Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Also, Taiwan Rail Hack, Massive DDoS Attack and Karakurt Jail SentenceThis week, Microsoft Edge exposed passwords, Taiwan police make arrests in high-speed rail hack and a 2.45 billion-request DDoS attack. A Karakurt negotiator jailed, North Korean IT worker scams led to prison terms and France detained a teen over a government data breach. Another Ivanti zero-day.

Also, Europol Cracks DDoS Networks, Mythos Finds Bugs, France Portal HitThis week, scam compounds. Attackers exploit flaws pre-disclosure. A crackdown on DDoS-for-hire. No Mythos for CISA, yes for Mozilla. France ID portal breach. Israeli and Venezuelan critical infrastructure targeted. Russian hacking in Ukraine. An Apache flaw. A ransomware negotiator aided BlackCat.

Also: Updates in KelpDAO, Drift, Hyperbridge HacksThis week, Grinex was exploited, a hacker laundered KelpDAO funds, Circle was sued over $280M Drift hack, Rhea Finance and Volo Protocol were exploited, update in Hyperbridge hack, sentencing in art scam case, a French home invasion for crypto theft and eth.limo hijack thwarted.

Also: Coinbase's Agentic AI Wallets, $1M Fraud IndictmentThis week, Paxful's $4M AML penalty, Coinbase's agentic AI wallets, a $1M fraud indictment, a 20-year $200M Ponzi sentence, laundering from the $200M Mixin hack, a Binance France home invasion attempt, insider betting charges in Israel and lost seized bitcoin in South Korea.

Hackers Target French Interior Ministry, Germany Summons Russian AmbassadorThe French Ministry of Interior is investigating a suspected nation-state cyberattack that targeted its email server. Additionally, the German government on Friday attributed a 2024 hacking incident on air traffic control systems to Russian nation-state hackers.

Also: ToolShell Hits South Africa, Most Americans Are Online Fraud VictimsThis week: Did China sneak a peek into ToolShell? ToolShell hacking in South Africa, Cisco flaws, an Arizona woman sentenced for aiding North Korea. Most Americans scammed online, a NASCAR data breach and a claimed data leak at France's Naval Group. Orange telecom disrupted. Dating app Tea breach.

Hackers Targeted French Government Entities, ANSSI SaidA hacking campaign linked to Chinese threat actors chained zero-days in Ivanti server software to target French government, defense and media entities, the national cyber agency said. The hacker has similarities to a Chinese threat actor tracked as UNC5174.

Also: CoinMarketCap Attack, BitPro Blames Lazarus for $11M HackThis week, a new malware targeted crypto wallets via photos, CoinMarketCap faced attack, BitoPro blamed Lazarus for heist, Trezor warned of phishing scam, France saw another crypto kidnapping, cops re-arrested teen after second theft, Hacken blamed human error for exploit and Self Chain ousted CEO.

Notorious Site Facilitated Buying and Selling of Breached Databases, Hacking ToolsFrench police have reportedly busted five suspected hackers - "IntelBroker," "ShinyHunters," "Hollow," "Noct" and "Depressed" - tied to the operation of the notorious cybercrime site BreachForums, which facilitated the buying and selling of stolen databases and hacking tools.

Also: Criminal Charges in France Against Suspected Crypto Millionaire KidnappersThis week, U.S. SEC dropped its civil case against Binance, Zhao; France charged 25 in crypto kidnap plot; Hackers stole $3 million in Force Bridge exploit. A Singapore court rejected Wazirx restructuring plan, and BitMEX thwarted a Lazarus Group hacking attempt.

Vulnerability Could Enable Remote Code Injection AttacksWhen the lights start flickering in homes equipped with Schneider Electric end-of-life smart switches, it could be hackers, now that the French company disclosed a remotely exploitable vulnerability that won't receive a patch. No hacking has been reported to date.

The Edge Device Hacking Wave Hasn't Spared French CompaniesFrance playing host to the Olympics resulted in a surge of cyberattacks requiring intervention of the state cybersecurity agency, it said in an annual report also flagging an uptick in attacks levied against network edge devices. The games went smoothly.

Report: North Korean, Russian, Chinese, Iranian Actors Are Targeting Research OrgsRussian state hackers are targeting think tanks studying strategic interests and the defense sector, warned the French cyber agency. A hacking group that officially is Unit 26165 of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate appears to be Russia's most prolific targeter of think tanks.

Billionaire Telegram Owner Faces Charges Freighted With A 10-Year Minimum SentenceFrench authorities charged Telegram CEO and owner Pavel Durov with a slew of offenses including complicity with hacking, child sexual abuse material and refusal to cooperate with law enforcement authority requests for intercepted communications.

Midnight Blizzard Compromised Government Staff Emails for the Attack, French ANSSI SaidA Russian foreign intelligence hacking group attempted to target the French Foreign Ministry using compromised emails of government staffers, the French cyber agency said. It said the group poses a "national security concern" to French and European diplomatic interests.