The Most Dangerous Hackers You’ve Never Heard Of
From crypto kingpins to sophisticated scammers, these are the lesser-known hacking groups that should be on your radar.
TraderTraitor: The Kings of the Crypto Heist
Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000
Allegedly responsible for the theft of $1.5 billion in cryptocurrency from a single exchange, North Korea’s TraderTraitor is one of the most sophisticated cybercrime groups in the world.
Read moreBlack Basta: The Fallen Ransomware Gang That Lives On
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000
After a series of setbacks, the notorious Black Basta ransomware gang went underground. Researchers are bracing for its probable return in a new form.
Read moreSmishing Triad: The Scam Group Stealing the World’s Riches
Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000
Millions of scam text messages are sent every month. The Chinese cybercriminals behind many of them are expanding their operations—and quickly innovating.
Read moreGamaredon: The Turncoat Spies Relentlessly Hacking Ukraine
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000
For the past decade, this group of FSB hackers—including “traitor” Ukrainian intelligence officers—has used a grinding barrage of intrusion campaigns to make life hell for their former countrymen and cybersecurity defenders.
Read moreCyberAv3ngers: The Iranian Saboteurs Hacking Water and Gas Systems Worldwide
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000
Despite their hacktivist front, CyberAv3ngers is a rare state-sponsored hacker group bent on putting industrial infrastructure at risk—and has already caused global disruption.
Read moreBrass Typhoon: The Chinese Hacking Group Lurking in the Shadows
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000
Though less well-known than groups like Volt Typhoon and Salt Typhoon, Brass Typhoon, or APT 41, is an infamous, longtime espionage actor that foreshadowed recent telecom hacks.
Read moreHomeland Security Email Tells a US Citizen to ‘Immediately’ Self-Deport
Credit to Author: Andrew Couts| Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2025 01:35:06 +0000
An email sent by the Department of Homeland Security instructs people in the US on a temporary legal status to leave the country. But who the email actually applies to—and who actually received it—is far from clear.
Read moreChina Secretly (and Weirdly) Admits It Hacked US Infrastructure
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2025 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: The Department of Homeland Security begins surveilling immigrants’ social media, President Donald Trump targets former CISA director who refuted his claims of 2020 election fraud, and more.
Read moreSex-Fantasy Chatbots Are Leaking a Constant Stream of Explicit Messages
Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 10:30:00 +0000
Some misconfigured AI chatbots are pushing people’s chats to the open web—revealing sexual prompts and conversations that include descriptions of child sexual abuse.
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