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Russian authorities have arrested three individuals suspected of developing the Mamont malware, a recently identified banking trojan targeting Android devices.  The suspects, whose identities remain undisclosed, were apprehended in the Saratov region. A video released by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) shows the arrested individuals in handcuffs, being escorted by police officers.

According to the MVD, the trio is linked to over 300 cybercrime incidents. Authorities also seized co

The US FBI is warning that a threat moving across America “from state to state" targets citizens via malicious SMS (smishing) texts, telling iPhone, Android users to “delete any smishing texts received.”  Now cybercriminals have registered “over 10,000 domains” to fuel a new wave of attacks.  These new texts are easy to detect, delete them right away.

The new report comes via Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42.  The new campaign, it says, “entices users to reveal personal and/or financial information,

Most (87%) security professionals have reported that their organization has encountered an AI-driven cyber-attack in the last year, with the technology increasingly taking hold, according to a new report by SoSafe.  The new SoSafe 2025 Cybercrime Trends report also noted that 91% of all security experts anticipate a significant surge in AI-driven threats over the next three years.   The World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2025 cited a 223% increase in the trade of deepfake-relate

Businesses are more likely to face a costly cyber-crime attack than a robbery or fire this year as hackers continue to employ devious social-engineering skills to lure unsuspecting victims.  This reality has been highlighted in several reports by global cybersecurity experts who have analyzed cybercrimes, such as ransomware (where hackers encrypt and steal data), smishing (SMS link scams) and phishing (email link/attachment scams) in recent years and have warned that Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Chinese-language Phishing-as-a-Service platform ‘darcula’ targets organizations in 100+ countries with sophisticated techniques using more than 20,000 phishing domains.  ‘Darcula’ [sic] is a new, sophisticated Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platform used on more than 20,000 phishing domains that provide cyber criminals with easy access to branded phishing campaigns. Rather than the more typical PHP, the platform uses many tools that high-tech startups employ, including JavaScript, React, Docker,

With an estimated damage of US$10.5 trillion annually from cyberattacks projected by 2025, a significant surge from 2015 levels, the demand for stronger cybersecurity methods has never been more pressing.  According to Geoff Schomburgk, the Regional Vice President, Asia Pacific & Japan (APJ) at Yubico, a leading provider of phishing-resistant authentication hardware solutions, this escalating threat is prompting the need to steer away from traditional, insecure password mechanisms.  "Passwords,

A recent FBI report smishing attempts, which send text messages purporting to be from employees or company leadership to induce individuals to reveal personal information.  Actors conducting this scheme typically try to elicit financial information, personal identifiable information (PII), credentials, or details about a company and/or its employees.  The criminal threat actors in these instances are attempting to solicit and/or steal various types of information which could be used for financia