Cybercrime includes illegal digital activity such as hacking, fraud, and extortion, posing risks to data, systems, finances, and public safety.
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Cybercrime involves illegal activities conducted using computers or networks, such as hacking, identity theft, financial fraud, and distribution of malware. These crimes exploit vulnerabilities in software, hardware, or human behavior to gain unauthorized access, steal data, or disrupt services. Understanding the methods and motives behind cybercrime is essential for identifying relevant threats and attack vectors.
For security practitioners, cybercrime highlights the importance of protecting critical systems against exploitation through strong access controls, timely patching of vulnerabilities, and user awareness training to prevent social engineering attacks. Monitoring for indicators of compromise and analyzing threat intelligence related to cybercriminal tactics can improve detection and mitigation efforts. Effective defense requires a focus on both technical safeguards and operational readiness to respond to evolving criminal techniques.
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Two leading members of the Scattered Spider cybercrime collective were sentenced to five years and six months in prison each for hacking Transport for London (TfL) in 2024. [...]
The Spanish Police dismantled a cybercrime and money-laundering organization that made €140 million ($160 million) from investment fraud and business email compromise (BEC) attacks. [...]
Authorities in Poland have arrested four members of an organized cybercrime group accused of breaching telecommunications partners and hijacking email accounts to carry out SIM-swapping attacks. [...]
International law enforcement agencies cleaned nearly 15,000 malware-infected WordPress websites and took down more than 100 servers linked to the SocGholish botnet and the Evil Corp Russian cybercrime group. [...]
A Chinese-speaking cybercrime group has expanded its targeting to the European space, deploying previously undocumented malware and the Atlas backdoor. [...]
Microsoft says it has disrupted a malware-signing-as-a-service (MSaaS) operation that abused the company's Artifact Signing service to generate fraudulent code-signing certificates used by ransomware gangs and other cybercriminals. [...]
More than 200 individuals were arrested for cybercrime activities during INTERPOL's Operation Ramz, which focused on the Middle East and North Africa. [...]
Cargo theft now starts with phishing emails and stolen credentials, not hijackings, to reroute and steal freight from supply chains. NMFTA outlines how cyber-enabled cargo crime is changing transportation security. [...]
A British man, believed to be the leader of the Scattered Spider cybercrime collective, has pleaded guilty in the United States to charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. [...]
In cybercrime markets, trust isn't assumed, it's verified. Flare reveals how underground guides teach actors to evaluate carding shops based on data quality, reputation, and survivability. [...]
Cyberattacks are evolving faster than many MSP and corporate defenses can keep up, with phishing driving much of today's cybercrime. Join our upcoming webinar to learn how to combine security and recovery strategies to reduce risk and maintain business continuity. [...]
A new cybercrime platform called ATHR can harvest credentials via fully automated voice phishing attacks that use both human operators and AI agents for the social engineering phase. [...]
The Kraken cryptocurrency exchange announced that a cybercrime group is trying to extort the company by threatening to release videos showing internal systems that host client data. [...]
U.S. victims lost nearly $21 billion to cyber-enabled crimes last year, driven primarily by investment scams, business email compromise, tech support fraud, and data breaches, the Federal Bureau of Investigation says. [...]
Threat actors are exploiting vacant homes as "drop addresses" to intercept mail and enable fraud. Flare shows how postal services and fake identities are abused to turn mail into a fraud vector. [...]
Russian police arrested a Taganrog resident believed to be the owner of LeakBase, a major online forum used by cybercriminals to buy and sell stolen data and hacking tools. [...]
AI accounts are becoming part of the cybercrime supply chain, sold like email accounts or VPS access. Flare Systems shows how underground markets bundle and resell premium AI access at scale. [...]
An international law enforcement action codenamed "Operation Synergia III" has sinkholed tens of thousands of IP addresses and seized servers linked to cybercrime operations worldwide. [...]
Law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and Europe along with private partners have disrupted the SocksEscort cybercrime proxy network that used only edge devices compromised via the AVRecon malware for Linux. [...]
A newly discovered botnet malware called KadNap is targeting ASUS routers and other edge networking devices to turn them into proxies for malicious traffic. [...]