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Cybercriminal groups peddling sophisticated phishing kits that convert stolen card data into mobile wallets have recently shifted their focus to targeting customers of brokerage services, new research shows. Undeterred by security controls at these trading platforms that block users from wiring funds directly out of accounts, the phishers have pivotedRead More »Mobile Phishers Target Brokerage Accounts in ‘Ramp and Dump’ Cashout Scheme
A Chinese-speaking advanced persistent threat (APT) actor has been observed targeting web infrastructure entities in Taiwan using customized versions of open-sourced tools with an aim to establish long-term access within high-value victim environments. The activity has been attributed by Cisco Talos to an activity cluster it tracks as UAT-7237, whichRead More »Taiwan Web Servers Breached by UAT-7237 Using Customized Open-Source Hacking Tools
Cyber incidents disrupting OT could have a global financial impact of approximately $330 billion.
Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Canada’s House of Commons hacked, Russia behind court system attack, Pennsylvania AG targeted in cyberattack. The post In Other News: Critical Zoom Flaw, City’s Water Threatened by Hack, $330 Billion OT Cyber Risk appeared first on SecurityWeek.
An Erlang/OTP vulnerability has been exploited in the wild, with a majority of attempts targeting OT environments.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Thursday renewed sanctions against Russian cryptocurrency exchange platform Garantex for facilitating ransomware actors and other cybercriminals by processing more than $100 million in transactions linked to illicit activities since 2019. The Treasury said it’s also imposing sanctionsRead More »U.S. Sanctions Garantex and Grinex Over $100M in Ransomware-Linked Illicit Crypto Transactions
Porn sites are hiding code in .svg files: Unpacking the attack took work because much of the JavaScript in the .svg images was heavily obscured using a custom version of “JSFuck,” a technique that uses only a handful of character types to encode JavaScript into a camouflaged wall of text.Read More »Trojans Embedded in .svg Files
We used to think of privacy as a perimeter problem: about walls and locks, permissions, and policies. But in a world where artificial agents are becoming autonomous actors — interacting with data, systems, and humans without constant oversight — privacy is no longer about control. It’s about trust. And trust,Read More »Zero Trust + AI: Privacy in the Age of Agentic AI
With cybersecurity budgets strained, organizations are turning to AI-powered automation to plug staffing gaps, maintain defenses, and survive escalating threats. The post Tight Cybersecurity Budgets Accelerate the Shift to AI-Driven Defense appeared first on SecurityWeek.
