Cyber Hunt in Africa
Cyber crime in Africa is increasingly focused on the financial sector, with 18% of successful attacks targeting financial organizations, according to research by Positive Technologies. Telecom companies follow as the…
FraudGPT: Phishing AI
The cyber threat landscape has experienced a significant shift with the emergence of generative AI models. Netenrich’s research team recently analyzed Darknet forums and discovered the widespread adoption of FraudGPT,…
Five Years in Jail for Making Viruses and Assisting a Prohibited Group
The Temryuksky District Court convicted a Krasnodar Territory citizen guilty of many charges. This involves not only the development and dissemination of malware, but also the monetary assistance of the…
Nigerian Man Confesses to $1.3M Corporate Email Compromise Scam
Kalu may receive up to $250,000 in fines and 20 years in jail if he enters a guilty plea to wire fraud. He was held in the U.S. after being…
North Korean Hackers Known as ‘ScarCruft’ Gained Access to a Russian Missile Manufacturer
NPO Mashinostroyeniya is a Russian company that designs and manufactures orbital vehicles, spacecraft, and tactical defense and assault missiles for the Russian and Indian militaries. Since 2014, the US Department…
A Student Outperformed the Teacher – Are Conti Alums Responsible for the Akira Group?
Arctic Wolf experts claim that the new Akira ransomware affects small and medium-sized enterprises all around the world, with the US and Canada seeing the most activity. There have been…
BlueCharlie, a Russian Cyberterrorist, Modifies Infrastructure in Reaction to Recent Revelations
The updated infrastructure was connected by the cybersecurity company Recorded Future to a threat actor it monitors by the name of BlueCharlie, a hacker group also known as Blue Callisto,…
Robocalls for Extended Warranties Were Fined $300M After Making 5 Billion Prank Calls
Sumco Panama, Virtual Telecom, Davis Telecom, Geist Telecom, Fugle Telecom, Tech Direct, Mobi Telecom, and Posting Express were among the businesses who received fines. The business broke a variety of…
Israel’s Сybersecurity – There Was No Hack After a Senior Official Infected his Personal Computer with Malware
According to a security researcher who declined to be identified, the INCD official’s stolen credentials were discovered in mid-June in an open Telegram group renowned for distributing archives of passwords,…
Hackers Supported by Russia Exploited Microsoft Teams to Breach Federal Agencies
According to Microsoft security researchers, the “highly targeted” social engineering attack was carried out by a Russian state-sponsored hacking outfit known as “Midnight Blizzard,” but more often known as APT29…