Cybercriminals, part of a gang known as Silent Ransom Group, have sent people pretending to be IT support employees to law firms' offices, where the criminals have stolen data using USB drives or remote access tools.
First VPN promised hackers complete anonymity for their cyberattacks. But Europol said it was able to notify the serviceβs users that they have now been identified.
Cybercriminals allegedly used the W3LL phishing kit to target more than 17,000 victims worldwide, stealing their passwords and multi-factor authentication codes.
Handala, a pro-Iranian hacking group allegedly working for Iranβs government, published emails it said were taken from the Gmail account of FBI director Kash Patel.
Hackers working for Iranβs government are using Telegram in hacking operations that use malware to target dissidents, opposition groups, and journalists who oppose its regime, according to the FBI.
The U.S. Justice Department said an Iranian security ministry operates the fake activist persona known as Handala, which claimed responsibility for the destructive hack targeting medical tech giant Stryker.
The FBI and the Justice Department took down two websites linked to the pro-Iranian hacktivist group Handala, which last week hacked medical tech giant Stryker.
FBI director Kash Patel told lawmakers that the agency is actively purchasing commercially available location data, which can track Americans without needing a warrant.
According to a Reuters report, a foreign hacker broke into a server that was part of the FBIβs investigation into Jeffrey Epstein β without realizing they had hacked an FBI server.
A Ukrainian man has been sentenced for helping North Koreans gain fraudulent employment at dozens of U.S. companies and funnel that money back to the regime to fund its nuclear weapons program.