cybercrime

4 min read

• Aisuru
• botnet
• Cloudflare
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• Government
• hacking
• Infoblox
• JackSkid
• Kimwolf
• Mossad
• Research
• Synthient
• Threats

Justice Department disrupts botnet networks that hijacked 3 million devices

Cyber Scoop March 20, 2026

Justice Department disrupts botnet networks that hijacked 3 million...

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3 min read

• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• data breaches
• Data theft
• extortion
• insider threat
• ransomware
• Stolen data

North Carolina tech worker found guilty of insider attack netting $2.5M ransom

Cyber Scoop March 19, 2026

North Carolina tech worker found guilty of insider attack...

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16 min read

• advertising tracker
• AI
• cloaking
• cybercrime
• cybercriminals
• DNS
• Domain Cloaking
• Infoblox Threat Intel
• investment scams
• Keitaro
• malvertising
• performance tracker
• scams
• TDS
• threat actors
• Traffic Distribution System

Inside Keitaro Abuse: A Persistent Stream of AI-Driven Investment Scams

Infoblox March 19, 2026

Executive Summary Cloaking—the act and art of hiding a...

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4 min read

• Apple
• credential theft
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• hacking
• iCloud
• multi-factor authentication (MFA)
• Northern District of Georgia
• Social engineering
• social media
• stolen credentials

Zero lessons learned: Convicted scammer allegedly ran another athlete-focused phishing scam from federal prison

Cyber Scoop March 16, 2026

Zero lessons learned: Convicted scammer allegedly ran another athlete-focused...

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6 min read

• Commentary
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• cybersecurity strategy
• Executive order
• exploits
• fraud
• Government
• op-ed
• Policy
• romance scams
• Trump administration

Washington is right: Cybercrime is organized crime. Now we need to shut down the business model

Cyber Scoop March 16, 2026

Washington is right: Cybercrime is organized crime. Now we...

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5 min read

• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Data theft
• extortion
• Google
• Google Threat Intelligence Group
• Mandiant
• ransomware
• Research

The ransomware economy is shifting toward straight-up data extortion

Cyber Scoop March 16, 2026

The ransomware economy is shifting toward straight-up data extortion...

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3 min read

• Austria
• Black Lotus Labs
• botnet
• Bulgaria
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• Eurojust
• Europol
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• France
• germany
• Government
• Hungary
• Lumen Technologies
• Malware
• modems
• proxy network
• proxy services
• Research
• residential proxy network
• Romania
• Shadowserver
• SocksEscort
• The Netherlands
• Threats

Authorities takedown global proxy network SocksEscort

Cyber Scoop March 12, 2026

Authorities takedown global proxy network SocksEscort | CyberScoop Skip...

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5 min read

• ALPHV
• BlackCat
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• DigitalMint
• incident response
• Justice Department
• ransomware
• ransomware negotiation
• ransomware payments
• Threats

Feds say another DigitalMint negotiator ran ransomware attacks and extorted $75 million

Cyber Scoop March 12, 2026

Feds say another DigitalMint negotiator ran ransomware attacks and...

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3 min read

• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• identity
• Mandiant
• Salesforce
• ShinyHunters
• Threats

Salesforce issues new security alert tied to third customer attack spree in six months

Cyber Scoop March 11, 2026

Salesforce issues new security alert tied to third customer...

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4 min read

• Commentary
• compliance
• cybercrime
• Executive order
• office of management and budget
• op-ed
• phishing
• ransomware
• SBOM
• secure-by-design
• Sextortion
• software security
• supply chain

If consequences matter, they should apply to vendors, too

Cyber Scoop March 11, 2026

If consequences matter, they should apply to vendors, too...

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