Latest news as of 8/2/2025, 1:19:21 PM
The Register
The 19-year-old and a partner first tried to extort an unnamed telco, but failed A 19-year-old student has agreed to plead guilty to hacking into the systems of two companies as part of an extortion scheme, and has learned that one of the targets was PowerSchool.… The Register
Bleeping Computer
A Russian state-sponsored cyberespionage campaign attributed to APT28 (Fancy Bear/Forest Blizzard) hackers has been targeting and compromising international organizations since 2022 to disrupt aid efforts to Ukraine. [...]
Dark Reading
The company expects it will continue to struggle with online disruptions until at least July, due to the attack.
Dark Reading
Vixen Panda, Aquatic Panda — both Beijing-sponsored APTs and financially motivated criminal groups continued to pose the biggest threat to organizations in Central and South America last year, says CrowdStrike.
Dark Reading
A number of major industrial organizations suffered ransomware attacks last quarter, such as PCB manufacturer Unimicron, appliance maker Presto, and more — a harbinger of a rapidly developing and diversifying threat landscape.
The Register
13 govt agencies sound the alarm Russian cyberspies have targeted "dozens" of Western and NATO-country logistics providers, tech companies, and government orgs providing transport and foreign assistance to Ukraine, according to a joint government announcement issued Wednesday.…
The Register
Credit card theft losses in 2023 alone totaled $36.5M International cops working with Microsoft have shut down infrastructure and seized web domains used to run a distribution service for info-stealing malware Lumma. Criminals paid $250 to $1,000 a month to get access to the infostealer.…
The Hacker News
Russian cyber threat actors have been attributed to a state-sponsored campaign targeting Western logistics entities and technology companies since 2022. The activity has been assessed to be orchestrated by APT28 (aka BlueDelta, Fancy Bear, or Forest Blizzard), which is linked to the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) 85th Main Special Service Center, Military Unit 26165.
Bleeping Computer
The Russian government has introduced a new law that makes installing a tracking app mandatory for all foreign nationals in the Moscow region. [...]
Dark Reading
Coinbase asserts that this number is only a small fraction of the number of its verified users, though its still offering a $20 million reward to catch the criminals.