Cybercriminals

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Cybercriminals love this ancient Windows tool, but a little-known CLI utility is their new secret weapon
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Cybercriminals love this ancient Windows tool, but a little-known CLI utility is their new secret weapon

Netsh.exe is the most abused Windows tool, and it still hides in plain sight PowerShell shows up on 73% of endpoints, not just...

Qakbot malware’s shocking comeback after the FBI’s massive takedown shows cybercriminals never really disappear, they just get craftier
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Qakbot malware’s shocking comeback after the FBI’s massive takedown shows cybercriminals never really disappear, they just get craftier

FBI’s huge Qakbot bust only paused the malware’s reign; it returned stronger and stealthier Qakbot’s new spam bomb attacks trick employees into unleashing...

This wild new tool hijacks malware’s own code to destroy it from inside and cybercriminals won’t see it coming!
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This wild new tool hijacks malware’s own code to destroy it from inside and cybercriminals won’t see it coming!

ECHO flips malware’s own systems to attack itself – like fighting fire with fire, but smarter ECHO uses malware’s update channel to push...

Billions of views weaponized: how cybercriminals use stolen YouTube and Instagram accounts and malicious sponsorships to launch mass-scale scams
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Billions of views weaponized: how cybercriminals use stolen YouTube and Instagram accounts and malicious sponsorships to launch mass-scale scams

Scammers exploit trending topics to trick viewers into losing crypto Bitdefender warns millions at risk from hijacked content creator accounts Cyberattacks now target...

Cybercriminals used vendor backdoor to steal almost 0,000 of Taylor Swift tickets
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Cybercriminals used vendor backdoor to steal almost $600,000 of Taylor Swift tickets

Two cybercriminals have stolen over $600,000 worth of tickets The tickets were primarily Taylor Swift concert tickets The criminals used a backdoor into...

Microsoft names cybercriminals who created explicit deepfakes
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Microsoft names cybercriminals who created explicit deepfakes

A lawsuit against criminal gang Storm-2139 has been updated Four defendants have been named by Microsoft The group is allegedly responsible for creating...

SVG files are offering cybercriminals an easy way in with new phishing attacks
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SVG files are offering cybercriminals an easy way in with new phishing attacks

Sophos says the use of SVG files in phishing is on the rise SVG files bypass email protection and can display malicious hyperlinks...

Racing against time on a menacing caldera: survey finds majority of organizations take days to tackle critical vulnerabilities, each of them a potential open goal for cybercriminals
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Racing against time on a menacing caldera: survey finds majority of organizations take days to tackle critical vulnerabilities, each of them a potential open goal for cybercriminals

Survey finds nearly 70% of orgs leave critical vulnerabilities unresolved for 24 hours or more Managing vulnerability fog is a major challenge, as...

Dark Web cybercriminals are buying up ID to bypass KYC methods
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Dark Web cybercriminals are buying up ID to bypass KYC methods

Researchers from iProov found a group buying up ID data from consumers The data is being used to bypass KYC processes Companies will...