Anthropic's Threat Intelligence report for August says Claude was weaponized for sophisticated cybercrimes, including a “vibe-hacking” data extortion scheme
and It Could Happen Again Vyom Ramani / Digit : Vibe-hacking based AI attack turned Claude against its safeguard: Here's how Charlesarthur / The Overspill : Start Up No.2503: Anthropic's Claude helps ...
ESET says two Russian cybercrime groups are exploiting a high-severity WinRAR zero-day, backdooring computers that open malicious archives in phishing messages
A high-severity zero-day in the widely used WinRAR file compressor is under active exploitation by two Russian cybercrime groups.
UK police arrest four people, a 20-year-old woman and three men aged 17 to 19, in connection to the M&S and Co-op hacks that began in mid-April and caused havoc
Dunno, not making a particular point, other than that I've been around for ages. Don't cause havoc kids, at least not in these kinds of ways. [embedded post] Eric Geller / @ericjgeller.com : British...
Report: on June 23, French police arrested hackers ShinyHunters, Hollow, Noct, and Depressed, allegedly involved in operating the BreachForums cybercrime forum
the world's top marketplace for stolen data. Four admins aged 20-23, linked to major breaches (Ministry of Education, FFF, Accor, LVMH), were arrested in Clamart, Seine-Maritime & Réunion. The four ar...
Insurance giant Aflac says a cybercrime group breached its systems and may have stolen data; source: the attack bears the hallmarks of Scattered Spider
Insurance company Aflac said a “sophisticated cybercrime group” breached its systems and may have stolen data.
A look at Interpol's innovation lab in Singapore for studying cybercrime, digital piracy, and more, and developing new techniques for bringing down criminals
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The UN says the ~$40B cybercrime call center industry, tied to East and Southeast Asian crime syndicates, is expanding globally to regions with weak governance
UN Hannah Collymore / Cryptopolitan : UNODC fingers crypto, illegal mining and Telegram in Asian organized crime growth Patpicha Tanakasempipat / Bloomberg : Crime Syndicates in Southeast Asia Go Glob...
Spamhaus: Prospero, a notorious provider of abuse-friendly “bulletproof” hosting for cybercriminals, is routing its operations through Kaspersky Lab's networks
One of the most notorious providers of abuse-friendly “bulletproof” web hosting for cybercriminals has started routing … Bluesky: @abuse-ch . Mastodon: @briankrebs@infosec.exchange Bluesky: @abuse-ch ...
Investigation: criminals who make billions from scam compounds in Myanmar, where tens of thousands of people are enslaved, are using Starlink to get online
A WIRED investigation reveals that criminals who make billions from scam compounds in Myanmar—where tens of thousands of people are enslaved—are using Starlink to get online. Bluesky: @malwarejake , @...
An investigation details how Chinese cybercrime groups are turning phished payment card data into new Apple or Google wallets for online and in-store use
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