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Nigerian National Sentenced for $3.3M Tax Fraud via Spearphishinghighperson_alertThreat Actor
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Nigerian National Sentenced for $3.3M Tax Fraud via Spearphishing

Chukwuemeka Victor Amachukwu (also known as Chukwuemeka Victor Eletuo and So Kwan Leung), a 40-year-old Nigerian national, operated as part of a cybercrime network targeting US tax preparation businesses.

BleepingComputer20 Oct · 11:18 UTC
UK Sanctions Cryptomus Platform Over Russia Sanctions EvasionhighpublicGeopolitical
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UK Sanctions Cryptomus Platform Over Russia Sanctions Evasion

The UK's October 2024 sanctions against Cryptomus represent a strategic escalation in Western efforts to disrupt financial infrastructure enabling Russia's circumvention of economic restrictions imposed following its invasion of Ukraine.

Cryptomus14 Oct · 12:22 UTC
AI agent finds OTP delivery bypass in major insurer's production sitecriticalbug_reportVulnerability
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AI agent finds OTP delivery bypass in major insurer's production site

Major insurance company's production website with millions of users. Specific vendor and product not disclosed. Authentication flow allows attacker-controlled OTP delivery address, bypassing account ownership validation.

The Hacker News14 Oct · 09:00 UTC
Chinese Hacker Targets South Korean Banks with AI-Powered Toolshighperson_alertThreat Actor
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Chinese Hacker Targets South Korean Banks with AI-Powered Tools

The threat actor is identified as a Chinese hacker who conducted targeted cyberattacks against South Korean financial institutions. Motivation appears to be focused on the financial services sector, potentially for financial gain, espionage, or disru…

BleepingComputer10 Oct · 12:16 UTC
ARTEX AI pentesting tool used in data theft attacks on South Korean bankshighbug_reportVulnerability
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ARTEX AI pentesting tool used in data theft attacks on South Korean banks

South Korean financial organizations targeted between late September and early October 2026. ARTEX open-source AI pentesting tool (now closed-source) leveraged with DeepSeek v4.1-flash, GLM-5.3, and Grok 4.6 LLMs.

CrowdStrike Intelligence8 Oct · 12:12 UTC
16 malicious Firefox extensions steal crypto wallet keys and recovery phraseshighbug_reportVulnerability
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16 malicious Firefox extensions steal crypto wallet keys and recovery phrases

Mozilla Firefox users who installed any of 16 malicious extensions impersonating Rabby Wallet (4 extensions) and OKX Wallet (12 extensions). Extensions masqueraded as wallet portals, desktop utilities, and browser tools.

Mozilla Firefox8 Oct · 07:46 UTC
South Korea investigates AI-assisted breaches at major bankshighpublicGeopolitical
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South Korea investigates AI-assisted breaches at major banks

The coordinated cyberattacks against South Korea's financial sector—affecting Shinhan Bank, KB Kookmin Bank, and Hana Bank—represent a significant escalation in targeting critical financial infrastructure in Northeast Asia.

BleepingComputer5 Oct · 12:22 UTC
U.S. arrests alleged Ploutus malware developer linked to Venezuelan ganghighpublicGeopolitical
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U.S. arrests alleged Ploutus malware developer linked to Venezuelan gang

The arrest of Anibal Alexander Canelon Aguirre represents a convergence of cybercrime and transnational organized crime with state fragility dynamics. The case illustrates how criminal networks emerging from Venezuela's prolonged political and econom…

BleepingComputer5 Oct · 11:01 UTC
Tren de Aragua sanctioned for $40M ATM jackpotting campaignhighperson_alertThreat Actor
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Tren de Aragua sanctioned for $40M ATM jackpotting campaign

Tren de Aragua (TdA) is a Venezuelan transnational criminal organization designated by the U.S. Treasury as a Transnational Criminal Organization in July 2024 and by the State Department as a Foreign Terrorist Organization in February 2025.

BleepingComputer2 Oct · 13:20 UTC
Bitget confirms zero-day in third-party security product led to $387M theftcriticalbug_reportVulnerability
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Bitget confirms zero-day in third-party security product led to $387M theft

Bitget cryptocurrency exchange; third-party security products (Product A and Product B, vendors unnamed); 11 blockchains including Ethereum, XRP Ledger, Zcash, TRON, Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, BNB Smart Chain, Avalanche, Algorand, and Celestia.

Bitget1 Oct · 03:21 UTC
Bitget crypto exchange breached via zero-day in security appliancescriticalbug_reportVulnerability
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Bitget crypto exchange breached via zero-day in security appliances

Bitget cryptocurrency exchange. Two unnamed third-party security appliances (referred to as "Product A" and "security appliance B") compromised via zero-day vulnerabilities.

Bitget30 Sep · 09:11 UTC
Citrix NetScaler CVE-2026-88772 exploited for root access, web shellscriticalbug_reportVulnerability
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Citrix NetScaler CVE-2026-88772 exploited for root access, web shells

Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway appliances. CVE-2026-88772 (CVSS 9.5) is a memory overflow in DTLS protocol handling in the NetScaler Packet Processing Engine (NSPPE). CVE-2026-88771 also mentioned as exploited.

Citrix30 Sep · 06:24 UTC
Bitget exchange loses $388M via zero-day in unnamed third-party productcriticalbug_reportVulnerability
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Bitget exchange loses $388M via zero-day in unnamed third-party product

Bitget cryptocurrency exchange. The unnamed third-party security product used by Bitget contained a zero-day vulnerability that allowed credential theft. Hot and warm wallets were compromised; cold wallets unaffected.

Bitget28 Sep · 15:42 UTC
RatHat MaaS Operators Deploy AI-Powered Android Banking Trojanhighperson_alertThreat Actor
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RatHat MaaS Operators Deploy AI-Powered Android Banking Trojan

RatHat operators are cybercriminals running a malware-as-a-service (MaaS) platform focused on Android banking fraud. The operators build and distribute the RatHat Android banking trojan, providing customers with web-based consoles to control infected…

Android28 Sep · 15:38 UTC
North Korean Hackers Steal $387.5M from Bitget Crypto Exchangecriticalperson_alertThreat Actor
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North Korean Hackers Steal $387.5M from Bitget Crypto Exchange

North Korean state-sponsored threat actors are attributed to this breach based on on-chain analysis and IP behavior patterns. These groups are financially motivated, conducting large-scale cryptocurrency theft operations to generate revenue for the N…

Bitget28 Sep · 07:25 UTC
Lazarus Group Steals $351.6M from Bitget via Backend Compromisecriticalperson_alertThreat Actor
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Lazarus Group Steals $351.6M from Bitget via Backend Compromise

Lazarus Group (G0032), also tracked as Labyrinth Chollima, HIDDEN COBRA, Guardians of Peace, and ZINC, is a North Korean state-sponsored APT group. The actor is financially motivated, conducting large-scale cryptocurrency heists to generate revenue f…

Bitget25 Sep · 08:35 UTC
RemControl Android MaaS targets banking users via fake TVTap IPTV apphighbug_reportVulnerability
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RemControl Android MaaS targets banking users via fake TVTap IPTV app

Android users in Europe (Italy, France, Spain, Poland, Portugal), Canada, and Middle East. Targets 30+ banking applications through phishing overlays. Distributed via malvertising campaigns impersonating TVTap IPTV app on fake Google Play pages.

BleepingComputer23 Sep · 19:25 UTC
KREMLIN malware force-installs malicious Chrome/Edge extensions via bypasshighbug_reportVulnerability
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KREMLIN malware force-installs malicious Chrome/Edge extensions via bypass

Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers on Windows systems. Active campaign since May 2025 with 1,515+ confirmed infections, primarily in Brazil. Affects users who execute malicious JavaScript files disguised as business documents.

Google Chrome16 Sep · 16:50 UTC
REF9334 Deploys KREMLIN Malware Targeting Brazilian Financial Sectorhighperson_alertThreat Actor
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REF9334 Deploys KREMLIN Malware Targeting Brazilian Financial Sector

REF9334 is a Brazilian threat actor tracked by Elastic Security Labs, active since at least May 2025. The actor specializes in banking fraud operations targeting Brazilian financial institutions through sophisticated malware delivery campaigns.

Google15 Sep · 16:54 UTC
SQL Injection flaws in Alior Bank PrestaShop module expose backoffice datahighbug_reportVulnerability
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SQL Injection flaws in Alior Bank PrestaShop module expose backoffice data

Alior Bank "raty" module for PrestaShop. CVE-2026-7848 affects versions 8.0.0 to 8.1.11 (fixed in 8.1.11 and 9.0.7). CVE-2026-15600 affects versions 8.1.9 to 8.1.12 (fixed in 8.1.12 and 9.0.8).

CVE-2026-1560014 Sep · 12:55 UTC
Microsoft warns of passkey phishing and CEO fraud campaigns targeting cloudhighbug_reportVulnerability
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Microsoft warns of passkey phishing and CEO fraud campaigns targeting cloud

Microsoft cloud environments (Azure AD/Entra ID, Microsoft 365, SharePoint, OneDrive). Campaign 1: U.S. enterprise users in IT services, consumer goods, real estate, and manufacturing (August 2026).

Microsoft13 Sep · 08:11 UTC
U.S. Disrupts Chinese Organized Crime Scam Marketplace, Freezes $52.8Mhighperson_alertThreat Actor
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U.S. Disrupts Chinese Organized Crime Scam Marketplace, Freezes $52.8M

Chinese organized crime syndicates operating the Xinbi Guarantee illicit marketplace, a Telegram-based platform facilitating pig butchering romance scams, wire fraud, and money laundering.

The Hacker News9 Sep · 16:26 UTC
Alby Hub critical flaw enables wallet takeover on internet-exposed instancescriticalbug_reportVulnerability
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Alby Hub critical flaw enables wallet takeover on internet-exposed instances

Alby Hub versions v1.7.0 through v1.18.5 (all releases before August 2025). Only instances exposed to the internet are vulnerable. Versions v1.19.0 and later are patched. Current version is v1.24.0.

Alby9 Sep · 08:43 UTC
DoppelCart: 119,000+ Fake E-Commerce Domains Used for Card Thefthighperson_alertThreat Actor
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DoppelCart: 119,000+ Fake E-Commerce Domains Used for Card Theft

DoppelCart is a large-scale fraud operation attributed to coordinated threat actors conducting payment card theft through fraudulent e-commerce infrastructure.

BleepingComputer8 Sep · 18:35 UTC
Slim Spider Targets Brazilian Financial Institutions for Crypto Thefthighperson_alertThreat Actor
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Slim Spider Targets Brazilian Financial Institutions for Crypto Theft

Slim Spider is a previously undocumented, financially motivated threat actor attributed by CrowdStrike to Brazil-based operations targeting Brazilian financial institutions since at least March 2026.

CrowdStrike8 Sep · 14:20 UTC
StreamRat Android Banking Trojan Spread via Meta Ads to EU Usershighperson_alertThreat Actor
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StreamRat Android Banking Trojan Spread via Meta Ads to EU Users

ThreatFabric is the cybersecurity research firm that discovered and analyzed the StreamRat campaign. The actual threat actor behind StreamRat remains unattributed.

Meta2 Sep · 10:22 UTC
Dark Web Service Sells 153M+ Driver Licenses from Identity Verification Breachcriticalperson_alertThreat Actor
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Dark Web Service Sells 153M+ Driver Licenses from Identity Verification Breach

The threat actor operates "Nexus," a dark web identity theft service launched on the Russian cybercrime forum Exploit in August 2025. The operator claims to have continuously exfiltrated data for over a year from an alleged breach at a major Louisian…

identity verification company based in Louisiana1 Sep · 20:40 UTC
Breeze Comet Targets Brazilian Financial Sector for Payment Fraudhighperson_alertThreat Actor
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Breeze Comet Targets Brazilian Financial Sector for Payment Fraud

Breeze Comet (formerly UNC5669, overlaps with Plump Spider and SHADOW-AETHER-064) is a financially motivated threat actor operating out of Brazil since September 2023.

The Hacker News1 Sep · 15:19 UTC
Venezuelan ATM Jackpotting Group Targets U.S. Financial Infrastructurehighperson_alertThreat Actor
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Venezuelan ATM Jackpotting Group Targets U.S. Financial Infrastructure

This threat actor is a coordinated group of Venezuelan nationals conducting ATM jackpotting operations targeting financial institutions in the United States.

BleepingComputer1 Sep · 07:15 UTC
19 malicious Chrome/Edge extensions drain crypto wallets via auto-updateshighbug_reportVulnerability
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19 malicious Chrome/Edge extensions drain crypto wallets via auto-updates

19 browser extensions (18 Chrome, 1 Edge) published since February 2024, with "Enable Right Click & Copy — Smart Unlock + OCR" having 80,000 installs. Extensions either created by threat actor or purchased from legitimate owners.

Google28 Aug · 13:27 UTC