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Feds Charge Five Men in ‘Scattered Spider’ Roundup

Krebs on Security

According to prosecutors, the group mainly sought to steal cryptocurrency from victim companies and their employees. The feds then obtained records from Virgin Media, which showed the address was leased for several months to Tyler Buchanan , a 22-year-old from Dundee, Scotland.

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How to Lose a Fortune with Just One Bad Click

Krebs on Security

Adam Griffin is still in disbelief over how quickly he was robbed of nearly $500,000 in cryptocurrencies. Unfortunately for Griffin, years ago he used Google Photos to store an image of the secret seed phrase that was protecting his cryptocurrency wallet. Image: Shutterstock, iHaMoo. io ) that mimicked the official Trezor website.

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Israel–Iran Conflict Escalates in Cyberspace: Banks and Crypto Hit, Internet Cut

SecureWorld News

As kinetic conflict continues to unfold between Israel and Iran, a parallel battle is raging in cyberspace—one that is disrupting financial systems, wiping out crypto holdings, hijacking broadcast channels, and even triggering a near-total internet shutdown. cyber advisories warn of spillover On the same day, major U.S.

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FBI: Spike in Hacked Police Emails, Fake Subpoenas

Krebs on Security

In the United States, when federal, state or local law enforcement agencies wish to obtain information about an account at a technology provider — such as the account’s email address, or what Internet addresses a specific cell phone account has used in the past — they must submit an official court-ordered warrant or subpoena.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 493 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

CISA adds Windows and Qualcomm bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Three new Ivanti CSA zero-day actively exploited in attacks Ukrainian national pleads guilty in U.S.

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Meta takes down more than 2 million accounts in fight against pig butchering

Malwarebytes

Once the victim places enough trust in the scammer, they bring the victim into a cryptocurrency investment scheme. They are also forced to engage in a wide range of malicious activities that can involve cryptocurrency and gambling, or they can be tasked to carry out impersonation scams.

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The 3 biggest cybersecurity threats to small businesses

Malwarebytes

Whereas early phishing scams arrived almost entirely through emails, modern phishing scams can reach victims through malicious websites, text messages, social media, and even mobile app downloads. The hackers hijacked the channels to spread cryptocurrency scams, while deleting some of the groups old videos in the process.