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- Account Takeover Fraud Caused $262 Million in Losses in 2025: FBIby Ionut Arghire on November 26, 2025 at 1:23 pm
Cybercriminals impersonating financial institutions have targeted individuals, businesses, and organizations of different sizes. The post Account Takeover Fraud Caused $262 Million in Losses in 2025: FBI appeared first on SecurityWeek.
- WormGPT 4 and KawaiiGPT: New Dark LLMs Boost Cybercrime Automationby Eduard Kovacs on November 25, 2025 at 1:35 pm
Palo Alto Networks has conducted an analysis of malicious LLMs that help threat actors with phishing, malware development, and reconnaissance. The post WormGPT 4 and KawaiiGPT: New Dark LLMs Boost Cybercrime Automation appeared first on SecurityWeek.
- CrowdStrike Insider Helped Hackers Falsely Claim System Breachby Ionut Arghire on November 24, 2025 at 3:25 pm
The company has confirmed that it terminated an insider who shared screenshots of his computer with cybercriminals. The post CrowdStrike Insider Helped Hackers Falsely Claim System Breach appeared first on SecurityWeek.
- Russian Hacking Suspect Wanted by the FBI Arrested on Thai Resort Islandby Associated Press on November 20, 2025 at 10:14 pm
Thailand’s Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau said an FBI tip that the “world-class hacker” was traveling to Thailand led to his arrest in Phuket. The post Russian Hacking Suspect Wanted by the FBI Arrested on Thai Resort Island appeared first on SecurityWeek.
- US and Allies Sanction Russian Bulletproof Hosting Service Providersby Ionut Arghire on November 20, 2025 at 12:53 pm
Media Land, Hypercore, and their leadership and employees are allegedly connected to various cybercriminal activities. The post US and Allies Sanction Russian Bulletproof Hosting Service Providers appeared first on SecurityWeek.
- Largest Azure DDoS Attack Powered by Aisuru Botnetby Eduard Kovacs on November 19, 2025 at 11:06 am
Microsoft said the DDoS attack was aimed at an endpoint in Australia and reached 15.72 Tbps and 3.64 Bpps. The post Largest Azure DDoS Attack Powered by Aisuru Botnet appeared first on SecurityWeek.
- 5 Plead Guilty in US to Helping North Korean IT Workersby Eduard Kovacs on November 17, 2025 at 12:42 pm
Audricus Phagnasay, Jason Salazar, Alexander Paul Travis, Erick Ntekereze, and Oleksandr Didenko have pleaded guilty. The post 5 Plead Guilty in US to Helping North Korean IT Workers appeared first on SecurityWeek.
- DeFi Protocol Balancer Starts Recovering Funds Stolen in $128 Million Heistby Ionut Arghire on November 6, 2025 at 12:11 pm
Hackers drained more cryptocurrency from Balancer by exploiting a rounding function and performing batch swaps. The post DeFi Protocol Balancer Starts Recovering Funds Stolen in $128 Million Heist appeared first on SecurityWeek.
- Webinar Today: Scattered Spider Exposed – Critical Takeaways for Cyber Defendersby SecurityWeek News on November 5, 2025 at 2:07 pm
Get practical strategies to help minimize your risk exposure, including the need for identity threat detection and mitigation. The post Webinar Today: Scattered Spider Exposed – Critical Takeaways for Cyber Defenders appeared first on SecurityWeek.
- US Sanctions North Korean Bankers Accused of Laundering Stolen Cryptocurrencyby Associated Press on November 5, 2025 at 8:27 am
The United States has imposed sanctions on a group of bankers, financial institutions and others accused of laundering money from cyber crime schemes. The post US Sanctions North Korean Bankers Accused of Laundering Stolen Cryptocurrency appeared first on SecurityWeek.





