OpenAI Disrupts Global Malware Networks Exploiting ChatGPT

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OpenAI has revealed that it disrupted three separate clusters of malicious activity where its ChatGPT AI tool was being exploited to aid malware development. One cluster involved a Russian-speaking actor who used ChatGPT to help design and refine a remote access trojan (RAT) aimed at stealing credentials while evading detection. The operator employed multiple ChatGPT […]

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Operation SIMCARTEL: Inside the Network Behind 49 Million Fake Accounts

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Europol has announced a major crackdown on a sophisticated cybercrime-as-a-service (CaaS) operation that ran a large-scale SIM farm, providing tools for a wide range of criminal activities, from phishing scams to investment fraud. The operation, called Operation SIMCARTEL, involved 26 coordinated raids, resulting in seven arrests and the seizure of 1,200 SIM box devices containing

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FBI and Dutch Police Dismantle VerifTools Fake ID Marketplace — But It’s Already Back Online

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VerifTools: A Global Fake ID Marketplace Authorities in the United States and the Netherlands have taken down VerifTools, a notorious darknet marketplace known for selling counterfeit IDs, passports, and forged documents to cybercriminals worldwide. The FBI seized two domains (verif[.]tools, veriftools[.]net) and multiple servers in Amsterdam, redirecting them to an official takedown notice. However, the

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Pro-Iranian Hackers Leak Saudi Games Records

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A pro-Iranian hacktivist group known as Cyber Fattah has reportedly leaked thousands of personal records connected to athletes and visitors of the Saudi Games. The cybersecurity firm Resecurity revealed that the breach was announced on Telegram on June 22, 2025, via SQL database dumps, describing it as part of a coordinated information campaign “orchestrated by

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How North Korea Hacked ByBit Crypto Worth $1.5 Billion

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Safe{Wallet} has revealed that the $1.5 billion Bybit cryptocurrency theft was a highly sophisticated, state-sponsored attack, allegedly carried out by North Korean cybercriminals. The hacking group, known as TraderTraitor (also called Jade Sleet, PUKCHONG, and UNC4899), reportedly took extensive measures to erase evidence and hinder investigations. To investigate the breach, Safe{Wallet} enlisted Google Cloud Mandiant,

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Six Governments Likely Using Isreali Spyware to Hack Whatsapp

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A recent investigation by The Citizen Lab has identified the governments of Australia, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Israel, and Singapore as potential users of Graphite, a powerful spyware developed by Israeli company Paragon Solutions. Paragon, founded in 2019 by Ehud Barak and Ehud Schneorson, created Graphite to extract sensitive data from messaging apps. Researchers linked the

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Brazilian Hacker Indicted for Demanding $3.2M in Bitcoin After Hacking 300,000 Accounts

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A Brazilian national has been indicted in the United States for allegedly threatening to release data stolen during a hack of a company’s network in March 2020. Junior Barros De Oliveira, a 29-year-old from Curitiba, Brazil, faces four counts of making extortionate threats related to data obtained from protected computers and four counts of issuing

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Apple to Compensate Siri Users $20 Per Device in Privacy Violation Settlement

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Apple has agreed to settle a proposed class action lawsuit for $95 million, addressing claims that its Siri voice assistant violated users’ privacy. The news was initially reported by Reuters. The settlement covers U.S.-based current or former owners of Siri-enabled devices who experienced unintentional Siri activations that led to the capture or sharing of private

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Meta Fined €251 Million for 2018 Data Breach Impacting 29 Million Accounts

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Meta Platforms, the company behind Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads, has been fined €251 million ($263 million) for a 2018 data breach that exposed the personal data of millions, including 3 million users in the EU. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) imposed the penalty, citing violations of GDPR privacy regulations, marking yet another significant

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Russian Airstrikes Recruit Ukrainian Children for Cyber Operations and Reconnaissance

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The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU or SSU) has revealed a new spying operation that is believed to be carried out by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) and entails enlisting Ukrainian children for illegal purposes under the pretence of “quest games.” According to law enforcement officials, it arrested two groups of FSB agents after conducting a

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