Cybercrime

QR code attacks doubled in the first quarter

Microsoft Threat Intelligence detected approximately 8.3 billion email-based phishing threats during the first quarter of 2026 (January–March). QR code phishing

13,000 Organizations Targeted in Multi-stage Phishing Campaign

Microsoft Defender Research has uncovered a large-scale phishing attack targeting users across more than 13,000 organizations worldwide. The threat actors were

Teenage super-hackers pose major new threat

A new generation of young cybercriminals has emerged as what is now perceived to be the main security threat to corporations on both sides of the Atlantic. As r

CISA and FBI Release IOCs Associated with Androxgh0st Malware – January 17th

94% of Organizations Experienced Email Security Incidents in 2023 Egress revealed in a report that 94% of cybersecurity leaders disclosed that their organizatio

Darcula can suck the blood out of any brand

Cybercrime just got easier. A new artificial intelligence off-the-shelf phishing kit named darcula now enables even inexperienced cyber criminals to impersonate

Enterprises face a steep rise in insider threats

As we predicted earlier this year, harsh economic conditions across Western democracies are acting as a catalyst for cybercrime – particularly those cyber

Cybercrime Kills

A patient’s death following a cyber-attack on the UK health sector by ransomware group Qilin has now been reported. The death has been confirmed by King’s

Identifying fraudsters on the internet

Patrick Harding, Chief Product Architect at Ping Identity In an exclusive interview with Cyber Intelligence, Patrick Harding, chief product architect at digital

Cybercrime Forums Cross-Borders

The bust of the illegal Cracked and Nulled crime forums evidences the global nature of cybercrime and the impossibility of seeing it as a threat that has no reg

‘Hellcat’ is new breed of cybercriminal

A ransomware gang, Hellcat, that emerged in 2024 is being seen as representative of a new type of threat actor using off-the-shelf malware and innovative extort

GenAI speeds up cybercrime

While Silicon Valley is finding that artificial intelligence (AI) is proving a tough sell to businesses and consumers, cybercriminals worldwide have lost little

FBI Takes Down Crypto-Laundering Scam

The line between cybercrime and plain old-fashioned fraud has become yet more blurred following the sentencing of international virtual currency vendor Anurag P

Fake job offer scams gather pace

The New Year has begun with further news of a particularly cynical fraud campaign aimed at jobseekers. Lucrative-seeming fake job offers are being sent by email

Cybercriminals pose as police agencies

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued an urgent warning to business and law enforcement agencies that cybercriminals are using genuine stolen

Feds to Block N. Korea’s Crypto-Cash

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is conducting an ongoing investigation into the notorious North Korean cybercrime group Lazarus, formerly known as

Cybercriminals Ramp up Deepfake Scams

Cyber toolkits for threat actors are now harnessing the latest deepfake technology and artificial intelligence (AI) for targeted email attacks, known as ‘spear-

Fraud Gives Businesses Trust Issues

Andy Sheldon, North American VP of US-based ID fraud specialist Deduce It feels like fraudsters are consistently staying one step ahead of us. Back in early 202

Chinese Phisher Steals Top US Secrets

This week, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced criminal charges against a Chinese national, Song Wu, accused of wire fraud and aggravated identity thef

Hackers Exploit CrowdStrike Outage

Organized cybercriminal gangs have lost little time in attempting to cash in on the ongoing CrowdStrike/Windows outage currently affecting banks, airlines and b

Deepfakes Used for Stock Manipulation

Cash-rich cybercriminals are learning that the easiest way to make money on the stock markets while laundering cash at the same time is to use deepfake videos t

AI-Backed Email Attacks Are On The Rise

Email scams aimed at business users are becoming increasingly sophisticated and increasingly tough to detect. Threat actors are now using artificial intelligenc

Cyber Wave to Overwhelm Paris Olympics

The Olympic games, which kick off in Paris towards the end of next month, are expected to attract over 15 million visitors to the French capital and generate ar

Ending for EU criminal botnet networks

An international operation coordinated by Europol has resulted in several arrests and the takedown of numerous cybercriminal networks. The operation focused on

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341% Rise in Advanced Phishing Attacks SlashNext’s report revealed a 341% increase in malicious phishing links, business email compromise (BEC), Quishing,

BogusBazarr Signals Alarms for Brands

By operating a “fraud-as-a-service’ (FaaS) website, BogusBazarr, operating out of China, runs 200 fraudulent webshops and has so far claimed 850,000 victims, mo

Beware weaponized Google Ads

Cybercriminals are exploiting a previously unseen backdoor to substitute ‘malvertizing’, weaponized bogus ads to push them to the top of Google searches. The at

FBI Reports Record Cyber Losses in 2023

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation reports that last year the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received a record number of complaints, with potential l

BlackCat Allows Healthcare Cyberattacks

Following actions taken against the infamous BlackCat ransomware group in December by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the cybercriminal gang has w

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Pepco Loses €15M from Phishing Attack The Hungarian arm of the Pepco Group announced a phishing attack on the retailer, resulting in €15 million worth of lo

Cyber-Attackers Try to Divert a Flight

Airline security has just entered a new era with news that on Saturday cybercriminals hacked the communications network on a commercial flight and tried to dive

Executives Targeted in Ongoing Attacks

Highly organized cybercriminals suspected to be based in Russia and Nigeria are targeting hundreds of executives in dozens of organizations in an ongoing Micros

Deepfake Face Swaps Hijack Meetings

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools such as face swaps are now being used in Mission Impossible-style cyber-enabled financial crimes. The South China Morning Pos

Budget Shortfalls Push Cybercrime Surge

Over half of all companies worldwide quote inadequate cybersecurity budgets as a key factor underpinning a dramatic rise in global cybercrime in the first three

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Rapid SCADA Vulnerabilities Leaves Industrial Systems at Risk The Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA) released an advisory directed to indus

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19 Individuals Behind Dark Web Marketplace Arrested The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that 19 individuals worldwide were arrested in connection to

Cyber-Gangs' 2024 Media Offensive

Cybercrime, which has become a multi-trillion-dollar industry over recent decades, became increasingly sophisticated during 2023, with criminal groups now adopt

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Financial Sector Sees Most Cyberattacks in 2023 Based on a Netwrix survey, the financial sector in 2023 experienced the most cyberattacks among any other sector

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Fraudulent LinkedIn Profiles Targeting Saudi Workers for Corporate Data Leaks Revealed in a presentation at last month’s Black Hat Middle East and Africa

Behind the Navy's First Cyber Strategy

Crypto Mixing Tool Sanctioned for North Korean Cyber Collaboration The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Sinbad, a crypto mixing service reportedly used by th

FBI targets casino cybercrime

This week, the cyber division of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a Private Industry Notification warning that ransomware gangs are now explo

Beware the poisoned search

Although businesses and consumers are becoming increasingly wary of ‘phishing’ emails containing a seemingly harmless link that has been secretly weaponized, fe

Interpol Urges Global Cybercrime Action

Interpol is demanding that the world’s governments and business leaders act together to stem the rapidly rising global tide of cybercrime. Speaking this week at

1265% Phishing Increase Since ChatGPT

1265% Phishing Email Increase Since ChatGPT Launch SlashNext’s “State of Phishing Report for 2023” report stated the 1265% phishing increase i

Recent Texting Fraud Cost Rises Fivefold

The official cost of texting fraud in 2022 rose to $330 million, representing a fivefold increase since 2019, with an average cost of $1,000 to the victims conc

Ancestry data sold by threat actors

Malware threat actors target buyers of used goods Over 20 people in Singapore have reportedly fallen prey to malware scams in September using the sale of second

Dark Web Ads Are Seeing A Massive Surge

RANSOMEDVC claims ‘complete infiltration of all Sony systems’ Ransomware group, RANSOMEDVC claims to have successfully breached the security system

DarkGate Malware Attacks Once Again

DarkGate again threatens online computer systems A new phishing attack campaign using DarkGate Loader malware has been identified, with Microsoft Teams users be

Europol Takes On EU Cybercrime Economy

The photo above shows Europol’s Headquarters, located in The Hague, The Netherlands. The European Police Office (Europol)’s first-ever threat assessment o

Dunghill Leak Claims Doing Sabre Attack

Dunghill Leak group claims responsibility for Sabre attack   The Dunghill Leak group has claimed responsibility for the cyberattack on travel booking giant

August vacations pose QR code nightmare

A new summer craze is hitting the world of cybercrime – weaponized Quick Response (QR) codes. According to cybersecurity firm Darktrace, last month saw a marked

Teachers targeted while popular malware resurfaces

Interpol forces unite to bring phishing platform down A phishing-as-a-service (PaaS) platform called 16shop, responsible for over 150,000 phishing domains, has

Gambling Industry Hit by Cybercrime

In an exclusive interview with Cyber Intelligence, Ido Naor, Co-founder and CEO of Security Joes, a cybersecurity firm specializing in incident response and cri

Cybercriminals Flee to China’s Dark Web

The recent success of Western government agencies such as the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), who have taken down prominent Dark Web forums, are being

Cybercrime continues to cold-shoulder AI

Organized cybercriminals continue to give artificial intelligence (AI) the cold shoulder. New research from US telecoms conglomerate Verizon confirms a report i

Cryptocurrency Laundering Top Dog Arrested

Russian-Swedish native Roman Sterlingov has been sentenced to twelve years in prison for his alleged involvement in Bitcoin Fog, the longest-running cryptocurre

Asia’s power grid target by threat actors – September 13th

‘Booby-trapped’ app cons users to allow for remote control Visitors to a download site, freedownloadmanager.org, might have fallen victim to a malicious mal

China hacks US nuclear agency

The US Nuclear Security Administration, which is responsible for maintaining and designing the USA’s cache of nuclear weapons, has been hacked by China-based cy

Cybercrime gets physical

Cyber-physical systems (CPS), such as operational technology (OT), the Internet of Things (IoT), building management systems (BMS) and connected media devices h

Asia-based Cybercrime Syndicates Go Global – July 23rd

Asia-based Cybercrime Syndicates Go Global Asian cybercrime syndicates based in China and Southeast Asia have caused approximately $37 billion in losses in

From deepfakes to in-person fraudsters

Boeing Employees’ Credit Union (BECU) is a not-for-profit credit union based in Washington, dedicated to improving the financial well-being of its members

Blockchains lose $1.8 billion to cybercrime

Web 3.0, the blockchain version of the traditional internet that hosts decentralized blockchain crypto-currencies, lost over US$1.8 billion in 2023 to cybercrim

Cybercrime recruitment drive targets English-speaking teens

The most in-demand skill on cybercrime recruiting sites is English-speaking social engineering. According to cybersecurity company Reliaquest, job posts more th

Bangladeshi Police Officer Caught Selling Citizen Data on Telegram – June 6th

SpyCloud Raised $35M Funding Round Today, SpyCloud announced that it raised $35M in funding, led by CIBC Innovation Banking, to bolster its offerings to prevent

Healthcare cyber-attacks now “a national security threat”

Search engine giant’s Google Threat Intelligence Group reports that cybercriminal and state-backed cyber-attacks on the healthcare sector in countries suc

Hackers infiltrate SEC’s X Account to Boost Bitcoin

A cybercriminal in Alabama, suspected of hacking into the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) X account, has been arrested. He is accused of using t

FBI sounds second call to arms to fight cybercrime

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is increasingly anxious to enlist the private sector in the losing battle it is fighting against global cybercrime

Cybercriminals are now grooming US and UK teens

Organized cybercriminal groups of all kinds have added a new line of defense to hide behind. This time, it is young teenagers in countries such as the UK and th

India Enlists Army of 5000 “Cyber Commandos”

The Indian Government is upping the ante in its fight against cybercrime. Indian Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah this week announced the launch of

Deepfake Phishing Targets Trump’s Chief of Staff – May 30th

🎭 Deepfake Phishing Targets Trump’s Chief of Staff An impersonator breached the phone of White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, posing as her in calls and mess

3,500 Cybercriminals Arrested by Law Enforcement – December 21st

Iranian ‘Seedworm’ Targets African Telcos Iran-backed cyberespionage group ‘Seedworm’ is targeting telecommunications companies from Egy

“Crazy Evil” Threatens Cryptocurrency Ecosystem

A new and rising threat to decentralized financing has been identified. Threat intelligence researcher, the Insikt group, has uncovered “Crazy Evil,” a rapidly

Bucket shop bargains for cybercriminals

Researchers have revealed current vulnerabilities in Amazon’s data storage services, the knock-on effect of which could potentially result in the biggest supply

Cybercriminals crack MFA defenses

Cybercriminals are now using social engineering techniques developed to crack passwords to break through multi-factor authentication (MFA) defenses, such as sen

Cybercriminals Weaponize Google AI assistant

Cybercriminals have been quick to see nefarious possibilities in search engine giant Google’s new Gemini 2.0 AI assistant. According to Google’s own findings, n

Cyber-attackers try to divert a commercial flight

Airline security has just entered a new era with the news that on Saturday, cybercriminals hacked the communications network on a commercial flight and tried to

Cyber gangs hold healthcare ransom

Healthcare no longer off limits Cybercriminal groups have now completely abandoned any pretense that theirs are basically victimless crimes by attacking the hea

Forty Countries Vow to Not Pay Cyber Ransoms – November 1st

Forty Countries Vow to Not Pay Cyber Ransoms Forty US-allied countries pledged to no longer pay cybercrime ransoms at the second annual meeting of the Internati

Banks Swamped By Fake Account Scams

1Bn Korean Bust Is Tip Of Se Asian Cybercrime Iceberg

Ai Overrated And Overhyped Say Cybercriminals

Companies Slow To Take The Fight To Cybercriminals

Copyright Infringement Scam Goes Global

Interpol Afriapol Success And 200000 Phishing Victims