North of 1,000 samples of the Godfather mobile banking Trojan are circulating in dozens of countries worldwide, targeting hundreds of banking apps. First discovered in 2022, Godfather — which can record screens and keystrokes, intercepts two-factor authentication (2FA) calls and texts, initiates bank transfers, and more — has quickly become one of the most widespread […]
A sophisticated phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform called Darcula has set its sights on organizations in over 100 countries by leveraging a massive network of more than 20,000 counterfeit domains to help cyber criminals launch attacks at scale. “Using iMessage and RCS rather than SMS to send text messages has the side effect of bypassing SMS firewalls, […]
While some countries have found ways to detect and block traditional Tor connections, the Tor Project has developed WebTunnel to make it harder for censors to block connections by blending the traffic with HTTPS-encrypted web traffic.
The “leakiest” countries in 2023 were India, the United States, Brazil, China, and others. The IT sector was the most affected, accounting for 65.9% of leaked secrets, followed by education at 20.1%, and other sectors making up the remaining 14%.
A coalition of dozens of countries, including France, the U.K., and the U.S., along with tech companies such as Google, MDSec, Meta, and Microsoft, have signed a joint agreement to curb the abuse of commercial spyware to commit human rights abuses. The initiative, dubbed the Pall Mall Process, aims to tackle the proliferation and irresponsible […]
Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Government Authorities in 15 Countries Helped Dismantle Operations Following 2019 Takedown Cal Harrison • January 5, 2024 Authorities in 2019 posted this notice on the xDedic Marketplace after international law enforcement agencies took it down. The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday that it has wrapped […]
Europol, along with law enforcement authorities from 17 countries and the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA), has partnered with private sector companies to combat digital skimming attacks.
An Indian hack-for-hire group targeted the U.S., China, Myanmar, Pakistan, Kuwait, and other countries as part of a wide-ranging espionage, surveillance, and disruptive operation for over a decade. The Appin Software Security (aka Appin Security Group), according to an in-depth analysis from SentinelOne, began as an educational startup offering offensive security training programs, while carrying […]
Law enforcers from 26 countries came together recently in a hackathon designed to enhance intelligence gathering on human trafficking gangs, according to Europol. The three-day operation took place in the Dutch municipality of Apeldoorn, with officers from all 22 EU member states and four “third countries” taking part, alongside representatives from Interpol, the European Labour Authority […]
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