cybercrime

An alarming surge in illegal online gambling activity is reshaping India’s digital landscape, with recent reports exposing a crisis that disproportionately jeopardizes the nation’s minors and young adults. Fueled by technological sophistication, weak regulatory enforcement, and deliberate...

A recent security breach has exposed over 184 million passwords, along with associated email addresses and plain-text login URLs, raising significant concerns among U.S. consumers. The unprotected database was discovered by cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler, who noted that the leaked data...

Microsoft Windows users across the globe are facing a new and insidious threat that exploits a trusted channel—genuine purchase notification emails from Microsoft itself. In a sophisticated campaign first discovered by the security research team at Kaspersky, attackers are leveraging real...

In April 2025, SK Telecom, South Korea's largest mobile telecommunications provider, faced an unprecedented cyberattack that compromised the Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) data of approximately 25 million customers. This breach not only exposed sensitive subscriber information but...

In a case that has electrified both federal cybersecurity circles and the wider tech community, a detailed whistleblower disclosure alleges the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), under the controversial leadership of Elon Musk, was complicit in a significant data breach at the National...

In a significant move against cybercrime, Microsoft has taken decisive legal action to dismantle the infrastructure of Lumma Stealer, a sophisticated malware that has infected approximately 400,000 Windows computers worldwide over the past two months. This operation underscores the escalating...

In a significant cybersecurity operation, Microsoft, in collaboration with global law enforcement agencies, has dismantled the Lumma Stealer malware network, which had infected approximately 394,000 Windows computers worldwide between March 16 and May 16, 2025. This malware, notorious for its...

The global scale and sophistication of cybercrime reached new heights with the recent crackdown on the notorious Lumma malware network, as revealed by Microsoft in partnership with law enforcement agencies worldwide. For many Windows users and enterprises, this revelation isn’t just another...

Over the past year, the threat landscape for Windows users has evolved with increasing sophistication, and few examples illustrate this shift better than the rise of Lumma Stealer—a prolific infostealer that has aggressively targeted individuals and organizations across industries. The...

The discovery of CVE-2025-30375 highlights a new and significant remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability within Microsoft Excel, leading to renewed concerns about software security, end-user risk, and the evolving strategies of cybercriminals. This vulnerability—formally classified as an...

A surge of deceptive AI-powered video generation tools has recently been identified as the latest vehicle for distributing a new, highly sophisticated information-stealing malware family known as Noodlophile. According to a detailed report from Morphisec and corroborated by cybersecurity news...

Phishing attacks have entered a dangerous new phase—one defined by AI-powered precision, relentless innovation, and the exploitation of trust at every level of the digital experience. Gone are the days when phishing meant laughably obvious misspellings and dubious Nigerian princes; today...

As Microsoft’s AI Incident Detection and Response team traces their way through the rough digital corridors of online forums and anonymous web boards, a new kind of cyber threat marks a stark escalation in the ongoing battle to preserve the integrity and safety of artificial intelligence...

In the lead-up to, during, and immediately after an election, a surprisingly brief period—often just 48 hours—can become a veritable battleground for digital deception. Microsoft security researchers and international watchdogs have repeatedly observed that scam and cyber threat activity peaks...

Networks worldwide are facing an advanced and resilient form of cyberattack that leverages a sophisticated DNS-based evasion technique known as “fast flux.” Despite constant advancements in cybersecurity tools and awareness, fast flux remains an often underappreciated Achilles’ heel by which...

Few threats in cybersecurity are as persistent and adaptable as phishing, and the hospitality sector has long been a lucrative target for cybercriminals driven by the promise of valuable credentials, financial data, and the prospect of high-impact fraud. One of the latest campaigns, meticulously...

Generative AI is rapidly transforming the enterprise landscape, promising unparalleled productivity, personalized experiences, and novel business models. Yet as its influence grows, so do the risks. Protecting sensitive enterprise data in a world awash with intelligent automation is fast...

This past weekend, as Microsoft 365 users across the world experienced an unforeseen outage, the disruption sharply highlighted just how dependent our professional and personal lives have become on digital platforms. For those in the thick of Florida’s bustling political heart—where the...

A new and sophisticated species has entered the phishing ecosystem, and its name is Tycoon 2FA. At a time when digital security feels like a relentless arms race, this phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform epitomizes just how quickly adversaries adapt to modern defenses—forging an unsettling...

If you thought the world’s cybercriminals were toiling away in dimly lit basements hunched over endless lines of code, it’s about time you met SessionShark—a phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) toolkit that gleefully blurs the lines between black hat innovation and Saturday-morning infomercial...