cybercrime
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FBI says cybercriminals are hacking into victims’ online accounts to steal their intimate pictures
The FBI is warning that cybercriminals are hacking into the social media accounts of adults and children to steal their…
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Google’s top hacker hunter explains why hacking groups get codenames
For more than a decade, the cybersecurity industry has been assigning names to different hacking groups. Some of them, like…
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Google says hackers are calling financial firm employees to hack and extort victims
Even in the age of AI-powered autonomous cyberattacks, the crude, tried and tested, hacking techniques of tricking victims into doing…
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FBI arrests man accused of using Steam games to drain victims’ crypto wallets
U.S. prosecutors have accused a Florida man of uploading fake video games that contained malware to Steam, the popular PC…
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Polymarket says hackers stole users’ funds
Prediction market giant Polymarket confirmed that hackers stole funds from an unspecified number of users after a third-party breach. In…
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Chinese cybercrime operation that used AI to scam ‘hundreds of thousands of victims’ sued by Google
Google is suing to dismantle the infrastructure behind an alleged massive AI-powered cybercrime operation. On Friday, the tech giant announced…
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Oracle warns of security bug that hackers abused to breach 100+ companies
Oracle warned its corporate customers that there is a critical-rated vulnerability in its PeopleSoft software, which is used by large…
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Cybercriminals claim breach of Oracle PeopleSoft servers at 100-plus organizations
The notorious cybercrime group ShinyHunters claimed to have hacked Oracle PeopleSoft servers at more than 100 organizations, many of them…
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Google and FBI warn of ransomware group that sends fake IT workers to hack victims in person
A ransomware gang has escalated its attacks on law firms by sometimes sending fake IT workers in person to the…
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Instagram is alerting users who were targeted by hackers during AI chatbot attacks
The widespread hacking campaign that relied on simply asking Meta AI’s chatbot to take over a victim’s Instagram account appears…
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Hackers hijacked Instagram accounts by tricking Meta AI support chatbot into granting access
Instagram has resolved a security issue that allowed several users’ accounts to get hacked. The attack appeared to rely on…
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CrowdStrike and Google take down botnet used by hackers to target software developers in supply chain attacks
CrowdStrike, working with Google and Shadowserver, a nonprofit organization that scans and monitors the internet for cyberattacks, took down a…
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