Cybersecurity funds should go towards beefing up Centrelink voice authentication, Greens say
The federal government should be using some of the $10bn allocated in the budget to cybersecurity defences to combat people using AI to …
Cybercrime
SpyCloud Report: Government Devices More Prone to Malware Infection
A new SpyCloud study identified malware as the key cyberthreat that led to the most incidents of user data exposure in 2022 and indicated …
Business on the dark web: deals and regulatory mechanisms
How deals and arrangements are made on the dark web, what parties are involved, what escrow services and arbitration are and how these …
Investment Fraud is Now Biggest Cybercrime Earner
Investment fraud leapfrogged business email compromise (BEC) last year to become the top-earning cybercrime category, costing victims over …
Pig Butchering & Investment Scams: The $3B Cybercrime Threat Overtaking BEC
A novel take on investment scams mixes romance and the lure of crypto riches to con targets out of “the whole hog” of their …
Legal Industry Faces Double Jeopardy as a Favorite Cybercrime Target
Hackers are increasingly tantalized by the troves of sensitive data held by lightly protected law firms and legal services …
Law enforcement seized the website selling the NetWire RAT and arrested a Croatian man
An international law enforcement operation seized the infrastructure associated with the NetWire RAT and resulted in the arrest of its …
U.S. House and Senate members Data Hacked, Offered for Sale
The breach of a Washington, DC, health insurance marketplace may have allowed hackers’ access to members of the House and Senate’s …
Sensitive personal data of US House and Senate members hacked, offered for sale
A broker on an online crime forum claimed to have records on 170,000 DC Health Link customers and was offering them for sale for an …
Gender Diversity in Cybercrime Forums: Women Users on the Rise
According to the report, 36% of users at Hackforums were likely women, based on their use of language, and 30% of XSS forum users, a …
Darktrace warns of rise in AI-enhanced scams since ChatGPT release
Cybersecurity firm notes emergence of sophisticated email scams featuring improved linguistic complexity The cybersecurity firm Darktrace …
Army of pro-Trump bots attack 2024 rivals and manipulate information
Besides posting adoring words about the former president, the fake accounts ridiculed Trump’s critics from both parties and attacked …
Police arrested two members of DoppelPaymer ransomware group
German and Ukrainian police have arrested two individuals believed to be members of the DoppelPaymer ransomware group following raids on …
Top members of DoppelPaymer Ransomware gang arrested
The DoppelPaymer ransomware gang was involved in targeted ransomware attacks against Visser Precision, the custom part supplier for …