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Trail via Signal Chats
According to KrebsOnSecurity, a consultant who represented victims in extortion cases allegedly co-operated the hacker group’s leak site.
16-Year-Old Suspect Arrested
Police have taken control of KillSec’s leak site, preventing further extortion attempts involving stolen data. The Hamburg State Criminal Police Office coordinated the operation.
Seven-Day Deadline
The ShinyHunters hacking group claims to have breached FBI systems and stolen sensitive data belonging to agents and job applicants.
ChatGPT Account Access
Security researchers at Hacktron AI used Anthropic’s Claude models to chain two vulnerabilities and gain access to OpenAI’s internal systems.
Fast and Effective
When T-Mobile discovered Chinese hackers inside its network in 2024, the company took a radical approach: Four security staff rushed to a data center and physically cut the connection.
Espionage and fraud from the same infrastructure
The Chinese hacking group Jewelbug operates government espionage and a large-scale cryptocurrency fraud business in parallel.
What Attackers Do After Breaking In
An incident investigated by Huntress shows just how thoroughly an attacker can settle into a compromised environment after gaining initial access.
New Names for Cybercriminals
The Google Threat Intelligence Group is overhauling its tracking system for cyber threat actors. Instead of cryptic abbreviations such as APT41, the group will use two part codenames to make threat tracking easier to navigate.
Cyberattack in Eastern Europe
Following a failed extortion attempt, a hacker has deleted Romania’s entire land registry database. The incident has brought tens of thousands of real estate transactions to a standstill.
Cybersecurity Threat Landscape
A ransomware group that did not even exist a year ago has quickly climbed to the top of the global threat landscape. At the same time, cyberattacks targeting German companies are increasing significantly.
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