Information Security Magazine

Operation “Chargeback” has dismantled global fraud networks misusing stolen card data from more than 4.3 million victims

A previously unknown cyber actor UNK_SmudgedSerpent has been observed targeting academics with phishing and malware, merging techniques from Iranian groups

Three of Anthropic’s Claude Desktop extensions were vulnerable to command injection – flaws that have now been fixed

Juniper Research predicts a $9bn drop in losses to SMS fraud next year

Zscaler estimates 239 malicious Android apps made it onto the official Play store over the past year

Nine alleged crypto scammers arrested in Cyprus, Germany and Spain

Instead of relying on more traditional methods, the backdoor exploits OpenAI’s Assistants API for command-and-control communications

Scattered Spider, ShinyHunters and LAPSUS$ have formed an enhanced coordinated threat network for extortion efforts

DragonForce, a ransomware group using Conti’s code, has adopted a cartel model to expand and recruit

ReliaQuest data reveals identity issues were responsible for 44% of cloud security alerts in Q3

Digital thieves have got away with over $120m stolen from popular decentralized finance protocol Balancer

CISA and NSA have released a blueprint to enhance Microsoft Exchange Server security against cyber-attacks

Flaws in Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI) have been identified that allow remote code execution and information disclosure

Proofpoint researchers have observed recent hacking campaigns supporting cargo theft

Ukrainian national Oleksii Oleksiyovych Lytvynenko has appeared in a US court in connection with Conti ransomware charges

CrowdStrike data reveals a 13% annual increase in the number of European ransomware victims in 2025

Over 10.5 million individuals were impacted by a widespread 2024 data breach at Conduent Business Services, with customer notifications issued in October 2025

A new UNC6384 campaign highlights the threat actor’s growing sophistication and geographic expansion

Clearview AI faces a criminal complaint in Austria for allegedly ignoring EU data protection rulings

The King Addons for Elementor plugin contains two flaws allowing unauthenticated file uploads and privilege escalation