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World Leaks is a cyber extortion operation that steals sensitive data from organizations and threatens to leak it via the dark web if a ransom is not paid. Read more in my article on the Fortra blog.
The United Kingdom's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has sanctioned Xinbi, a Chinese-language cryptocurrency-based online marketplace that sells stolen data and satellite internet equipment to scam networks in Southeast Asia. [...]
Russian police arrested a Taganrog resident believed to be the owner of LeakBase, a major online forum used by cybercriminals to buy and sell stolen data and hacking tools. [...]
Cloud Android phones fuel financial fraud, evading detection and enabling dropper accounts
Organizations disclose attack details, though information may be limited, following a breach, but what if they did the same with close calls?
Security vendors have spent years building up defenses around the endpoint, but one researcher says AI coding tools have brought the walls down.
Cybersecurity has changed fast. Roles are more specialized, and tooling is more advanced. On paper, this should make organizations more secure. But in practice, many teams struggle with the same basic problems they faced years ago: unclear risk priorities, misaligned tooling decisions, and difficulty explaining security issues in terms the business understands. These challenges do not
The FBI has warned that Iranian hacking group Handala has been targeting opponents of the regime since 2023
'It freakin' worked' says Rob Joyce - and shows how relentless AI agents can find holes humans miss RSAC 2026 The now-infamous Anthropic report about Chinese cyberspies abusing Claude AI to automate cyberattacks was a Rorschach test for the infosec community, according to former NSA cyber boss Rob Joyce.…