Security
Workday CRM breach amplifies fears of an alliance between ShinyHunters and Scattered Spider
Cybercrime supergroup feared to be using sophisticated social engineering techniques in joint attacks against big-name victims.
Cybercrime
Security
Dark web Initial Access Brokers are selling hacked network access for as little as $500, study reveals
Investigators find that crooks offer consumer-style hack'n'mix bundles that package access with privilege or other treats.
Cybercrime
The rise of Dark LLMs: DDoS-for-hire cybercriminals are using AI assistants to mastermind attacks
Lawbreaking language models lower the barrier of entry for unskilled crooks and make it frighteningly easy to launch crime campaigns.
Hacktivism
Europol leads global takedown of pro-Russian hacktivist group NoName057(16)
Cops smash Moscow-linked group blamed for a number of DDoS attacks and believed to wield a huge botnet.
Dark Web
AntiDarkNet vigilante "annihilated" amid dark web drug user doxxing drama
Shadowy "United States of Dread" group seizes website of activist who claimed to have published the names of illegal marketplace customers.
Cybercrime
Large language models could cause a huge phishing crimewave, researchers warn
LLMs have a troubling tendency to serve up fake links, creating a major new fraud opportunity for enterprising threat actors.
Cybercrime
Search engine criminalisation: SEO poisoning campaign exposed
Scammers are buying up dodgy websites on underground marketplaces to manipulate search rankings and lure victims onto malicious pages.
Cybersecurity
Scattered Spider spins its web beyond retail, sinks fangs into insurance
"The industry should be on high alert, especially for social engineering schemes which target their help desks and call centres."
Cybercrime
Elon Musk vs Donald Trump feud sparks big, unbeautiful cybercrime wave
Crooks are taking advantage of the billionaires' squabble to defraud victims, run phishing campaigns and spin up dodgy memecoins.
Dark Web
"Security teams don’t need more noise": Microsoft Copilot now surfaces dark web threat intelligence
Bitsight teams up with Microsoft to monitor threats emerging from the dankest corners of the hidden web.
Dark Web
Cops seize Archetyp, arrest bosses of "longest-standing" dark web drug marketplace
"The platform’s endurance, scale and reputation place it alongside now-defunct darknet markets like Dream Market and Silk Road."
Security
Organic panic as top Whole Foods supplier becomes latest victim of retail hackers
United Natural Foods (UNFI) discloses a security incident and outage that's threatening expensive organic food supply chains across the US.