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Enthusiasts of virtual assets and non-fungible tokens (NFT) face all sorts of fraud risks, even from seemingly legitimate platforms. Such seems to be the case with Iconics, a Solana-based NFT project, which is being accused of defrauding its investors of more than $130,000 USD. In theory, the Iconics project consisted of 8,000 NFTs of a […]
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced the arrest of 33 people in Texas due to their alleged involvement in the well-known Black Axe cybercriminal operation, which involves business email engagement (BEC), insurance fraud, unemployment insurance fraud and other variants of cybercrime. The agents in charge of the investigation mention that Black Axe had been […]
A representative of the French authorities revealed that the health employees who would have been responsible for leaking some confidential details of President Emmanuel Macron, including his COVID-19 vaccination status, have already been identified. As some users will recall, in recent days some personal records of President Macron were leaked on social networks, including documents […]
A representative of the U.S. farmers’ cooperative NEW Cooperative has confirmed that the organization became victim of a BlackMatter ransomware infection. Reportedly, threat actors are reportedly demanding a $5.9 million USD ransom in exchange for handing over the decryption keys and not revealing the compromised information. In addition, hackers have threatened to increase the ransom […]
An investigation coordinated by Europol led to the dismantling of a complex cybercriminal network linked to the Italian mafia, which operated dozens of frauds that generated losses of up to 10 million Euros during 2020. The agency, in collaboration with law enforcement agencies in Italy and Spain, detected this fraudulent operation operating crimes such as […]
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that a Pakistani citizen has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after being found guilty of bribing employees of the telecommunications company AT&T, causing them to install malware on their computer systems and allowing illegal access to nearly 2 million smartphones, generating huge losses for the company. […]
Patients from two major health care companies were notified of a security incident that resulted in improper access to confidential records. According to the report, the leak includes confidential records such as full names, social security numbers, medical diagnoses and other confidential details of thousands of patients. The companies affected are LifeLong Medical Care, based […]
A recent report claims that the iON TCS platform was compromised, resulting in the leak of multiple details about the JEE Mains exam. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has launched an investigation, hoping to quickly find information about the perpetrators of the attack. TCS iON is a system designed to conduct nationwide exams, including […]
A hacking group exposed around 500,000 Fortinet VPN service usernames and passwords allegedly obtained from vulnerable devices via exploiting a dangerous vulnerability. Although the hackers mention that the flaw has already been addressed, they assure that many of the compromised credentials are still active. If you have Fortinet VPN, please go force reset all your […]
Security teams at Howard University in Washington D.C. confirmed that their systems were compromised due to a ransomware attack late last week. University officials say the systems will be restored shortly, though the process has already taken longer than expected. Apparently, the attack led to the disruption of multiple systems, generating a forced reduction of […]
Researchers at security firm Avast published a report related to Firebase, a Google platform for developing web applications and mobile apps as well. This is a platform that facilitates the development of complex applications, especially projects for the Android operating system. In July 2021, the firm concluded a months-long investigation, analyzing up to 180,300 Firebase […]
Jenkins security teams confirmed the detection of a successful cyberattack targeting Confluence, a service that has already reached the end of its useful life. According to the report, Jenkins responded immediately by disconnecting the attacked server and cutting off the spread of the infection, ensuring that hackers failed to access source code or more sensitive […]
In a joint statement, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of the Interior confirmed the detection of a cybersecurity incident that resulted in the exposure of data belonging to almost 8,700 people who applied for work and tourism visas through the France-Visas website. Government entities note that this attack was launched directly against […]
The Italian government, through its police unit for the investigation of financial crimes, has filed a criminal case against 240 subscribers to pirate IPTV services in order to take appropriate action. According to the Guardia di Finanza, most of these users were identified after the authorities detected a seller of these subscriptions. The Italian authorities […]
Although digital art is causing a furor among investors and collectors, the misinformation that exists in this environment has been the cause of multiple electronic fraud cases that already reach millionaire figures. The most recent incident has to do with Banksy, the popular street artist who has remained anonymous for years. According to reports, a […]
Through a statement, the airline Bangkok Airways apologized to its customers and partners for the inconvenience caused due to the recent data breach that affected the company. According to the message, the incident was the product of a cyberattack that resulted in unauthorized access to the airline’s IT systems. While the company has not responded […]
Andrew Schober is one of many cryptocurrency enthusiasts who have been the victim of one of many variants of fraud related to this technology. A few years ago, the Colorado resident downloaded the Electrum Atom Bitcoin wallet from Reddit, unaware that this tool was hiding a dangerous malware variant. The file downloaded by Schober included […]
A recent report notes that John Erin Binns, a U.S. citizen based in Turkey, admitted being the primarily responsible for the cybersecurity incident that impacted T-Mobile IT infrastructure, resulting in the leak of more than 50 million users’ confidential records. This seems to confirm the hypothesis of Alon Gal, co-founder of cybersecurity firm Hudson Rock. […]
Users of the OpenSea digital platform are being target of a sophisticated phishing attack that aims at the theft of non-fungible tokens (NFT) and cryptocurrency. The hackers behind this campaign infiltrate OpenSea’s Discord server posing as support employees, making it easier to trick victims. As some users may know, OpenSea is the world’s largest digital […]
This weekend, the Iranian hacktivism group known as Tapandegan publicly revealed some video samples taken from Tehran’s Evin prison. According to the members of Tapandegan, in these videos you can see how the prison authorities keep multiple political prisoners, who suffer severe violations of their human rights. In a statement, the activists condemned the violence […]
The Holocaust is probably the darkest chapter in modern history, taking the lives of more than 6 million people killed with extreme cruelty by the Nazi regime. This is an optimistic estimate, as some historians claim that the actual death toll is much higher but impossible to determine due to the few records that were […]