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A large-scale cyber espionage operation that affected political leaders, businessmen, and even the small Shinnecock tribe in Long Island. At the center of the international scandal was the Indian IT company Appin, engaged in cyber espionage at the industrial level. The company, which started...

Threats from China and North Korea in new data from Solar. According to the latest data from Solar, in 2023, a significant number of cyber attacks on Russian organizations came from the Asian region, in particular from hacker groups from China and North Korea. These attacks were most often...

The criminal group has been operating on the territory of Ukraine since August 2022. Investigators have established that its organizer is a resident of the temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk region, who was previously the "Minister of Foreign Affairs of the DPR". The police exposed a...

The Philippine authorities announced the seizure of a record batch of SIM cards in the city of Pasig, which should have been, but did not come to the disposal of fraudsters and cybercriminals. Local media with reference to the Center for Investigation and Coordination of Cybercrime (CICC) report...

A 65-year-old local resident reported to the Novokuznetsk police duty station that unknown persons had fraudulently stolen a large sum of money from her. The police found out that a citizen on the Internet saw an advertisement for large earnings on the stock exchange. The woman contacted the...

Check Point has discovered the use of a new USB worm known as "LitterDrifter" in targeted attacks. This worm automatically distributes malware through connected USB drives and communicates with the attackers ' command and control servers. It is suspected that this is an evolution of a...

On November 17, about $9 million from the insurance fund of the dYdX decentralized derivatives exchange was used to cover liquidations of user positions in the Yearn Finance token (YFI) market. The team assured that the fund with a balance of $13.5 million "is still well funded", user funds...

The new method will ensure complete anonymity of your requests on the Internet. Beware not only of what you share online, but also of what you search for. Information search can reveal your data, for example, a route search query reveals your location. This problem is at the center of the...

According to the Federal Prosecutor's Office for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan, on November 3, 37-year-old Alexander Gulkarov, nicknamed "Little Alex", pleaded guilty to fraud with health insurance of victims of road accidents, bribes and other crimes. The Queens-based "Kid"...

It is better in everything than the Raspberry Pi 5 and smaller than the iPhone The Banana Pi line of single-board PCs is getting a new addition-the BPI-M7 model has been released with impressive amounts of RAM and internal memory for this type of computer – more than the new Raspberry Pi 5. In...

Employees of the criminal investigation department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia "Irkutskoe" during a business trip to Moscow detained a suspect in a series of frauds. "It was previously established that the 33-year-old native of Irkutsk for several years through a popular...

Will the emergency alarm button work when you really need it? The Dutch company Tunstall Netherlands, which provides alarm button services for all those in need, recently faced a cyber attack that caused significant disruptions in the company's service. Tunstall's proprietary system offers...

Could a ransomware virus have caused so much noise in government structures? The authorities of the city of Long Beach, California, reported a cyber attack that occurred last Tuesday, November 14. To eliminate the threat, a significant part of the city's information resources was temporarily...

Dealing with multibillion-dollar losses and lessons for the financial world. The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China brokerage firm in the United States was subjected to a large-scale cyber attack, as a result of which even corporate email stopped working, forcing employees to switch to...

A different perspective on gambling and cybercrime. According to the 404 Media resource, cybercriminals use online casinos to increase and launder illegal funds. The disclosed information shows what some hackers actually do with the stolen cryptocurrency – use it in casino bets. To a lesser...

Suspected hacking after a betting system crash. An investigation by FanDuel revealed suspicious bids on Wednesday due to a technical glitch or hack. This allowed one or more users to place bets at a significantly reduced price or even for free. According to officials, due to a glitch or hack...

A large-scale anti-phishing operation led to arrests. Europol has reported on the activities of a large group of voice phishing (vishing) scammers who defrauded victims in Europe of tens of millions of euros. Call centers of criminals were located in Ukraine. The main blow was inflicted by the...

Asian countries suffer the most, but hackers can hardly expand their activity zone. In the field of cybersecurity, a new serious threat is gaining momentum. A group of cybercriminals known as DarkCasino is exploiting a newly discovered vulnerability in the WinRAR software to launch hacking...

The new rules will affect the stock market and the strategy of companies. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has introduced rules requiring public companies to report cyber incidents that they consider materially significant within four days of their discovery. Such a change in...

Fake ads have become a new attack vector for a well-known ransomware group. Cybercrime groups operating as part of the BlackCat ransomware operation (ALPHV) have adopted a new tactic — using malicious advertising to gain initial access to victims systems. Under the guise of popular business...