The US government has announced further action against commercial spyware makers by sanctioning two people and five “entities” associated with the Intellexa Consortium. Intellexa is the umbrella organization for multiple companies based in Greece, Ireland, Hungary and beyond. Its North…
Mar 06, 2024NewsroomPrivacy / Spyware The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned two individuals and five entities associated with the Intellexa Alliance for their role in “developing, operating, and distributing” commercial spyware designed to target…
The cybercrime group called GhostSec has been linked to a Golang variant of a ransomware family called GhostLocker. “TheGhostSec and Stormous ransomware groups are jointly conducting double extortion ransomware attacks on various business verticals in multiple countries,” Cisco Talos researcher…
The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group’s operations seem to have halted amid allegations of defrauding an affiliate involved in the Optum attack, which targeted the Change Healthcare platform, resulting in a loss of $22m. Over the weekend, negotiation sites linked to the ransomware…
Mar 05, 2024NewsroomMalware / Artificial Intelligence More than 225,000 logs containing compromised OpenAI ChatGPT credentials were made available for sale on underground markets between January and October 2023, new findings from Group-IB show. These credentials were found within information stealer…
Read more on deepfake policy changes ahead of the 2024 elections: South Korea’s police forces are developing a new deepfake detection tool that they can use during criminal investigations. The Korean National Police Agency (KNPA) announced on March 5, 2024…
Mar 05, 2024NewsroomMalware / Cyber Threat North Korean threat actors have exploited the recently disclosed security flaws in ConnectWise ScreenConnect to deploy a new malware called TODDLERSHARK. According to a report shared by Kroll with The Hacker News, TODDLERSHARK overlaps…
The hacking group GhostSec has seen a significant increase in its malicious activities over the past year, according to research conducted by Cisco Talos. This surge includes the emergence of GhostLocker 2.0, a new variant of ransomware developed by the…
Mar 05, 2024NewsroomCybercrime / Malware A new DNS threat actor dubbed Savvy Seahorse is leveraging sophisticated techniques to entice targets into fake investment platforms and steal funds. “Savvy Seahorse is a DNS threat actor who convinces victims to create accounts…
American Express (Amex) has alerted customers that their credit card details may have been compromised following a third-party data breach. In a notice letter to customers, filed with the US State of Massachusetts, the credit card provider warned that current…
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