Security
Russian "Laundry Bear" threat actor rinses Western victims with zero-click exploit
Intelligence agencies get lathered up about a Moscow-linked espionage group also tracked as Void Blizzard.
Crime
Crime
The Home Office has a huge cybercrime blind spot in its police forecasting data
Computer crooks are more likely to be male - but that's about all we know about who will go to the digital dark side.
Crime
How cybercriminals are industrialising the trade in stolen healthcare data
Inside the underground criminal ecosystem where private information is bought and sold on a global scale.
Security
The second coming of Shai-Hulud: Worm returns in massive supply chain campaign
“The scale and speed of the spread resemble some of the most disruptive supply chain incidents we have seen in recent years."
Cyberwar
Russian cyber-spies target UK and European officials via messaging apps
High-risk figures warned to exercise extreme caution when using WhatsApp, Signal and other third-party applications.
Financial Systems
Catching connected criminals: Exposing the networks driving modern fraud
Financial crime is now a complex web spun by coordinated networks—and investigators face a difficult task untangling it.
Crime
Phishing gangs are posing as government officials to steal money from permit applicants
FBI issues warning about new scam involving the impersonation of city and county fee collectors.
Security
Deepfakes, bot swarms, and the new identity verification arms race
Olli Krebs (no relation to Brian), EMEA SVP at Incode, discusses the trends shaping the future of the identity industry.
AI
Anthropic hit by "industrial-scale distillation attacks" from Chinese AI labs
It's feared that stolen models are being put to work in offensive cyber operations or authoritarian surveillance campaigns.
Financial Systems
FBI warns of surge in ATM jackpotting "cash on command" attacks
Criminals deploy Ploutus malware to infect cash machines and trick them into dispensing vast sums of money.
Crime
“There is no bypass": Deepfake detectors fuelling "frustration" in dark web fraud supermarkets
Would-be scammers are unable to beat new security checks and even their most "imaginative" tricks aren't working.
Robots
Mayor Sadiq Khan looks to unleash crime-fighting robot police dog in London
Quadruped robots that sparked a "fierce backlash" in New York City could be coming to the capital and other UK cities.