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Operation Secure: INTERPOL dismantles 20,000+ malicious IPs in major cybercrime crackdown

Security Affairs

The operation led to the seizure of 41 servers, over 100 GB of data collected, and 32 arrests, dismantling 79% of the identified threats. Meanwhile, Hong Kong Police analyzed over 1,700 intel items from INTERPOL, uncovering 117 command-and-control servers used for phishing, fraud, and social media scams.

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Election season raises fears for nearly a third of people who worry their vote could be leaked

Malwarebytes

Political ads could be hiding online scams, many people feel, and the election, they say, will likely fall victim to some type of “cyber interference.” 52% are “very concerned” or “concerned” about “falling prey to a scam when interacting with political messages.”

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How threat actors can use generative artificial intelligence?

Security Affairs

The data collected through these operations can provide insights into voter demographics, potentially influencing election outcomes. For a monthly fee, attackers can access sophisticated services that automate the creation of fraudulent emails, increasing the efficiency of their scams.

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Protonmail hacked …. a very strange scam attempt

Security Affairs

link ) was posted on Pastebin , the hacker claims to have compromised user’s email and also accused ProtonMail of sending user’s decrypted data to American servers. AmFearLiathMor also wrote that ProtonMail hasn’t configured the mandatory Subresource Integrity ( SRI ) allowing tampering and data collection.

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Happy 13th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity!

Krebs on Security

Here’s a look at some of the more notable cybercrime stories from the past year, as covered by KrebsOnSecurity and elsewhere. Internal Revenue Service website for months: Anyone seeking to create an account to view their tax records online would soon be required to provide biometric data to a private company in Virginia — ID.me.

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A Deep Dive Into the Residential Proxy Service ‘911’

Krebs on Security

These services can be used in a legitimate manner for several business purposes — such as price comparisons or sales intelligence — but they are massively abused for hiding cybercrime activity because they can make it difficult to trace malicious traffic to its original source. FORUM ACTIVITY?

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Interpol offers online Cybersecurity Campaign

CyberSecurity Insiders

So, those who take part in this program will be shared with data collected from various resources, such as the public and private partners, online info sharing groups, and gateway Frameworks.