Over 5500 individuals have been arrested in a major international policing operation designed to disrupt cyber-enabled fraud. Between July and November 2024, Interpol coordinated Operation Haechi V, which involved law enforcers from over 40 countries and territories. It resulted in…
Dec 02, 2024Ravie LakshmananFinancial Fraud / Cryptocurrency A global law enforcement operation has led to the arrest of more than 5,500 suspects involved in financial crimes and the seizure of more than $400 million in virtual assets and government-backed currencies.…
Nov 30, 2024Mohit KumarRansomware / Cybercrime A Russian cybercriminal wanted in the U.S. in connection with LockBit and Hive ransomware operations has been arrested by law enforcement authorities in the country. According to a news report from Russian media outlet…
Nov 29, 2024Ravie LakshmananAI Security / Cloud Security Microsoft has addressed four security flaws impacting its artificial intelligence (AI), cloud, enterprise resource planning, and Partner Center offerings, including one that it said has been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability…
Nov 29, 2024Ravie LakshmananDisinformation / Artificial Intelligence A Moscow-based company sanctioned by the U.S. earlier this year has been linked to yet another influence operation designed to turn public opinion against Ukraine and erode Western support since at least December…
Romania’s national security council has warned that cyber-attacks are being used to influence the fairness of the country’s live presidential election. The Supreme Council of National Defense revealed it was presented with assessments on the actions of state and non-state…
Nov 29, 2024Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Cloud Security Cybersecurity researchers are warning about malicious email campaigns leveraging a phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) toolkit called Rockstar 2FA with an aim to steal Microsoft 365 account credentials. “This campaign employs an AitM [adversary-in-the-middle] attack, allowing…
An infamous ransomware group has claimed to have compromised sensitive data from a children’s hospital in Liverpool, UK. On November 28, INC Ransom posted on its data leak site that it has obtained large-scale data patient records, donor reports and…
The lines between digital and physical realms increasingly blur. While this opens countless opportunities for businesses, it also brings numerous challenges. In our recent webinar, Shaping the Cyber-Physical Future: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities for 2025, we explored the different factors…
A British hospital is grappling with a major cyberattack that has crippled its IT systems and disrupted patient care. Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH), part of the NHS, revealed on Monday that it had suffered a cybersecurity incident that continues…
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