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How illicit markets fueled by data breaches sell your personal information to criminals
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How illicit markets fueled by data breaches sell your personal information to criminals

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Every year, massive data breaches harm the public. The targets are email service providers, retailers and government agencies that...

Public DevOps tools targeted by criminals to steal crypto
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Public DevOps tools targeted by criminals to steal crypto

Security researchers Wiz find four major DevOps tools being abused The misconfigurations allow threat actors to deploy cryptocurrency miners A quarter of all...

Criminals are pretending to be Microsoft, Google, and Apple in phishing attacks
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Criminals are pretending to be Microsoft, Google, and Apple in phishing attacks

Phishing attacks are more common than ever New research shows Microsoft impersonators are targeting users These aim to steal credentials and information from...

Criminals are impersonating a popular online PDF converter service to trick users into downloading malware
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Criminals are impersonating a popular online PDF converter service to trick users into downloading malware

Fake PDF converters are tricking users with cloned sites and fake CAPTCHAs PowerShell command installs malware that steals browser and crypto wallet data...

State-sponsored actors spotted using ClickFix hacking tool developed by criminals
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State-sponsored actors spotted using ClickFix hacking tool developed by criminals

Proofpoint says multiple state-sponsored groups seen using ClickFix attack technique Russians, North Koreans, and Iranians all involved State-sponsored actors are mostly engaged in...

Trump eyes deportation of ‘homegrown criminals’ to El Salvador | Migration News
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Trump eyes deportation of ‘homegrown criminals’ to El Salvador | Migration News

After deporting foreign passport holders to notorious Central American prison, president hints US citizens could follow. The United States hopes to start deporting...

Criminals are using a virtual hard disk image file to host and distribute dangerous malware
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Criminals are using a virtual hard disk image file to host and distribute dangerous malware

Forcepoint observes new phishing campaign distributing virtual hard disk files The files bypass security protections to deploy the VenomRAT Victims end up losing...

Criminals are using CSS to get around filters and track email usage
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Criminals are using CSS to get around filters and track email usage

Cisco Talos says hackers are abusing CSS in emails The stylesheet language is used to hide content, track people’s behavior, and more Researchers...

Criminals are spreading malware disguised as DeepSeek AI
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Criminals are spreading malware disguised as DeepSeek AI

Fake DeepSeek websites are popping up and distributing malware The sites are followed by a huge promotion campaign on X The campaign generated...