Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Cyber threat actors are infecting victims with the Vidar stealer and the XMRig cryptocurrency miner in a new malicious campaign

UK, US and Canadian authorities have identified over 20,000 victims of approval phishing scams that trick users into handing over full crypto wallet access

Cryptocurrency scams alone cost victims over $7 billion, while AI-enabled fraud threats are on the rise, says FBI

A new malware campaign has been observed built on seven npm packages and using cloaking techniques and fake CAPTCHAs, operated by threat actor dino_reborn

The Bureau’s Internet Crime Complaint Center has provided a list of indicators for potential cryptocurrency scam victims to avoid a double whammy

TRM Labs observed crypto payments worth $34.2m moved from victims addresses to a range of destinations likely associated with the group

Scam Sniffer claims that threat actors used wallet drainers to steal $494m from victims in 2024

The FBI has urged cryptocurrency scam victims to be on the alert for fraudsters posing as lawyers

Some 57,000 victims lost $47m in phishing scams targeting their cryptocurrency last month

A global drop in DeFi hacking gains prompted North Korean threat actors to diversify and extend their victim portfolio, Chainalysis found

Romance scammers have used the technique to great effect in recent years

Crypto funds are traced back to dozens of victims

CloudSEK warns 100,000 victims may have been impacted

With Operation Duck Hunt, the FBI took control of the botnet, allowed victims to uninstall the malware loader and seized $8.6m in cryptocurrency

Individual allegedly used phishing website to harvest victim credentials

The attacks mainly targeted victims in the US but also in the UK, Turkey, and the Philippines

Report reveals surging cloud bills for crypto-jacking victims

Hundreds of US victims already identified

English courts praised for giving victims a sympathetic hearing