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FBI: Spike in Hacked Police Emails, Fake Subpoenas

Krebs on Security

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is urging police departments and governments worldwide to beef up security around their email systems, citing a recent increase in cybercriminal services that use hacked police email accounts to send unauthorized subpoenas and customer data requests to U.S.-based based technology companies.

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US Government officials targeted with texts and AI-generated deepfake voice messages impersonating senior U.S. officials

Security Affairs

The FBI warns that ex-government officials are being targeted with texts and AI-generated deepfake voice messages impersonating senior U.S. officials to current or former senior US federal or state government officials and their contacts Since April 2025, threat actors have been using texts and AI voice messages impersonating senior U.S.

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Cybersecurity Event Cancelled After Being Hit By Cybercriminals

Joseph Steinberg

An online cybersecurity event with 2,500 people already logged in had to be cancelled after suspected cybercriminals launched a social engineering attack in the event’s chat window.

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Feds Charge Five Men in ‘Scattered Spider’ Roundup

Krebs on Security

The government says much of Tylerb’s cryptocurrency wealth was the result of successful SIM-swapping attacks, wherein crooks transfer the target’s phone number to a device they control and intercept any text messages or phone calls sent to the victim — including one-time passcodes for authentication, or password reset links sent via SMS. .”

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Google's AI Trends Report: Key Insights and Cybersecurity Implications

SecureWorld News

One of the report's most pressing concerns is the role of Generative AI in social engineering attacks. From the report: "Generative AI is being used to create highly convincing phishing emails, fake voices, and even deepfake videosmaking social engineering attacks more difficult to detect.

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Russia's COLDRIVER Targets Western Entities with 'LOSTKEYS' Malware

SecureWorld News

Historically, COLDRIVERalso known as Star Blizzard, UNC4057, and Callistohas targeted high-profile individuals and organizations, including NATO governments, NGOs, journalists, and former intelligence officers, primarily through credential phishing campaigns. The infection process begins with a lure website featuring a fake CAPTCHA.

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CERT-UA warned of scammers impersonating the agency using fake AnyDesk requests

Security Affairs

“The Ukrainian government’s computer emergency response team, CERT-UA, has received information about numerous cases of attempts to connect to computers using the AnyDesk program, allegedly on behalf of CERT-UA.” ” reads the advisory published by CERT-UA.