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North Korea
North Korean hackers linked to Axios npm supply chain compromise

The software supply chain attack that resulted in the compromise of npm packages of Axios, an extremely popular HTTP client library, is believed to be the work of …

crypto scams
Hacker stripped more than $50 million from Uranium crypto exchange, spent it on trading cards

US prosecutors have charged a Maryland man in connection with two hacks of the Uranium Finance cryptocurrency exchange that led to losses exceeding $50 million. Jonathan …

EU
Second data breach at European Commission this year leaves open questions over resilience

The European Commission confirmed that a cyberattack impacted cloud infrastructure hosting its web presence on the Europa.eu platform. Authorities said the cyberattack was …

sport
Ajax data breach exposed season tickets, supporter bans open to tampering

AFC Ajax, the Dutch football club from Amsterdam, disclosed that an unknown hacker gained access to parts of its IT systems and obtained the email addresses of a few hundred …

cybercrime
Second RedLine infostealer operator ends up in US custody

Hambardzum Minasyan, an Armenian man extradited to the United States, is accused of conspiring with others to develop and operate the RedLine infostealer malware used to steal …

US Department of Justice
Mission to smuggle $170 million worth of AI tech to China collapsed for three men

Three individuals, Stanley Yi Zheng, Matthew Kelly, and Tommy Shad English, have been charged with conspiracy to commit smuggling and export control violations after allegedly …

Prison
Botnet operator behind $14 million in ransomware extortion payments gets 24 months behind bars

A Russian national has been sentenced to 24 months in prison after admitting he managed a botnet used to launch ransomware attacks against dozens of U.S. companies. The judge …

prison
Russian initial access broker helped ransomware gangs extort millions, sentenced to 81 months

A Russian citizen, Aleksei Volkov, was sentenced to 81 months in prison for helping ransomware groups carry out attacks causing over $9 million in actual losses and over $24 …

vulnerabilities
32% of top-exploited vulnerabilities are over a decade old

Exploitation timelines continued to compress in enterprise environments, with newly disclosed flaws reaching active use almost immediately and older weaknesses remaining …

botnet
Attackers are handing off access in 22 seconds, Mandiant finds

Exploits remain the leading entry point for attackers for the sixth consecutive year, according to Mandiant’s M-Trends 2026 report, which draws on more than 500,000 …

insider threat
Terminated contract led to $2.5 million cyber extortion scheme

A federal jury convicted Cameron Curry, 27, a Charlotte resident, of carrying out an extensive cyber extortion scheme targeting a Washington, D.C.-based international …

botnet
Authorities disrupt four IoT botnets behind record DDoS attacks

The U.S. Justice Department and international partners have disrupted four IoT botnets linked to DDoS attacks that reached 30 terabits per second, among the largest ever recorded.

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