Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 13:22:09 +0000
The elusive boss of the Trickbot and Conti cybercriminal groups has been known only as “Stern.” Now, German law enforcement has published his alleged identity—and it’s a familiar face.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg, Dell Cameron, Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 24 May 2025 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: A mysterious hacking group’s secret client is exposed, Signal takes a swipe at Microsoft Recall, Russian hackers target security cameras to spy on aid to Ukraine, and more.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 22 May 2025 19:56:44 +0000
A new US indictment against a group of Russian nationals offers a clear example of how, authorities say, a single malware operation can enable both criminal and state-sponsored hacking.
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Credit to Author: Micah Lee| Date: Sun, 18 May 2025 11:00:00 +0000
The company behind the Signal clone used by at least one Trump administration official was breached earlier this month. The hacker says they got in thanks to a basic misconfiguration.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman, Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Sat, 17 May 2025 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: 12 more people are indicted over a $263 million crypto heist, and a former FBI director is accused of threatening Donald Trump thanks to an Instagram post of seashells.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Wed, 14 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000
Security researchers are publishing 1,000 email addresses they claim are linked to North Korean IT worker scams that infiltrated Western companies—along with photos of men allegedly involved in the schemes.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Tue, 13 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000
Before a crackdown by Telegram, Xinbi Guarantee grew into one of the internet’s biggest markets for Chinese-speaking crypto scammers and money laundering. And all registered to a US address.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 10 May 2025 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: A DOGE operative’s laptop reportedly gets infected with malware, Grok AI is used to “undress” women on X, a school software company’s ransomware nightmare returns, and more.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 07 May 2025 21:03:10 +0000
CBP says it has “disabled” its use of TeleMessage following reports that the app, which has not cleared the US government’s risk assessment program, was hacked.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 06 May 2025 20:24:44 +0000
A new analysis of TM Signal’s source code appears to show that the app sends users’ message logs in plaintext. At least one top Trump administration official used the app.
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