Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Business Email Compromise is more than an email scam. It's a coordinated operation involving compromised accounts, financial research, and cash-out networks. Flare explores how underground forums reveal how BEC attacks are planned and executed. [...]

Victims Increasingly Face Multiple Compromises From a Single IncidentIdentity theft scams are increasingly unfolding as coordinated, AI-assisted attack chains that begin with phishing or impersonation escalate into account takeovers, device compromise and broader fraud, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center.

A compromised developer's repository serves as a worm-like infection vector to spread remote access Trojans (RATs) and other malware.

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. [...]

150k accounts nuked, 21 suspects arrested Not every scam starts with malware or a compromised account. Sometimes all it takes is a friend request or a link shared via chat.…

Crooks used simple phone scam to compromise vendor account, spilling personal and financial data belonging to more than 15,000 people A voice-phishing scam targeting one of Ericsson's service providers has exposed the personal data of more than 15,000 individuals after attackers sweet-talked an employee into handing over access.…

A Ghanaian national pleaded guilty to his role in a massive fraud ring that stole over $100 million from victims across the United States through business email compromise attacks and romance scams. [...]

Compromised cPanel credentials are being sold in bulk across underground channels as plug-and-play phishing and scam infrastructure. Flare explains how analyzing 200,000 underground posts reveals a commoditized market for hacked site management panels. [...]

It's Time for Enterprises to Manage Risks Posed by Compromised Personal DevicesOnline job scams have evolved beyond consumer fraud and now pose a direct threat to corporate networks. Google warns that scammers are embedding remote access Trojans and info-stealers disguised as interview software or application materials to hack personal devices and ultimately corporate systems.

Medication Tech Firm Says Hacking Incident Contained to One Employee Email AccountA Florida firm that offers medication therapy management services to health plans is notifying nearly 150,000 individuals that their information was potentially compromised in a phishing attack affecting one employee's email account for only about an hour. Why do users still fall for phishing scams?

Vulnerable and malicious plug-ins are giving threat actors the ability to compromise WordPress sites and use them as a springboard to a variety of cyber threats and scams.

Crypto mines, BEC scams, fake passports, and a $300M fraud empire allegedly brought down during Serengeti 2.0 Interpol's latest clampdown on cybercrime resulted in 1,209 arrests across the African continent, from ransomware crooks to business email compromise (BEC) scammers, the agency says.…

The U.S. Department of Justice charged four Ghanaian nationals for their roles in a massive fraud ring linked to the theft of over $100 million in romance scams and business email compromise attacks. [...]

Agency: Fraudsters Used Valid Beneficiary Info to Create Fake Medicare.gov AccountsThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is notifying 103,000 people that their personal information was potentially compromised by fraudsters who set up scam beneficiary online accounts on Medicare.gov. CMS said it has deactivated the fake accounts and is taking other steps in response.

Cybercrime accounts for more than 30% of all reported crime in East Africa and West Africa, with online scams, ransomware, business email compromise, and digital sextortion taking off.

Interpol's Operation Secure arrested more than 30 suspects across Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and Nauru, and seized 117 command-and-control servers allegedly used to run widespread phishing, business email compromise, and other cyber scams.

Interpol's Operation Secure arrested more than 20 suspects across Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and Naru, and seized 117 command-and-control servers allegedly used to run widespread phishing, business email compromise, and other cyber scams.

FIN6 moves from point-of-sale compromise to phishing recruiters In a scam that flips the script on fake IT worker schemes, cybercriminals posing as job seekers on LinkedIn and Indeed are targeting recruiters - a group hated only slightly less than digital crooks - with malware hosted on phony resume portfolio sites.…

An email campaign luring users with offers of free President Trump meme coins can lead to computer takeover via the ConnectWise RAT, in less than 2 minutes.

An Android information stealing malware named FireScam has been found masquerading as a premium version of the Telegram messaging app to steal data and maintain persistent remote control over compromised devices