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8 hours agoNorth Korea targets macOS users in latest heist
North Korean criminals use social engineering and fake software updates to steal Apple users' credentials and cryptocurrency.
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2 days agoTelegram Is Still Hosting a Sanctioned $21 Billion Crypto Scammer Black Market
Xinbi Guarantee has also hosted a wide variety of other black market offerings, including harassment services that threaten or throw feces at a victim for a fee, and even sex workers as young as 14 who are likely trafficking victims.
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1 month agoCrims hit EV charger firm ELECQ, steal customer contact data
In a notice sent to customers on Monday and seen by The Register, the EV charging outfit said that it detected "unusual activity" on its AWS cloud platform on March 7 and quickly discovered that attackers had launched a ransomware attack against parts of its infrastructure. According to the message, some databases were both encrypted and copied during the intrusion, meaning that the crooks likely walked off with user information before the company pulled the plug.
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1 month agoDouble whammy: Steaelite RAT bundles data theft, ransomware
Steaelite, a new remote access trojan sold on cybercrime networks, enables double extortion attacks on Windows machines through ransomware, data theft, credential stealing, and live surveillance controlled via a centralized browser-based dashboard.
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