FBI and Europol Seize LeakBase Forum Used to Trade Stolen Credentials
A joint law enforcement operation has dismantled LeakBase, one of the world's largest online forums for cybercriminals to buy and sell stolen data and cybercrime tools
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A joint law enforcement operation has dismantled LeakBase, one of the world's largest online forums for cybercriminals to buy and sell stolen data and cybercrime tools
Cybersecurity professionals in Latin America are least likely to have faith in their countries' preparedness for cyberattacks on critical infrastructure, the World Economic Forum says.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday resentenced the former administrator of BreachForums to three years in prison in connection with his role in running the cybercrime forum and possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM)
Also: Clorox Sues IT Vendor Over Password BlunderThis week, XSS forum admin arrested, Clorox sued Cognizant, Lumma Stealer is back, NY regulates water, U.S. maritime cybersecurity rules in effect, new Coyote banking Trojan, a hacker nabbed details of Mexico City auxiliary police, Latin America cyberattacks, and World Leaks stole synthetic data.
Also: Clorox Sues IT Vendor Over Password BlunderThis week, XSS forum admin arrested, Clorox sued Cognizant, Lumma Stealer is back, NY regulates water, U.S. maritime cybersecurity rules in effect, new Coyote banking Trojan, a hacker nabbed details of Mexico City auxiliary police, Latin America cyberattacks, and World Leaks stole synthetic data.
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation called GLOBAL GROUP that has targeted a wide range of sectors in Australia, Brazil, Europe, and the United States since its emergence in early June 2025
The U.S. government today unsealed criminal charges against 16 individuals accused of operating and selling DanaBot, a prolific strain of information-stealing malware that has been sold on Russian cybercrime forums since 2018. The FBI says a newer version of DanaBot was used for espionage, and that many of the defendants exposed their real-life identities after accidentally infecting their own systems with the malware.
US, UK and Australia Target Zservers for Supporting LockBit, Other Cybercrime GroupsA Russian bulletproof hosting service used by cybercriminals including the LockBit ransomware group has been sanctioned by Australian, British and American agencies. Zservers has been advertised in criminal forums as an aid to avoid law enforcement investigations and takedowns.
Cracked, Nulled and HeartSender All Seized In International OperationsOperators of a cybercrime forums had a bad day Thursday after European and U.S. law enforcement announced server seizures and arrests. The websites of the Nulled, Cracked and HeartSender markets no longer work. They served millions of users.
Almost 2.7 billion records of personal information for people in the United States were leaked on a hacking forum, exposing names, social security numbers, all known physical addresses, and possible aliases. [...]
ADT Inc. disclosed via a Form 8-K filing at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that hackers have gained access to its systems, which hold customer order details. [...]
Leading U.S. commercial bank Truist confirmed its systems were breached in an October 2023 cyberattack after a threat actor posted some of the company's data for sale on a hacking forum. [...]
Last week, the United States joined the U.K. and Australia in sanctioning and charging a Russian man named Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev as the leader of the infamous LockBit ransomware group. LockBit's leader "LockBitSupp" claims the feds named the wrong guy, saying the charges don't explain how they connected him to Khoroshev. This post examines the activities of Khoroshev's many alter egos on the cybercrime forums, and tracks the career of a gifted malware author who has written and sold malicious code for the past 14 years.
Also: Hospitals Spend More on Cybersecurity; Critical Flaw in WordPressThis week, a cloud server error revealed sanction busting, Moody's said hospital cybersecurity spending is up, the U.S. restricted visas for commercial spyware operators, a ransomware attack hit a lab in Italy, hackers exploited a WordPress flaw, and Argentinian data is for sale on a criminal forum.
Notorious Hacker Alleges They Stole Data From National Security ContractorThe U.S. Department of State confirmed it’s investigating claims of a cyber incident after a notorious hacker known as IntelBroker posted on a publicly accessible hacking forum that they had leaked data belonging to the federal government and its allies.
Data of 75 Million Individuals, Including SSNs, Posted on Criminal ForumAT&T did an about-face Saturday, saying that a leaked tranche of data pertaining to 73 million individuals does in fact reveal sensitive information of current and former customers of America's largest wireless phone carrier. The company isn't necessarily taking responsibility for the breach.
Data of 75 Million Individuals, Including SSNs, Posted On Criminal ForumAT&T did an about-face Saturday, saying that a leaked tranche of data pertaining to 73 million individuals does in fact reveal sensitive information of current and former customers of America's largest wireless phone carrier. The company isn't necessarily taking responsibility for the breach.
The National Group Will Develop Guidelines for AI Safety, Security and Red-TeamingOfficials said the Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute Consortium will provide a "critical forum" for the public and private sectors as the federal government aims to use input from more than 200 stakeholders across public society to develop AI safety and security standards.
No 'Magic Solution' to Prevent Malicious Use of AI in Elections, OSTP Chief SaysArati Prabhakar, director of the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy, said during an event at the 2024 World Economic Forum that generative artificial intelligence has the potential to "dramatically accelerate and amplify the erosion of information integrity."
Assets boss also reckons she has more engineers than Amazon The largest bank in the United States repels 45 billion – yes, with a B – cyberattack attempts per day, one of its leaders claimed at the World Economic Forum in Davos. …