A whopping 54 individuals have been indicted for their roles in a conspiracy to deploy malware and commit ATM Jackpotting fraud. A federal grand jury in the District of Nebraska has returned two incidents, one on December 9 which charged 22… Read More "US Charges 54 in Massive ATM Jackpotting Conspiracy"
Russia is responsible for recent destructive and disruptive cyber-attacks against Denmark, according to the Danish Defence Intelligence Service (DDIS). In a public statement published on December 18, 2025, the DDIS assessed that Russian hacktivists were behind a destructive cyber-attack on… Read More "Denmark Blames Russia for “Destructive” Cyber-Attacks"
Microsoft has disclosed details of a new version of the ClickFix social engineering tactic in which the attackers trick unsuspecting users into running commands that carry out a Domain Name System (DNS) lookup to retrieve the next-stage payload. Specifically, the… Read More "Microsoft Discloses DNS-Based ClickFix Attack Using Nslookup for Malware Staging"
Security researchers have uncovered a global business email compromise (BEC) gang that is sending millions of customized messages each month to targets. Fortra said the “Scripted Sparrow” collective spans three continents and at least five countries, with fraudsters posing as… Read More "Scripted Sparrow BEC Group Sends Millions of Emails Each Month"
A Ukrainian national has pleaded guilty to using Nefilim ransomware against a number of corporate victims in the US and elsewhere. Artem Aleksandrovych Stryzhak, 35, was extradited from the Spanish city of Barcelona earlier this year after being arrested in… Read More "Nefilim Ransomware Affiliate Pleads Guilty"
DXS International, a UK-based tech supplier of England’s National Health Service (NHS) has confirmed it was hit by a cyber-attack. In a filing to the London Stock Exchange on December 18, DXS International said the incident was discovered on December… Read More "UK: NHS Supplier Confirms Cyber-Attack, Operations Unaffected"
A legitimate open-source server monitoring tool has been repurposed by attackers to gain full remote control of compromised systems. According to new findings from Ontinue’s Cyber Defense Center, the activity involves Nezha, a widely used monitoring platform that provides administrators… Read More "Monitoring Tool Nezha Abused For Stealthy Post-Exploitation Access"
An 86% increase in malicious postal service websites over the past month has heightened the risk for consumers tracking holiday deliveries. Cybercriminals are reportedly capitalizing on the seasonal spike in online shopping by sending convincing messages that appear to come… Read More "86% Surge in Fake Delivery Websites Hits Shoppers During Holiday Rush"
African law enforcers have arrested 574 suspects in a new operation targeting cybercriminals across the continent, according to Interpol. Operation Sentinel ran from October 27 to November 27 and focused on three of the most common cybercrime categories: business email… Read More "Hundreds of Arrests as Operation Sentinel Recovers $3m"
One of Japan’s leading carmakers has revealed a third-party data breach impacting 21,000 customers. Nissan said that the breach stemmed from a compromise at Red Hat in September. “Nissan Motor Co received a report from Red Hat, the company it… Read More "Nissan: Thousands Impacted By Red Hat Breach"
