cybercrime
FBI warns of in-person data theft attacks from extortion gang
The FBI warned on Tuesday that the Silent Ransom Group (SRG) extortion gang is now targeting U.S.-based law firms in in-person data theft attacks. “As of Spring 2026, SRG actors use a social engineering scheme to pose as an employee from the victim’s IT department. SRG actors either directly call or send phishing emails to […]
Apple blocked over $11 billion in App Store fraud in 6 years
Apple revealed that it blocked over $11 billion in fraudulent App Store transactions over the last six years, more than $2.2 billion in potentially fraudulent App Store transactions in 2025 alone. In a Wednesday press release, the tech giant said it rejected over 2 million problematic app submissions last year and blocked more than 1.1 […]
Ukraine identifies infostealer operator tied to 28,000 stolen accounts
The Ukrainian cyberpolice, working in conjunction with U.S. law enforcement, has identified an 18-year-old man from Odesa suspected of running an infostealer malware operation targeting users of an online store in California. According to the Ukrainian police, the threat actor used information-stealing malware between 2024 and 2025 to infect users’ devices and steal browser sessions […]
FBI: Americans lost over $388 million to scams using crypto ATMs in 2025
The FBI says Americans have lost over $388 million last year to scams using cryptocurrency kiosks, also known as crypto ATMs or Bitcoin ATMs. Cryptocurrency kiosks are physical, standalone electronic terminals (which may or may not require identity verification to prevent money laundering) that resemble bank ATMs and allow users to buy or sell crypto […]
GitHub confirms breach of 3,800 repos via malicious VSCode extension
GitHub has confirmed that roughly 3,800 internal repositories were breached after one of its employees installed a malicious VS Code extension. The company has since removed the unnamed trojanized extension from the VS Code marketplace and has secured the compromised device. “Yesterday we detected and contained a compromise of an employee device involving a poisoned […]
GitHub investigates internal repositories breach claimed by TeamPCP
GitHub is investigating a breach of its internal repositories after the TeamPCP hacker group claimed to have accessed approximately 4,000 repositories containing private code. GitHub’s cloud-based development platform is used by more than 4 million organizations (including 90% of the Fortune 100) and over 180 million developers who contribute to more than 420 million code […]
INTERPOL ‘Operation Ramz’ seizes 53 malware, phishing servers
More than 200 individuals were arrested for cybercrime activities during INTERPOL’s Operation Ramz, which focused on the Middle East and North Africa. Law enforcement also identified another 382 suspects across 13 countries (Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Tunisia, and the UAE). In addition to the arrests, authorities seized 53 […]
ConsentFix v3 attacks target Azure with automated OAuth abuse
A new attack type, dubbed ConsentFix v3, has been circulating on hacker forums as an improved technique that automates attacks against Microsoft Azure. The first version of ConsentFix was presented by Push Security last December as a variation of ClickFix for OAuth phishing attacks, which tricks victims into completing a legitimate Microsoft login flow via the Azure […]
FBI links cybercriminals to sharp surge in cargo theft attacks
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned the transportation and logistics industry of a sharp rise in cyber-enabled cargo theft, with estimated losses in the United States and Canada reaching nearly $725 million in 2025. This represents a 60% surge in losses compared to the previous year, fueled by criminals increasingly using hacking and […]
US reportedly charges Scattered Spider hacker arrested in Finland
A 19-year-old dual United States and Estonian citizen arrested in Finland earlier this month faces federal charges in the U.S. alleging he was a prolific member of the notorious Scattered Spider hacking collective. According to temporarily unsealed court records obtained by the Chicago Tribune, the suspect (who used the online alias “Bouquet”) helped extort millions of dollars […]