FBI and DOJ seize $8.2 Million in romance baiting crypto fraud scheme

The U.S. DOJ seized over $8.2 million in USDT stolen through ‘romance baiting’ scams, where victims are tricked into fake investments promising high returns. On February 27, 2025, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Ohio filed a civil forfeiture complaint for $8.2M in USDT (Tether) linked to a ‘romance baiting’ scam. Fraudsters used anonymous messaging apps […]

March 29, 2025
Read More >>

FBI and DOJ seize $8.2 Million in romance baiting crypto fraud scheme

The U.S. DOJ seized over $8.2 million in USDT stolen through ‘romance baiting’ scams, where victims are tricked into fake investments promising high returns. On February 27, 2025, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Ohio filed a civil forfeiture complaint for $8.2M in USDT (Tether) linked to a ‘romance baiting’ scam. Fraudsters used anonymous messaging apps […]

March 29, 2025
Read More >>

Experts warn of the new sophisticate Crocodilus mobile banking Trojan

The new Android trojan Crocodilus exploits accessibility features to steal banking and crypto credentials, mainly targeting users in Spain and Turkey. ThreatFabric researchers discovered a new Android trojan called Crocodilus, which exploits accessibility features to steal banking and crypto credentials. “Crocodilus enters the scene not as a simple clone, but as a fully-fledged threat from […]

March 29, 2025
Read More >>

Crooks are reviving the Grandoreiro banking trojan

Grandoreiro Banking Trojan resurfaces, targeting users in Latin America and Europe in new phishing campaigns. Forcepoint X-Labs researchers warn of new phishing campaigns targeting Latin America and Europe in new phishing campaigns. The Trojan has been active since 2016, it initially targeted Brazil but expanded to Mexico, Portugal, and Spain since 2020. Grandoreiro is a modular […]

March 29, 2025
Read More >>

Russian authorities arrest three suspects behind Mamont Android banking trojan

Russian authorities arrested three suspects for developing Mamont, a newly identified Android banking trojan. Russian authorities arrested three suspects in Saratov for developing Mamont (Russian for mammoth), a recently discovered Android banking trojan. “Three Saratov residents are suspected of fraud and unauthorized access to computer information. Officers from the fraud prevention department of PJSC Sberbank […]

March 28, 2025
Read More >>

Mozilla fixed critical Firefox vulnerability CVE-2025-2857

Mozilla addressed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-2857, impacting its Firefox browser for Windows. Mozilla has released security updates to address a critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-2857, impacting its Firefox browser for Windows. Recently, Google addressed a similar vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-2783, in Chrome that has been actively exploited in the wild as a zero-day. […]

March 28, 2025
Read More >>

U.S. CISA adds Google Chromium Mojo flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Google Chromium Mojo flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a Google Chromium Mojo sandbox escape vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-2783, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. This week Google has released out-of-band fixes to address a high-severity security […]

March 28, 2025
Read More >>

Crooks target DeepSeek users with fake sponsored Google ads to deliver malware

Cybercriminals are exploiting the popularity of DeepSeek by using fake sponsored Google ads to distribute malware. While DeepSeek is rising in popularity, threat actors are attempting to exploit it by using fake sponsored Google ads to distribute malware, Malwarebytes researchers warn. Crooks are using DeepSeek as a lure to trap unsuspecting Google searchers. “Unfortunately, we […]

March 27, 2025
Read More >>

Crooks target DeepSeek users with fake sponsored Google ads to deliver malware

Cybercriminals are exploiting the popularity of DeepSeek by using fake sponsored Google ads to distribute malware. While DeepSeek is rising in popularity, threat actors are attempting to exploit it by using fake sponsored Google ads to distribute malware, Malwarebytes researchers warn. Crooks are using DeepSeek as a lure to trap unsuspecting Google searchers. “Unfortunately, we […]

March 27, 2025
Read More >>

U.S. CISA adds Sitecore CMS and XP, and GitHub Action flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Sitecore CMS and XP, and GitHub Action flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added [1,2] the following vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog: CVE-2019-9875 (CVSS score of 8.8) is a Deserialization of Untrusted Data in the anti […]

March 27, 2025
Read More >>