China-Linked Jewelbug Uses XG-Web for Government Espionage and Crypto Fraud
The China-linked threat actor known as Jewelbug has been observed carrying out cyber espionage operations targeting governments and militaries, while simulta...
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Researchers Link 'Jewelbug' Chinese APT to Hack-for-Hire Operations
Threat intelligence researchers from Broadcom revealed that a known Chinese APT group may be linked to a lucrative crypto fraud operation
Hackers Steal One AI Key, Resell the Compute, and Leave Victims With a Million-Dollar Bill
A rapidly expanding financial cybercrime model called AI token jacking, where threat actors steal developer API keys for popular AI platforms, consume the vi...
Trezor Shipping Provider Data Breach Exposes Personal Data of 13,689 Customers
Hardware wallet manufacturer Trezor has recently disclosed a data breach at ShipMonk, a third-party shipping provider. This breach exposed the personal infor...
China-linked Jewelbug group conducts espionage and cryptocurrency theft
Jewelbug operates a single, custom command-and-control (C2) panel to manage its dual operations.
Ukraine shuts down 94 fraudulent call centers, seize millions in cash
Authorities in Ukraine shut down 94 fraudulent call centers across the country that lured people into investment scams or tried to obtain access to bank acco...
Hackers breach govt webmail while running parallel crypto fraud
The Jewelbug hacker group has been carrying out espionage operations targeting governments and militaries while also engaging in cryptocurrency fraud. [.
Google Cloud Targets 2027 for First Major Post-Quantum Security Milestone
Google Cloud has set a 2027 deadline to mitigate store-now-decrypt-later risks as part of its post-quantum cryptography roadmap, with wider migration goals e...
WindRelay Android Malware Turns Victims' Phones Into NFC Relays for Payment Fraud
A previously unseen Android near field communication (NFC) relay malware family dubbed WindRelay is being deployed in conjunction with a known remote access ...
Storm-1175 Replaces Medusa With New StormEncryptor Ransomware
Microsoft says China-linked Storm-1175 is using a new ransomware called StormEncryptor, replacing Medusa in its latest attacks. Microsoft says China-linked, ...
Gunra Ransomware Uses Up to 100 ChaCha20 Threads to Rapidly Encrypt Linux Systems
Gunra ransomware has added a Linux encryptor to its arsenal, giving affiliates control over how they lock enterprise data. The command-line payload can launc...
Phantom Stealer Uses PNG Steganography and PowerShell Injection to Steal Credentials
Phantom Stealer is a .NET-based credential-harvesting malware that combines PNG-backed payload concealment, PowerShell-driven process injection, and telemetr...
China-Linked Hackers Use AI Agents in Autonomous Attack on Taiwan
China-linked hackers reportedly used eight AI agents to breach a government network, steal data and compromise accounts with minimal human oversight. Israeli...
Google Chrome Blocks Abusive Notifications Used to Deliver Malware and Scams
Google Chrome has implemented enhanced defenses aimed at disrupting abusive web push notifications that are often used to distribute malware, phishing attemp...
Dark Web Corporate Access Prices Surge 4,055% as Stolen Credentials Flood Cybercrime Markets
Corporate network access is becoming both cheaper to obtain at scale and vastly more valuable at the top end of the criminal market.
Prompt Injections for Defense
This seems to work: Researchers from Tracebit on Monday said they found that placing prompt injections alongside passwords, cryptographic keys, and other sec...
WindRelay Turns Android Phones Into Fake Payment Terminals for Remote Card Fraud
A newly identified Android malware family, tracked as WindRelay, is being used alongside the SpyNote remote-access trojan to convert victims’ phones into rog...
Split-second deepfake glitch blows digital certificate fraudster’s cover
Spanish police have arrested a man in Murcia accused of using deepfake software to trick a certificate provider’s video identity checks in an attempt to obta...
Post-quantum migration gets harder when every user holds a key
In this Help Net Security interview, Christopher Smith, CEO of Quantus, discusses what cryptographic inventories turn up in banks and hospitals, including de...
Ready-made $500 kit puts a crypto scam within anyone’s reach
A seller on a cybercrime forum is offering a ready-made scam kit for $500, complete with an admin panel that tracks victims, checks their crypto wallets for ...