Hackers likely based in Vietnam advertised websites offering AI-powered video generation tools, according to Google's Mandiant unit, and then used the sites to spread infostealers and other malware.
A Russian court sentenced a former hospital programmer to 14 years in a high-security penal colony for allegedly leaking personal data of Russian soldiers to Ukraine, authorities said.
According to police in Guangzhou, the group — allegedly linked to Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) — has targeted more than 1,000 key networks in over 10 Chinese provinces.
Massachusetts-based MathWorks provided an update to customers on Monday after initially reporting outages on May 18, confirming that it experienced a ransomware attack that took down online applications and internal systems used by staff.
The government, which previously criticized the app for so-called "subversive" activity on the platform, alleged Telegram had not cooperated with authorities in addressing criminal activity.
Europol said 300 servers and 650 domains were taken down worldwide, while about $3.5 million was seized during raids throughout the week as part of Operation Endgame.
U.S. and EU law enforcement seized more than $200 million and 144 kilograms of fentanyl or fentanyl-laced narcotics alongside 180 firearms as part of the international effort.
The alleged leader of the cybercriminal gang behind the Qakbot malware, which was used by many high-profile ransomware gangs, has been indicted by the U.S. Justice Department.
Since January, cybersecurity experts have seen Chinese-speaking hackers exploiting a bug impacting a tool used by local governments to manage critical infrastructure assets and other services.
A sting involving law enforcement and private sector companies disrupted the Lumma infostealer — malware sold around the globe to cybercriminals and credited for millions of infections.
Checked
7 hours 57 minutes ago
The Record by Recorded Future News gives exclusive, behind-the-scenes access to leaders, policymakers, researchers, and the shadows of the cyber underground.