An investigation dating back almost ten years has seen the extradition this week to the United States of a man suspected to be the head of one the world's most prolific Russian-speaking cybercriminal gangs.
The UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) says it has been investigating a cybercriminal using the online handle "J P Morgan" since 2015, alongside parallel investigations run by the United States FBI and Secret Service.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
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Scammers are once again using deepfake technology to dupe unwary internet Facebook and Instagram users into making unwise cryptocurrency investments.
AI-generated videos promoting fraudulent cryptocurrency trading platform Immediate Edge have used deepfake footage of British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and His Royal Highness Prince William to reach an estimated 890,000 people via Meta's social media platforms.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
A notorious ransomware group has demanded more than half a billion dollars from victims in less than two years.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
According to the FBI, billions of dollars have been lost through Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks in recent years, so you may well think that there is little in the way of good news.
However, it has been revealed this week that police managed to recover more than US $40 million snatched in a recent BEC heist just two days after being told about it.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Cybersecurity journalist Joe Tidy has found himself in the unusual position of being targeted by a scammer calling herself "Jessica", he revealed this week.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Are you eager for your credit report to be "cleaned-up" so lenders and landlords will have a better opinion of your financial responsibility and creditworthiness?
You might be wise to read my article on the Hot for Security blog.
The staggering sum of US $75 million has reportedly been paid to a ransomware gang in what is believed to be the largest known ransom payment made by a cyber attack victim since records began.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
On Friday posts were published on the internet containing what appeared to be the personal information of Israeli Olympic athletes.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Hackers have released internal documents stolen from one of America's largest IT services providers, which counts various US government agencies, including the Department of Defense, amongst its customers.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
The US Department of Homeland Security has unveiled a dog-like robot that it says has been adapted to jam the connectivity of smart home devices.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.