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danger
New macOS malware steals passwords by posing as Apple’s crash-reporting tool

Jamf Threat Labs has uncovered a new macOS infostealer named CrashStealer that disguises itself as Apple’s crash-reporting tool to steal passwords, Keychain data, and …

fraud
UK charges five persons linked to fraud platform behind more than a million scam calls

Five people have been charged in the UK following a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation into Russian Coms, a caller ID spoofing service used by fraudsters. Ayoub …

cyber threat
New tutorials on underground hacking forums have roughly doubled

Underground hacking forums are producing more original tutorials again, with growing attention on financial fraud, particularly the theft and fraudulent use of payment card …

Lidl
Hackers breach Lidl’s IT service provider, steal customer data

German discount supermarket chain Lidl has notified customers in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands that customer data was stolen after attackers breached one of its IT …

Russian flag
EU and UK blacklist Russia’s cyber operators over efforts to destabilize Europe

The EU and the UK jointly sanctioned dozens of Russian individuals and entities, accusing Moscow of coordinating a malicious cyber ecosystem targeting Europe, its member …

sentence
Ransomware negotiator who betrayed clients sentenced to 70 months in prison

A former ransomware negotiator at incident response firm DigitalMint has been sentenced to 70 months in prison after admitting he shared confidential client information with …

Chip
A hardware security AI assistant that checks chips for hidden backdoors

Chip designers license blocks of circuitry from outside vendors and drop them into larger products. A single processor can carry components from a range of suppliers, each …

open source
The open source library holding up your stack might have one maintainer

Every serious software product runs on code that someone else wrote and released for free. A web service leans on a cryptography library, a data pipeline pulls in a parser, …

data request
Most data brokers won’t tell you what happened to your deletion request

Data brokers collect personal details on most adults in the United States and sell them to buyers that include employers, landlords, insurance companies, and government …

AWS
AWS gives its ERP agent deny-by-default rules and a separate identity

Accounts receivable teams at large companies spend hours each day matching incoming bank payments to invoices by hand. When those payments sit unmatched for days, cash flow …

arrest
5,811 arrests, $293 million seized over social engineering scams

Criminals who pose as police officers, romantic partners, and business suppliers have built fraud operations that reach across continents. A four-month enforcement campaign …

Search
Malicious AI agent skills can slip past the scanners built to stop them

Developers who build with AI coding agents grab capabilities off public marketplaces the same way they grab packages from npm or PyPI. The add-ons are called agent skills. …

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