Feds Link $150M Cyberheist to 2022 LastPass Hacks

In September 2023, KrebsOnSecurity published findings from security researchers who concluded that a series of six-figure cyberheists across dozens of victims resulted from thieves cracking master passwords stolen from the password manager service LastPass in 2022. In a court filing this week, U....

The Trump Administration Is Deprioritizing Russia as a Cyber Threat

Plus: The FBI pins that ByBit theft on North Korea, a malicious app download breaches Disney, spyware targets a priest close to the pope, and more...

Bybit Hack Traced to Safe{Wallet} Supply Chain Attack Exploited by North Korean Hackers

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI formally linked the record-breaking $1.5 billion Bybit hack to North Korean threat actors, as the company's CEO Ben Zhou declared a "war against Lazarus." The agency said the Democratic People's Republic of Korea North Korea was responsible for the the...

Who’s Behind the Seized Forums ‘Cracked’ & ‘Nulled’?

The FBI joined authorities across Europe last week in seizing domain names for Cracked and Nulled , English-language cybercrime forums with millions of users that trafficked in stolen data, hacking tools and malware. An investigation into the history of these communities shows their apparent...

FBI, Dutch Police Disrupt ‘Manipulaters’ Phishing Gang

The FBI and authorities in The Netherlands this week seized dozens of servers and domains for a hugely popular spam and malware dissemination service operating out of Pakistan. The proprietors of the service, who use the collective nickname "The Manipulaters ," have been the subject of three...

Operation Talent: FBI Seizes Nulled.to, Cracked.to, Sellix.io and more

The FBI has seized Nulled.to, Cracked.to, Sellix.io, and StarkRDP.io in Operation Talent, targeting cybercrime forums and illicit marketplaces.…...

FBI Seizes Leading Hacking Forums Cracked.io and Nulled.to

Nulled.to, Cracked.to and Cracked.io, major hacking forums, appear seized by the FBI as DNS records point to FBI…...

US Privacy Snags a Win as Judge Limits Warrantless FBI Searches

Plus: A hacker finds an issue with Cloudflare’s systems that could reveal app users’ rough locations, and the Trump administration puts a wrench in a key cybersecurity investigation...

Hackers Likely Stole FBI Call Logs From AT&T That Could Compromise Informants

A breach of AT&T that exposed “nearly all” of the company’s customers may have included records related to confidential FBI sources, potentially explaining the bureau’s new embrace of end-to-end encryption...

FBI Deletes PlugX Malware from Thousands of Computers

According to a DOJ press release, the FBI was able to delete the Chinese-used PlugX malware from "approximately 4,258 U.S.-based computers and networks." Details: To retrieve information from and send commands to the hacked machines, the malware connects to a command-and-control server that is...

PlugX malware deleted from thousands of systems by FBI

The FBI says it has removed PlugX malware from thousands of infected computers worldwide. The move came after suspicion that cybercriminals groups under control of the People’s Republic of China PRC used a version of PlugX malware to control, and steal information from victims' computers. PlugX h...

FBI Deletes PlugX Malware from 4,250 Hacked Computers in Multi-Month Operation

The U.S. Department of Justice DoJ on Tuesday disclosed that a court-authorized operation allowed the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI to delete PlugX malware from over 4,250 infected computers as part of a "multi-month law enforcement operation." PlugX, also known as Korplug, is a remote acce...

Apple May Owe You $20 in a Siri Privacy Lawsuit Settlement

Plus: The FBI discovers a historic trove of homemade explosives, new details emerge in China’s hack of the US Treasury Department, and more...

FBI Warns of HiatusRAT Malware Targeting Webcams and DVRs

KEY SUMMARY POINTS The FBI has issued a Private Industry Notification PIN to highlight new malware campaigns targeting…...

CISA and FBI Raise Alerts on Exploited Flaws and Expanding HiatusRAT Campaign

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA on Monday added two security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities KEV catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The list of flaws is below - CVE-2024-20767 CVSS score: 7.4 - Adobe ColdFusion contains an...

FBI Targets 764 Network: Man Faces 30 Years for Cyberstalking, CSAM

A 20-year-old Tucson man was arrested for horrific CSAM and cyberstalking linked to the dangerous online extremist group 764...

FBI Busts Rydox Marketplace with 7,600 PII Sales, Cryptocurrency Worth $225K Seized

The U.S. Department of Justice DoJ on Thursday announced the shutdown of an illicit marketplace called Rydox "rydox.ru" and "rydox.cc" for selling stolen personal information, access devices, and other tools for conducting cybercrime and fraud. In tandem, three Kosovo nationals and administrators...

U.S. Charges Chinese Hacker for Exploiting Zero-Day in 81,000 Sophos Firewalls

The U.S. government on Tuesday unsealed charges against a Chinese national for allegedly breaking into thousands of Sophos firewall devices globally in 2020. Guan Tianfeng aka gbigmao and gxiaomao, who is said to have worked at Sichuan Silence Information Technology Company, Limited, has been...

The Real Story of “The Order”

The new film about an FBI agent chasing a white supremacist terror cell is based on a true story—and one that connects the headlines of 40 years ago to those of today...

Crypto’s rising value likely to bring new wave of scams

With the value of cryptocurrencies going to the roof, you can expect several attempts to get defrauded if you even show the slightest interest in the topic or not. Since most cybercriminals lack creativity and are notoriously lazy, we expect to see only slight variations of old tricks. So, we...