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US nationals behind DPRK IT worker ‘laptop farm’ sent to prison
Two U.S. nationals have been sent to prison for helping North Korean remote information technology (IT) workers to pose as U.S. residents and get hired by over 100 companies across the country, including many Fortune 500 firms. 42-year-old Kejia Wang and 39-year-old Zhenxing Wang were charged in June 2025 following a coordinated law enforcement action against the […]
Over 20,000 crypto fraud victims identified in international crackdown
An international law enforcement action led by the U.K.’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has identified over 20,000 victims of cryptocurrency fraud across Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Dubbed “Operation Atlantic,” this joint action took place last month, and it involved the NCA, the U.S. Secret Service, the Ontario Provincial Police, the Ontario […]
Nearly 4,000 US industrial devices exposed to Iranian cyberattacks
The attack surface targeted by Iranian-linked hackers in cyberattacks against U.S. critical infrastructure networks includes thousands of Internet-exposed programmable logic controllers (PLCs) manufactured by Rockwell Automation. According to a joint advisory issued by multiple U.S. federal agencies on Tuesday, Iranian state-backed hacking groups have been targeting Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley PLC devices since March 2026, causing operational disruptions and […]
US warns of Iranian hackers targeting critical infrastructure
Iranian-linked hackers are targeting Internet-exposed Rockwell/Allen-Bradley programmable logic controllers (PLCs) on the networks of U.S. critical infrastructure organizations. The warning came earlier today in the form of a joint advisory authored by the FBI, CISA, NSA, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Energy (DOE), and the United States Cyber Command – Cyber National Mission […]
Man admits to locking thousands of Windows devices in extortion plot
A former core infrastructure engineer has pleaded guilty to locking Windows admins out of 254 servers as part of a failed extortion plot targeting his employer, an industrial company headquartered in Somerset County, New Jersey. According to court documents, 57-year-old Daniel Rhyne from Kansas City, Missouri, remotely accessed the company’s network without authorization using an administrator […]
Suspected RedLine infostealer malware admin extradited to US
An Armenian suspect was extradited to the United States to face criminal charges for allegedly helping manage RedLine, one of the most prolific infostealer malware operations in recent years. Hambardzum Minasyan was arrested on Monday, March 23, and appeared in federal court in Austin on Tuesday, when U.S. prosecutors accused him of registering virtual private […]
CISA orders feds to patch DarkSword iOS flaws exploited attacks
CISA ordered U.S. government agencies to patch three iOS vulnerabilities targeted in cryptocurrency theft and cyberespionage attacks using the DarkSword exploit kit. As Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) and iVerify researchers revealed last week, the DarkSword delivery framework abuses a chain of six vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2025-31277, CVE-2025-43529, CVE-2026-20700, CVE-2025-14174, CVE-2025-43510, and CVE-2025-43520. These flaws enable […]
Ex-data analyst stole company data in $2.5M extortion scheme
A North Carolina man was found guilty of extorting a D.C.-based technology company while still being employed as a data analyst contractor. While a Justice Department press release published on Thursday doesn’t name the victim, court documents reveal that he targeted Brightly Software, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company previously known as SchoolDude, which Siemens acquired in August 2022. Brightly […]
Marquis: Ransomware gang stole data of 672K people in cyberattack
Marquis, a Texas-based financial services provider, revealed this week that a ransomware gang stole the data of over 670,000 individuals in an August 2025 cyberattack that also disrupted operations at 74 banks across the United States. The company provides digital marketing, data analytics, compliance, and CRM services to more than 700 banks, credit unions, and mortgage lenders across […]
CISA orders feds to patch n8n RCE flaw exploited in attacks
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ordered government agencies on Wednesday to patch their systems against an actively exploited n8n vulnerability. n8n is an open-source workflow automation platform widely used in AI development for automating data ingestion, with over 50,000 weekly downloads on the npm registry and over 100 million pulls on Docker […]