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Austin, USA / Texas, May 7th, 2025, CyberNewsWire SpyCloud, the leading identity threat protection company, today released an analysis of nearly 6 million phished data records recaptured from the criminal underground over the last six months. Phishing attacks have been growing in scale and sophistication, and SpyCloud’s research reveals that cybercriminals are increasingly targeting high-value identity data that can be used for follow-on attacks like ransomware, account takeover, and fraud. While the data reflects only a snapshot of the phishing threat landscape, it provides valuable insights for organizations seeking to bolster defenses, enhance user training, and prevent identity-based attacks. Key…
TeleMessage, an encrypted messaging app based upon Signal, has been temporarily suspended out of “an abundance of caution” after a hacker reportedly gained access to US government communications.TeleMessage entered the spotlight earlier this month after US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz was photographed attending a cabinet meeting held by President Trump at the White House. Close examination of the image revealed Waltz was using TeleMessage on his smartphone.Waltz, you may recall, was the member of the Trump administration who inadvertently invited a reporter to a Signal chat where highly sensitive military action against the Houthis was being discussed, putting US…
what the best part of being an engineer is? You can just build stuff. It’s like a superpower. One rainy afternoon I had this random idea of creating a sentiment visualization of a text input with a smiley face that changes it’s expression base on how positive the text is. The more positive the text, the happier the smiley looks. There are some interesting concepts to learn here, so let me guide you through how this project works! Prerequisites To follow along, you need the following packages: customtkinter Opencv-python torch transformers Using uv, you can add the dependencies with the…
The LockBit ransomware gang has suffered a data breach after its dark web affiliate panels were defaced and replaced with a message linking to a MySQL database dump. All of the ransomware gang’s admin panels now state. “Don’t do crime CRIME IS BAD xoxo from Prague,” with a link to download a “paneldb_dump.zip.” LockBit dark web site defaced with link to database As first spotted by the threat actor, Rey, this archive contains a SQL file dumped from the site affiliate panel’s MySQL database. From analysis by BleepingComputer, this database contains twenty tables, with some more interesting than others, including:…
US jury orders NSO Group to pay $168M to WhatsApp and Meta over Pegasus spyware use in 2019 hack. Meta calls it a major step for user privacy protection. A US federal jury has ruled in favour of WhatsApp and its parent company Meta, ordering Israeli spyware firm NSO Group to pay nearly $168 million in damages. The verdict follows years of legal battles over NSO’s use of its Pegasus spyware to infiltrate WhatsApp users’ devices. The decision comes after WhatsApp first filed a lawsuit in 2019, accusing NSO Group of using a vulnerability in the platform’s video calling feature…
Darin Roberts // In previous blogs, I have shown how to get various C2 sessions. In this blog, I will be showing how to do C2 over ICMP. First, what is ICMP? ICMP is Internet Control Message Protocol. It allows internet-connected devices to send error messages back to the source IP address when problems in delivering packets have been encountered. It sounds like a very useful protocol, which it is. But, it can be very useful for attackers as well. It seems that almost everything that can be used for good can and is used for bad. ICMP is no…
Robinhood is reportedly working on blockchain infrastructure that will enable European retail investors to trade US securities, Bloomberg News reported on May 7.According to the report, the brokerage platform is exploring a partnership with a digital asset firm to support the initiative and is considering Arbitrum and Solana as potential blockchain layers.People with direct knowledge of the project said that discussions remain ongoing and that no final decision has been made regarding the technology partner or launch timeline. A spokesperson for Robinhood declined to comment on the matter. Representatives from Offchain Labs, the developer of Arbitrum, and the Solana Foundation also…
A Texas firm recently charged with conspiring to distribute synthetic opioids in the United States is at the center of a vast network of companies in the U.S. and Pakistan whose employees are accused of using online ads to scam westerners seeking help with trademarks, book writing, mobile app development and logo designs, a new investigation reveals. In an indictment (PDF) unsealed last month, the U.S. Department of Justice said Dallas-based eWorldTrade “operated an online business-to-business marketplace that facilitated the distribution of synthetic opioids such as isotonitazene and carfentanyl, both significantly more potent than fentanyl.” Launched in 2017, eWorldTrade[.]com now…
Nozomi Networks has announced an integration with NVIDIA BlueField DPUs to enhance AI-powered cybersecurity monitoring, analysis, and response across the most demanding industrial environments. The collaboration enables critical infrastructure organizations worldwide to bolster their defenses by leveraging Nozomi’s AI-driven security platform, powered by the advanced compute capabilities of NVIDIA’s BlueField technology. “Artificial Intelligence has always played a role in the security solutions Nozomi delivers, but it’s quickly becoming a non-negotiable component of effective defenses for critical infrastructure operators battling a growing number of sophisticated cyber threats,” said Nozomi Networks Co-founder and CPO Andrea Carcano. “Understanding this, what’s unique about our…