Cybercrime


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  • Threat Group Assessment: Muddled Libra

    May 16, 2025

    Palo Alto researchers have added an additional section to this article that describes the evolution of Muddled Libra activity since the beginning for 2024. This group is a dynamic one, and as members cycle in and out of the group, its knowledgebase and skill set naturally shift. Its toolbox has now expanded to include: Social engineering of ...

  • Ransomware Is Changing Financial Services – Are You Ready?

    May 16, 2025

    Whenever cybercriminals successfully target financial services (FinServ), we’re reminded all too well that money makes the world go round. A fruitful attack can lock customers out of their bank accounts, expose sensitive data and fuel theft, fraud and a worrying distrust in financial institutions. The stakes are clearly high, and unfortunately attacks are still soaring. Between ...

  • Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile exploit chain exploited in the wild

    May 16, 2025

    On May 13, 2025, Ivanti disclosed an exploited in the wild exploit chain, comprising of two new vulnerabilities affecting Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM): CVE-2025-4427 and CVE-2025-4428. Ivanti EPMM is an enterprise-focused software suite for IT teams to manage mobile devices, applications, and content. CVE-2025-4427 is an authentication bypass vulnerability with a CVSS rating of 5.3 ...

  • CrazyHunter Campaign Targets Taiwanese Critical Sectors

    May 16, 2025

    CrazyHunter has quickly emerged as a serious ransomware threat. The group made their introduction in the past month with the opening of their data leak site where they posted ten victims – all located from Taiwan. Trend Micro researchers have followed some of their operations through internal monitoring since the start of January and have witnessed ...

  • Threat landscape for industrial automation systems in Q1 2025

    May 15, 2025

    Relative stability from quarter to quarter. The percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked remained unchanged from Q4 2024 at 21.9%. Over the last three quarters, the value has ranged from 22.0% to 21.9%. The quarterly figures are decreasing from year to year. Since Q2 2023, the percentage of ICS computers on which ...

  • Senior US Officials Impersonated in Malicious Messaging Campaign

    May 15, 2025

    FBI is issuing this announcement to warn and provide mitigation tips to the public about an ongoing malicious text and voice messaging campaign. Since April 2025, malicious actors have impersonated senior US officials to target individuals, many of whom are current or former senior US federal or state government officials and their contacts. If you receive ...

  • Fashion giant Dior confirms customer data accessed in cyber attack

    May 15, 2025

    Luxury French fashion brand Dior is the latest high-profile retail firm to be hit by a cyber attack. In a statement, Dior said customer data was accessed as a result, however, no financial information was impacted. The incident comes in the wake of a number of UK retailers, including Marks and Spencer and Co-op, being hit ...

  • Coinbase warns of $400m hit after data breach

    May 15, 2025

    Crypto exchange Coinbase has disclosed a significant cyber attack that could cost the company between $180m (£135m) and $400m (£300m), after hackers breached account data belonging to a “small subset” of its users. The news sent shares down three per cent in pre-market trading on Thursday. Coinbase said it received an email from an unknown threat ...

  • Steelmaker Nucor halts some production after cyber security incident

    May 14, 2025

    Steelmaker Nucor said on Wednesday it had halted certain production at various locations after identifying a cyber security incident that involved unauthorized third-party access to certain information technology systems it used. The Charlotte, North Carolina-based company said it is in the process of restarting the affected operations as it investigates the incident along with external cyber ...

  • Cyber crime a big threat to Nigeria’s oil, gas sector

    May 14, 2025

    Nigeria’s strategic oil and gas industry has been urged to beef up its cyber security and avoid massive potential cost to the economy if current measures fail. According to Check Point’s African Perspectives on Cyber Security Report 2024, Nigeria continues to face one of the highest frequencies of cyber attacks in Africa, with organisations being attacked ...