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Detained ShinyHunters hacker reportedly helping FBI track down fellow members

Detained ShinyHunters hacker reportedly helping FBI track down fellow members 2026-10-05 at 13:36 By Sinisa Markovic A suspected ShinyHunters member known as Rey has been detained in Jordan and is reportedly helping the FBI track down the rest of the group. Reuters reports that Jordanian authorities detained Saif al-Din Khader, alias Rey, last week, with […]

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Alleged ShinyHunters Leader Arrested in Jordan

Alleged ShinyHunters Leader Arrested in Jordan 2026-10-05 at 10:16 By Ionut Arghire Known as Rey, the suspect is reportedly helping the FBI identify and locate other members of the extortion group. The post Alleged ShinyHunters Leader Arrested in Jordan appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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16-year-old suspected leader of KillSec ransomware group arrested

16-year-old suspected leader of KillSec ransomware group arrested 2026-10-01 at 16:59 By Sinisa Markovic A 16-year-old is suspected of being the main operator of KillSec, a ransomware group that Eurojust says is responsible for almost 1,000 attacks worldwide. Seizure notice (Source: Eurojust) According to Eurojust, KillSec has been active since 2024. The group got into […]

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Former US Air Force members behind million-dollar BEC scheme head to prison

Former US Air Force members behind million-dollar BEC scheme head to prison 2026-09-30 at 10:42 By Sinisa Markovic Two men who ran BEC and phishing campaigns against US businesses while serving in the Air Force have been sentenced to a combined 189 months in federal prison. According to public documents and evidence presented at sentencing, […]

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Ex-US soldier gets 70 months for role in AT&T, Snowflake data thefts

Ex-US soldier gets 70 months for role in AT&T, Snowflake data thefts 2026-09-28 at 11:45 By Sinisa Markovic A former U.S. Army soldier who was part of a group that stole data from telecom companies, including AT&T, has been sentenced to 70 months in prison. Cameron John Wagenius, 22, was part of the group that […]

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Autonomous AI Hacks Raise Thorny Questions of Legal Accountability

Autonomous AI Hacks Raise Thorny Questions of Legal Accountability 2026-09-24 at 23:35 By Associated Press The prospect of legal accountability is unclear. Lawsuits are a possibility, but some legal experts believe any criminal investigations would face an extremely high burden. The post Autonomous AI Hacks Raise Thorny Questions of Legal Accountability appeared first on SecurityWeek. […]

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Microsoft disrupts EvilTokens phishing service that gave criminals access to 12,000 inboxes

Microsoft disrupts EvilTokens phishing service that gave criminals access to 12,000 inboxes 2026-09-23 at 11:34 By Sinisa Markovic The EvilTokens phishing service, which compromised more than 12,000 inboxes at over 10,000 organizations, has been disrupted by a coalition of law enforcement and private-sector partners led by Microsoft. With authorization from the US District Court for […]

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Russian man indicted for spreading malware to 80,000 freelancers

Russian man indicted for spreading malware to 80,000 freelancers 2026-09-03 at 13:43 By Sinisa Markovic A Russian national accused of using fake accounts on a freelance employment platform to spread malware to approximately 80,000 users has been indicted by a federal grand jury in California. Searzhudin Tamirlanovich Aktulaev, 40, faces charges of conspiracy, transmission of […]

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Global sinkhole operation ends Sality botnet’s 23-year run

Global sinkhole operation ends Sality botnet’s 23-year run 2026-09-02 at 11:56 By Sinisa Markovic Sality, a peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet that had been running for 23 years and infecting more than 15,000 machines worldwide, has been taken down in a joint operation by international law enforcement agencies, working with CrowdStrike and the Shadowserver Foundation. The operation […]

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23-Year-Old Sality P2P Botnet Disrupted

23-Year-Old Sality P2P Botnet Disrupted 2026-09-02 at 11:38 By Ionut Arghire The shutdown operation involved peer list manipulation and Sality payload URL takedown. The post 23-Year-Old Sality P2P Botnet Disrupted appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Two alleged TeamPCP hackers arrested over global supply chain attacks

Two alleged TeamPCP hackers arrested over global supply chain attacks 2026-08-27 at 16:59 By Sinisa Markovic Two men from Western Australia have been charged after police allege they were part of TeamPCP, a cybercrime group that planted malicious code in open-source software, then used it to break into organizations around the world. The Australian Federal […]

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INTERPOL crackdown on West African crime rings uncovers troubling new trend

INTERPOL crackdown on West African crime rings uncovers troubling new trend 2026-08-25 at 17:01 By Sinisa Markovic Police across 22 countries arrested 58 people and identified 263 suspects during an eight-month INTERPOL operation targeting West African organized crime groups. Suspects detained in an operation targeting West African crime groups (Source: INTERPOL) Operation Jackal IV ran […]

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Police bust cybercrime ring accused of stealing €30 million in four-day spree

Police bust cybercrime ring accused of stealing €30 million in four-day spree 2026-08-17 at 11:08 By Sinisa Markovic German and Brazilian police dismantled an international bank fraud ring blamed for a €30 million cyberattack on a German financial institution, arresting four people in Brazil and pursuing three more suspects in Spain and Bulgaria. Brazilian police […]

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Ukrainian police raid 94 fraudulent call centers, seize $2 million

Ukrainian police raid 94 fraudulent call centers, seize $2 million 2026-08-14 at 10:56 By Sinisa Markovic Ukrainian police have disrupted 94 fraudulent call centers during a nationwide operation that involved more than 400 searches and the seizure of thousands of computers, phones, and SIM cards. Ukrainian police raid at a fraudulent call center (Source: Cyberpolice […]

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Split-second deepfake glitch blows digital certificate fraudster’s cover

Split-second deepfake glitch blows digital certificate fraudster’s cover 2026-08-12 at 10:50 By Sinisa Markovic Spanish police have arrested a man in Murcia accused of using deepfake software to trick a certificate provider’s video identity checks in an attempt to obtain digital signatures he could use for financial fraud. According to the police, the man made […]

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Snowflake hacker pleads guilty, faces up to 32 years in prison

Snowflake hacker pleads guilty, faces up to 32 years in prison 2026-08-06 at 15:30 By Sinisa Markovic A Canadian man is facing decades in prison for hacking customer accounts at cloud storage provider Snowflake and stealing data from more than 165 organizations. Connor Riley Moucka, also known as “Waifu” and “Judische,” 26, of Kitchener, Ontario, […]

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INTERPOL flags AI as the new engine of African cybercrime

INTERPOL flags AI as the new engine of African cybercrime 2026-08-05 at 15:24 By Anamarija Pogorelec Africa’s growing digital economy is exposing governments, businesses and internet users to a rising wave of cybercrime. The continent recorded more than 1.1 billion mobile subscriptions and over $1.1 trillion in digital transactions in 2025, while more than 570 […]

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US seizes over 1,000 domains used for illegal World Cup 2026 streams

US seizes over 1,000 domains used for illegal World Cup 2026 streams 2026-07-22 at 13:51 By Sinisa Markovic The US Department of Justice has seized more than 1,000 internet domains that streamed FIFA World Cup 2026 matches without a license. The domain seizure notice (Source: US Department of Justice) The seizures came in three waves […]

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Police dismantle Kratos phishing platform behind 15,000 monthly campaigns

Police dismantle Kratos phishing platform behind 15,000 monthly campaigns 2026-07-22 at 11:02 By Sinisa Markovic German and US law enforcement have dismantled the infrastructure behind Kratos, a notorious phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform. Its alleged developer and administrator was arrested in Indonesia by local police. Seizure banner (Source: BKA) The takedown was led by the Frankfurt public […]

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Scattered Spider members jailed over Transport for London hack that cost £29 million

Scattered Spider members jailed over Transport for London hack that cost £29 million 2026-07-16 at 16:48 By Sinisa Markovic Two members of the notorious “Scattered Spider” hacking collective have been sentenced to five years and six months in prison each for a cyberattack on Transport for London (TfL) that disrupted services for thousands of commuters […]

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