Conti ransomware gang member sentenced to 102 months in prison 2026-05-05 at 17:46 By Sinisa Markovic A Latvian national who was part of a major Russian ransomware organization that stole from and extorted more than 54 companies has been sentenced to 102 months in prison. Deniss Zolotarjovs, 35, of Moscow, Russia, was part of a […]
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North Korean hackers trojanize gaming platform to spy on ethnic Koreans in China 2026-05-05 at 13:21 By Sinisa Markovic A gaming platform built for ethnic Koreans in China has been serving backdoored Windows and Android software to its users since late 2024. The platform, sqgame[.]net, hosts traditional card and board games for a community that
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15-year-old detained over massive data breach at French government agency 2026-05-04 at 13:11 By Sinisa Markovic French authorities have detained a 15-year-old suspected of involvement in a data breach at France Titres, the government agency responsible for issuing official documents. “Between 12 and 18 million data records were reportedly being offered for sale on cybercriminal
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In Other News: Scattered Spider Hacker Arrested, SOC Effectiveness Metrics, NSA Tool Vulnerability 2026-05-01 at 18:20 By SecurityWeek News Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: OFAC hits Iranian central bank crypto reserves, ADT data leak, CISA guidance for zero trust in OT. The post In Other News: Scattered Spider Hacker Arrested,
Two US Security Experts Sentenced to Prison for Helping Ransomware Gang 2026-05-01 at 15:18 By Eduard Kovacs Ryan Goldberg of Georgia and Kevin Martin of Texas were each sentenced to four years in prison. The post Two US Security Experts Sentenced to Prison for Helping Ransomware Gang appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an
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FBI Warns of Surge in Hacker-Enabled Cargo Theft 2026-05-01 at 11:11 By Eduard Kovacs A new alert from the FBI says criminal enterprises are hacking both brokers and carriers to steal cargo for resale. The post FBI Warns of Surge in Hacker-Enabled Cargo Theft appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek
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AI Fuels ‘Industrial’ Cybercrime as Time-to-Exploit Shrinks to Hours 2026-04-30 at 22:46 By Kevin Townsend Industrialized cybercrime delivers attacks with greater scale, speed and success. Defenders must match this with use of AI and automation. The post AI Fuels ‘Industrial’ Cybercrime as Time-to-Exploit Shrinks to Hours appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt
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Hackers arrested for stealing and reselling 600,000 Roblox accounts 2026-04-30 at 15:31 By Sinisa Markovic Ukrainian police detained three suspects accused of hacking into Roblox accounts and reselling the data on Russian websites, with payments made in cryptocurrency. Police raid (Source: The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine) “Prosecutors of the Lviv region, together with the
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ShinyHunters claims it stole 1.4 million records from Udemy 2026-04-28 at 22:35 By Sinisa Markovic The ShinyHunters group claims it has breached the Udemy, one of the world’s largest online learning platforms. According to Have I Been Pwned, the leaked dataset contained 1.4 million unique email addresses of customers and instructors, along with names, physical
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Police arrest 10 suspected members of Black Axe cybercrime gang 2026-04-28 at 22:35 By Sinisa Markovic A coordinated police operation in Switzerland has targeted suspected members of the Black Axe criminal network. On 28 April 2026, authorities carried out house searches across several Swiss cantons, leading to 10 arrests, including the Black Axe ‘Regional Head’
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Alleged Chinese State Hacker Extradited to US 2026-04-28 at 17:12 By Ionut Arghire A member of Silk Typhoon, Xu Zewei is accused of launching cyberattacks against universities in the US. The post Alleged Chinese State Hacker Extradited to US appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source
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Energy and Water Management Firm Itron Hacked 2026-04-27 at 20:43 By Eduard Kovacs Itron, which serves utilities and cities around the world, discovered unauthorized access to its systems on April 13. The post Energy and Water Management Firm Itron Hacked appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source
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Hacker with a special interest in breaching sports institutions ends behind bars 2026-04-24 at 08:22 By Sinisa Markovic French police have arrested a suspected hacker linked to a series of data breaches affecting organizations in the country. Citing authorities, Le Parisien reported that the suspect, a 20-year-old man using the alias ‘HexDex,’ was taken into
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GopherWhisper APT group hides command and control traffic in Slack and Discord 2026-04-23 at 12:17 By Anamarija Pogorelec Attackers continue to lean on everyday collaboration platforms to hide command and control traffic inside normal enterprise noise. A newly identified China-aligned APT group pushes that trend further, running its operations through Slack workspaces, Discord servers, Outlook
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Cyberattack on French government agency triggers phishing alert 2026-04-22 at 19:55 By Sinisa Markovic France Titres, a French government agency, has disclosed a data breach that may have exposed user data from its online portal. France Titres, also known as the Agence nationale des titres sécurisés (ANTS), operates under the French Ministry of the Interior
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After Bluesky, Mastodon Targeted in DDoS Attack 2026-04-22 at 18:51 By Eduard Kovacs The DDoS attack caused a major outage, but Mastodon mitigated it within a few hours. The post After Bluesky, Mastodon Targeted in DDoS Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source
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Phishing reclaims the top initial access spot, attackers experiment with AI tools 2026-04-22 at 13:48 By Anamarija Pogorelec Phishing returned as the leading method attackers used to break into organizations in the first quarter of 2026, accounting for over a third of engagements where initial access could be determined, according to Cisco Talos. It is
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Third US Security Expert Admits Helping Ransomware Gang 2026-04-21 at 20:19 By Eduard Kovacs Angelo Martino of Florida has pleaded guilty to collaborating with the BlackCat cybercrime group while working as a ransomware negotiator. The post Third US Security Expert Admits Helping Ransomware Gang appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek
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Scattered Spider hacker pleads guilty to stealing $8 million in cryptocurrency 2026-04-21 at 17:36 By Sinisa Markovic A British national tied to the Scattered Spider cybercrime group pleaded guilty to hacking multiple companies via SMS phishing and stealing over $8 million in virtual currency from US victims. Tyler Robert Buchanan, 24, of Dundee, Scotland, pleaded
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$290 Million Kelp DAO Crypto Heist Blamed on North Korea 2026-04-21 at 14:08 By Ionut Arghire The hackers targeted LayerZero’s DVN, compromising certain RPCs and DDoSing others to trigger failover to the poisoned infrastructure. The post $290 Million Kelp DAO Crypto Heist Blamed on North Korea appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt
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