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Raheim Hamilton, co-creator of the dark web marketplace Empire Market, was sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to drug conspiracy charges. Hamilton's case underscores the ongoing law enforcement efforts to dismantle illegal online drug trafficking operations. Additionally, he agreed to forfeit over $100 million in Bitcoin and various properties, highlighting the financial ramifications of cybercrime. This incident reflects a broader trend in cybersecurity where authorities are increasingly targeting cryptocurrency-related crimes in the dark web space. As cybercriminal activities evolve, the focus on dismantling such marketplaces is likely to intensify.
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Google overhauls its Android and Chrome vulnerability rewards programs, offering bounties of up to $1.5 million for the most difficult exploits while scaling back payouts for flaws that artificial intelligence (AI) has made easier to find. [...]
The most severe of these security defects could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
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ISACA report warns that while AI has become the norm, many organizations are yet to formally apply safety or security policies around its use
A newly identified malware campaign is abusing Microsoftâs Phone Link feature to intercept SMS-based one-time passwords and other sensitive mobile data directly from Windows systems.
The activity, first observed by Cisco Talos in January 2026, involves a remote access troja...
Phishers have been using fake workplace compliance notices to try to trick Microsoft account owners into signing in via a fake sign-in page, says the companyâs Defender Research team. The email campaign targeted more than 35,000 users across 13,000 organizations in 26 countries, but concentrated pri...
We recently added a C/C++ security checklist to the Testing Handbook and challenged readers to spot the bugs in two code samples: a deceptively simple Linux ping program and a Windows driver registry handler. If you found the inet_ntoa global buffer gotcha or the missing RTL_QUERY_REGISTRY_TYPECHECK...
Une console de jeu est prĂ©sentĂ©e comme un appareil capable de capturer, traiter puis Ă©muler un signal dâaccĂšs sans clĂ© dâun vĂ©hicule. En clair : elle vise les systĂšmes « keyless », ces voitures qui sâouvrent et dĂ©marrent quand la clĂ© Ă©lectronique est proche. Une Game Boy pour voleur de voiture ! Le...
Deniss Zolotarjovs was directly involved in extortion strategies and in negotiations with victim companies.
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DarkSword is a sophisticated piece of malwareâprobably government designedâthat targets iOS.
Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has identified a new iOS full-chain exploit that leveraged multiple zero-day vulnerabilities to fully compromise devices. Based on toolmarks in recovered payloads, we...
EFF joins 18 organizations in writing a letter to UK policymakers urging them to address the root causes of online harmârather than undermining the open web through blunt restrictions.
The coalition, which includes Mozilla, Tor Project, and Open Rights Group, warns that proposed measures following t...
While the software industry has made genuine strides over the past few decades to deliver products securely, the furious pace of AI adoption is putting that progress at risk. Businesses are moving fast to self-host LLM infrastructure, drawn by the promise of AI as a force multiplier and the pressure...
Anomali has announced ThreatStream Next-Gen. Available standalone or within the Anomali Unified Security Data Lake, it turns threat intelligence into an active decisioning layer across security workflows, validated to drive investigations 300Ă faster than traditional methods across 50 enterprise dep...
A Latvian national extradited to the United States was sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for his "cold case" negotiator role in the Russian Karakurt ransomware group. [...]
A new version of the CloudZ remote access tool (RAT) is deploying a previously unseen malicious plugin called Pheno that hijacks the Microsoft Phone Link connection to steal sensitive codes from mobile devices. [...]
Cisco Talos is disclosing UAT-8302, a sophisticated, China-nexus advanced persistent threat (APT) group targeting government entities in South America since at least late 2024 and government agencies in southeastern Europe in 2025.
Cisco Talos discovered an intrusion, active since at least January 2026, where an unknown attacker implanted a CloudZ remote access tool (RAT) and a previously undocumented plugin called âPheno.â
The UK's National Cyber Security Centre is urging organizations to prepare for glut of new software updates
The security defects allow unauthenticated, remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through crafted requests.
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Des pirates recherchent des informations sur l'un des plus importants Youtubeur de France. Pendant ce temps, swatting dans un CFA avec l'intervention du GIGN.
Healthcare giant's maintainers handed May deadline to enact the change The UK's National Health Service (NHS) is ordering all of its technology leaders to temporarily wall off the organization's open source projects over concerns relating to advanced AI and Anthropic's Mythos.âŠ