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Microsoft: Hackers target universities in “payroll pirate” attacks
A cybercrime gang tracked as Storm-2657 has been targeting university employees in the United States to hijack salary payments in “pirate payroll” attacks since March 2025. Microsoft Threat Intelligence analysts who spotted this campaign found that the threat actors are targeting Workday accounts; however, other third-party human resources (HR) software-as-a-service (SaaS) platforms could also be […]
US investors to take over TikTok operations in the country
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order approving a plan to restructure TikTok operations in the country to address national security concerns. TikTok is a massively popular short-form video platform owned by Chinese firm ByteDance. The social media service has a strong presence in the U.S., counting more than 170 million users, according […]
Amazon pays $2.5 billion to settle Prime memberships lawsuit
Amazon will pay $2.5 billion to settle claims by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that it used dark patterns to trick millions of users into enrolling in its Prime program and made it as difficult as possible to cancel the recurring subscriptions. The settlement requires Amazon to pay a $1 billion civil penalty and […]
Kosovo hacker pleads guilty to running BlackDB cybercrime marketplace
Kosovo national Liridon Masurica has pleaded guilty to running BlackDB.cc, a cybercrime marketplace that has been active since 2018. Kosovar authorities arrested the 33-year-old defendant (also known online as @blackdb) on December 14, 2024. He was extradited to the United States on May 9, 2025, and detained following his court appearance in Tampa on May 12. Masurica […]
US charges admin of LockerGoga, MegaCortex, Nefilim ransomware
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged Ukrainian national Volodymyr Viktorovich Tymoshchuk for his role as the administrator of the LockerGoga, MegaCortex, and Nefilim ransomware operations. Also known online as deadforz, Boba, msfv, and farnetwork, Tymoshchuk was involved in ransomware attacks that led to the breach of hundreds of companies, resulting in millions of dollars […]
Microsoft gives US students a free year of Microsoft 365 Personal
Microsoft announced that starting this Thursday, all college students in the United States can get a free year of Microsoft 365 Personal. For everyone else, a yearly Microsoft 365 Personal subscription costs $99.99. It provides ransomware protection for photos and files stored on OneDrive, 1 TB of secure cloud storage, and can be used on up to […]
Texas sues PowerSchool over breach exposing 62M students, 880k Texans
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against education software company PowerSchool, which suffered a massive data breach in December that exposed the personal information of 62 million students, including over 880,000 Texans. PowerSchool is a cloud-based software solutions provider for K-12 schools and districts, with more than 18,000 customers and supporting over 60 million students worldwide. […]
US offers $10 million bounty for info on Russian FSB hackers
The U.S. Department of State is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information on three Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officers involved in cyberattacks targeting U.S. critical infrastructure organizations on behalf of the Russian government. The three individuals, Marat Valeryevich Tyukov, Mikhail Mikhailovich Gavrilov, and Pavel Aleksandrovich Akulov, are part of the […]
Nevada closes state offices as cyberattack disrupts IT systems
Nevada remains two days into a cyberattack that began early Sunday, disrupting government websites, phone systems, and online platforms, and forcing all state offices to close on Monday. The impact of the attack was first felt on Sunday morning, with the Governor’s Technology Office stating that a ‘network issue’ began around 1:52 AM PT, affecting […]
‘Chairmen’ of $100 million scam operation extradited to US
The U.S. Department of Justice charged four Ghanaian nationals for their roles in a massive fraud ring linked to the theft of over $100 million in romance scams and business email compromise attacks. The defendants were allegedly high-ranking members of a major international fraud ring based in Ghana that targeted companies and individuals across the United States […]