to Conti Ransomware Charges 2026-06-15 at 14:33 By Ionut Arghire Oleksii Oleksiyovych Lytvynenko admitted to working on the development of a loader for the Conti gang. The post Ukrainian Man Pleads Guilty in US to Conti Ransomware Charges appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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Google sues China-based scammers over Gemini AI abuse

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Google sues China-based scammers over Gemini AI abuse 2026-06-12 at 15:43 By Sinisa Markovic Google has filed a lawsuit against Outsider Enterprise, a China-based cybercrime network for using AI tools, including Gemini, to build phishing websites and scam infrastructure. The company said the operation has affected “hundreds of thousands of victims,” with losses estimated in

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Cybercriminals are moving away from mass phishing campaigns

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Cybercriminals are moving away from mass phishing campaigns 2026-06-12 at 13:47 By Sinisa Markovic Phishing activity declined by roughly 20% in both 2024 and 2025, according to research from Zscaler’s ThreatLabz team. The drop followed years of growth that pushed phishing activity above 2 billion hits in 2023. “Phishing volume measured by blocked emails is

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The assembly line behind 1.5 million malicious domains

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The assembly line behind 1.5 million malicious domains 2026-06-12 at 11:07 By Anamarija Pogorelec Attackers registered roughly 1.5 million malicious domains during the first five months of 2026. The registration patterns resemble industrial output. Most of the domains were created by attackers, put to use within weeks, and concentrated among a small set of registrars,

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