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Notorious Malware, Spam Host “Prospero” Moves to Kaspersky Lab

Krebs on Security

.” Intrinsec found Prospero has courted some of Russia’s nastiest cybercrime groups, hosting control servers for multiple ransomware gangs over the past two years. Earlier this week, Spamhaus said it noticed that Prospero was suddenly connecting to the Internet by routing through networks operated by Kaspersky Lab in Moscow.

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News alert: SquareX discloses nasty browser-native ransomware that’s undetectable by antivirus

The Last Watchdog

Mar 28, 2025, CyberNewswire — From WannaCry to the MGM Resorts Hack, ransomware remains one of the most damaging cyberthreats to plague enterprises. Traditionally, the primary target of ransomware has been the victims device. Palo Alto, Calif., In other words, the browser is becoming the new endpoint.

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Feds Charge Five Men in ‘Scattered Spider’ Roundup

Krebs on Security

Many of the hacking group’s phishing domains were registered through the registrar NameCheap , and FBI investigators said records obtained from NameCheap showed the person who managed those phishing websites did so from an Internet address in Scotland. A Scattered Spider phishing lure sent to Twilio employees.

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IT threat evolution in Q3 2024. Non-mobile statistics

SecureList

More than 90,000 users experienced ransomware attacks. Nearly 18% of all victims published on ransomware gangs’ data leak sites (DLSs) had been hit by RansomHub. According to the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), this individual also was behind the infamous Reveton ransomware Trojan spread in 2012 — 2014.

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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. Social media account hacks are not only a risk to content creatorstheyre a risk to any business with a legitimate online audience.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 493 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

The Mexican Drug Cartels Want You Casio: Notice of Partial Service Outage and Information Leak Caused by Ransomware Attack He founded a “startup” to access sanctioned Russian websites: the cyber police of Khmelnytskyi region exposed the hacker Hacked ‘AI Girlfriend’ Data Shows Prompts Describing Child Sexual Abuse Malware Over 300,000!

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Together for a Better Internet: Celebrating Safer Internet Day 2025

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Together for a Better Internet: Celebrating Safer Internet Day 2025 andrew.gertz@t Tue, 02/11/2025 - 14:57 At a time when technology is integral to our lives, Safer Internet Day (SID) has never been more relevant. These measures align perfectly with the spirit of Safer Internet Day. With an estimated 5.8