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A pro-Iran cybercrime group claims responsibility for cyberattacks on Chime and Pinterest that took both companies’ websites offline this month (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 7, 2026

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The United States sanctions eight people and two companies accused of laundering money from cybercrime and IT worker-related projects on behalf of the North Korean government (Tim Starks/CyberScoop)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 4, 2025

Tim Starks / CyberScoop: The United States is sanctioning eight individuals and two companies accused of laundering money from cybercrime…

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Sixty-five countries sign UN cybercrime treaty to share data and extradite suspects, despite privacy and security concerns from tech companies and activists (Lien Hoang/Nikkei Asia)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 27, 2025

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ESET says that a high severity Winrar Zerrar-Day is operated by two Russian cybercrime groups, allowing persistent deadlines when malicious files are open (Dan Goodin / Ars Technica)

By Stacey D. WallsAugust 12, 2025

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:: ESET says that a high severity Winrar Zer-Day is operated by two groups of Russian…

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The AFLAC insurance giant says that a cybercrime group has violated its systems and may have stolen data; Source: The attack bears the characteristics of the scattered spider (Jonathan Greig / The Record)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 21, 2025

Jonathan Greig / The record:: The AFLAC insurance giant says that a cybercrime group has violated its systems and may…

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A look at the interpol innovation laboratory in Singapore to study cybercrime, digital hacking, and even more, and the development of new techniques to bring criminals (Owen Walker / Financial Times) to fall

By Stacey D. WallsApril 28, 2025

Owen Walker / Financial time:: A look at the interpol innovation laboratory in Singapore to study cybercrime, digital hacking, and…

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An official of the American Doj said that Tyler Buchanan, a 23-year-old man in Scotland, and an alleged member of the scattered spider cybercrime group, was extradited from Spain in the United States (Margi Murphy / Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 26, 2025

Margi Murphy / Bloomberg:: An official of the American Doj said that Tyler Buchanan, a 23-year-old man in Scotland, and…

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An investigation details how Chinese cybercrime groups transform sentences of the payment card sentenced into new Apple or Google portfolios for online and store use (Brian Krebs / Krebs on security)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 22, 2025

Brian Krebs / Krebs on safety:: A survey details how Chinese cybercrime groups transform sentences of the payment card in…

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Taiwan’s stock market value surpassed that of the United Kingdom at around $4.3 billion, followed closely by South Korea, driven by massive gains in TSMC, Samsung and SK Hynix (Bloomberg).

Citizen Lab details two espionage campaigns that exploit weaknesses in SS7 and Diameter protocols on 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G networks to track people’s locations (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)

A look at Elon Musk’s $134 billion lawsuit against Sam Altman, set to begin April 27, accusing him of going back on his vow to keep OpenAI a nonprofit (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

Anthropic details Project Deal, a marketplace experiment where Claude’s models bought, sold and traded personal belongings on behalf of Anthropic employees (Anthropic)

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Browsing: cybercrime

A pro-Iran cybercrime group claims responsibility for cyberattacks on Chime and Pinterest that took both companies’ websites offline this month (Bloomberg)

The United States sanctions eight people and two companies accused of laundering money from cybercrime and IT worker-related projects on behalf of the North Korean government (Tim Starks/CyberScoop)

Sixty-five countries sign UN cybercrime treaty to share data and extradite suspects, despite privacy and security concerns from tech companies and activists (Lien Hoang/Nikkei Asia)

ESET says that a high severity Winrar Zerrar-Day is operated by two Russian cybercrime groups, allowing persistent deadlines when malicious files are open (Dan Goodin / Ars Technica)

The AFLAC insurance giant says that a cybercrime group has violated its systems and may have stolen data; Source: The attack bears the characteristics of the scattered spider (Jonathan Greig / The Record)

A look at the interpol innovation laboratory in Singapore to study cybercrime, digital hacking, and even more, and the development of new techniques to bring criminals (Owen Walker / Financial Times) to fall

An official of the American Doj said that Tyler Buchanan, a 23-year-old man in Scotland, and an alleged member of the scattered spider cybercrime group, was extradited from Spain in the United States (Margi Murphy / Bloomberg)

An investigation details how Chinese cybercrime groups transform sentences of the payment card sentenced into new Apple or Google portfolios for online and store use (Brian Krebs / Krebs on security)