Tag: cyber crime
FBI claims fake cop scams are costing victims billions —here’s what to look out for
$1.6 billion has been claimed by scammers impersonating police and government officials The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received almost 61,000 complaints concerning such scams between January 2025 and July 2026 Some scams targeted foreign nationals and immigrants, threatening to cancel passports or impose extradition, unless payment is made…
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Mistral denies a fresh security breach, but the code on sale looks a lot like May’s leak
Seller claims to be offering Mistral AI’s full source code and says the company was breached again after May 2026 attack Mistral says an investigation found no evidence of new unauthorized access but has not stated whether the listed code is genuine No customer data has surfaced in analyzed samples,…
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Hackers are hiding malware on blockchains that are nearly impossible to take down, and unrestricted AI models have pushed these attacks up 440%
Hackers are using blockchains to keep malware instructions available after servers disappear AI is making blockchain-based malware infrastructure easier for less experienced hackers Blockchain traffic is difficult to block without disrupting legitimate cryptocurrency services worldwide Hackers are increasingly hiding malware instructions inside public blockchains, creating communication channels that can survive…
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US Treasury wants banks to be better at filing cyber scam reports after noting nearly $13 billion in losses since 2023
The US Treasury’s FinCEN arm asks financial institutions to file scam center suspicious activity reports under a new keyword FinCEN says that it flagged financial moves across 33,904 different filings, but actual losses might differ significantly, as the approach is prone to double-counting transactions Only 1,300 institutions filed reports, with…
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US says Chinese hackers broke into Justice Department, NASA, Federal Reserve, Senate, and more
Multiple US agencies and departments were breached by Chinese state-sponsored hackers The hackers use a massive botnet of compromised IoT devices to obscure the origin of their traffic The hackers breached computers belonging to NASA, the Federal Reserve, the Senate, the Department of Justice, and more As part of a…
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Even connected car head units are being targeted by hackers now — experts warn in-car systems are at risk of being hijacked into a botnet
Hackers exploited trusted software updates to deliver malware directly into car head units Kaspersky says this is the first campaign tailored specifically for vehicle head units The malware can run silently without showing drivers any visible interface Car head units are now being drawn into a growing wave of Android…
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