cybercrime

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• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• data breaches
• Data theft
• extortion
• Flashpoint
• Google
• hacking
• Halcyon
• Mandiant
• Microsoft
• okta
• phishing
• phishing kit
• ransomware
• ShinyHunters
• Sophos
• Threats
• voice phishing

A new wave of ‘vishing’ attacks is breaking into SSO accounts in real time

Cyber Scoop January 26, 2026

Real-Time phishing kits target Okta, Microsoft, Google Skip to...

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3 min read

• cryptocurrency
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• District Court of Northern Texas
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• guilty
• ransomware
• Russia
• Zeppelin

Leader of ransomware crew pleads guilty to four-year crime spree

Cyber Scoop January 22, 2026

Leader of ransomware crew pleads guilty to four-year crime...

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3 min read

• Black Basta
• BlackSuit
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Europol
• Flashpoint
• germany
• Interpol
• ransomware
• Recorded Future
• Royal
• Russia
• Ukraine

Black Basta’s alleged ringleader identified as authorities raid homes of other members

Cyber Scoop January 21, 2026

Black Basta’s alleged ringleader identified as authorities raid homes...

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11 min read

• Bitdefender
• Coveware
• CrowdStrike
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• encryption
• extortion
• FinCEN
• Flashpoint
• Google
• GroupSense
• hacking
• Halcyon
• Mandiant
• Palo Alto Networks
• ransomware
• ransomware negotiation
• Surefire Cyber
• Threats
• Treasury Department
• Unit 42
• Veeam
• XFIL Cyber

The thin line between saving a company and funding a crime

Cyber Scoop January 21, 2026

The thin line between saving a company and funding...

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3 min read

• access broker
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• EDR
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• firewalls
• ransomware
• State Department

Jordanian national pleads guilty after unknowingly selling FBI agent access to 50 company networks

Cyber Scoop January 16, 2026

Jordanian national pleads guilty after unknowingly selling FBI agent...

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3 min read

• Aisuru
• Black Lotus Labs
• botnet
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Kimwolf
• Lumen Technologies
• Synthient
• Threats
• XLab

Kimwolf botnet’s swift rise to 2M infected devices agitates security researchers

Cyber Scoop January 14, 2026

Kimwolf botnet’s swift rise to 2M infected devices agitates...

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4 min read

• account takeover (ATO) attacks
• Australia
• business email compromise
• business email compromise (BEC)
• Canada
• credential theft
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Europol
• France
• germany
• Microsoft
• phishing
• RedVDS
• Research
• The Netherlands
• United Kingdom (U.K.)
• virtual machines

Microsoft seizes RedVDS infrastructure, disrupts fast-growing cybercrime marketplace

Cyber Scoop January 14, 2026

Microsoft seizes RedVDS infrastructure, disrupts fast-growing cybercrime marketplace |...

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2 min read

• Black Axe
• business email compromise
• business email compromise (BEC)
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Europol
• Spain

Spanish police disrupt Black Axe, arrest alleged leaders in action spanning four cities

Cyber Scoop January 12, 2026

Spanish police disrupt Black Axe, arrest alleged leaders in...

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4 min read

• AI
• Congress
• cybercrime
• deepfakes
• Elon Musk
• European Union
• Government
• Grok
• Policy
• UK

Dems pressure Google, Apple to drop X app as international regulators turn up heat

Cyber Scoop January 9, 2026

Dems pressure Google, Apple to drop X app as...

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3 min read

• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• deepfakes
• Federal Communications Commission
• Government
• New Hampshire robocall
• regulation
• robocall
• spoofing
• Technology
• voice cloning

FCC finalizes new penalties for robocall violators

Cyber Scoop January 6, 2026

FCC finalizes new penalties for robocall violators | CyberScoop...

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