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Osaka Metropolitan University cancels classes after suspected ransomware attack
17+ min ago (354+ words) One of Japan’s largest universities canceled classes and shut down a large part of its IT infrastructure following a suspected ransomware attack that began late last week. Osaka Metropolitan University said on Tuesday that the outage left its internal network,…...
Gentlemen Ransomware Affiliate Uses MCP as C2 Channel in Live Cyberattacks
2+ hour, 32+ min ago (286+ words) A Russian-speaking Gentlemen ransomware affiliate used the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to execute commands during live intrusions, turning an AI coding assistant’s tool interface into an operational command-and-control channel. The strongest evidence appeared in va.py, a script that verified…...
Microsoft flags renewed attacks on hospitality Wi-Fi networks
4+ hour, 55+ min ago (159+ words) A hacking campaign targeting the hospitality sector through hijacked network login pages and abuse of Microsoft Entra ID is showing fresh activity, two months after Microsoft first flagged the attacks. The CaptiveCrunch campaign attributed to Storm-2945, a sub-cluster of the…...
No honor amongst thieves, as hacker betrays his own gang
5+ hour, 16+ min ago (498+ words) Azazel set up his own leak site, failing to pay RaaS operator The Gentlemen its share of ransoms A Russian-speaking ransomware affiliate not only robbed his victims, but secretly cheated his Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) operator by setting up…...
iTOO And Certra Warn Of Surging Business Email Compromise
1+ hour, 35+ min ago (658+ words) Johannesburg – South African businesses are facing an unprecedented rise in business email compromise (BEC) leading to fund transfer fraud (FTF), a form of digital fraud occurring far more often than ransomware despite receiving far less media attention. Their warning to…...
Japan hands over Russian national suspected of being ransomware group member to Germany
5+ hour, 30+ min ago (232+ words) ISLAMABAD (AA) - Japan has handed over to German authorities a detained Russian national suspected of being a key member of the international ransomware group Qilin, local media reported Tuesday. The man, in his 20s, was transferred to German authorities following a…...
After the email scandal, SPAK shields secrets/ Four systems that close hacker holes
4+ hour, 33+ min ago (524+ words) Erion Veliaj contracted the American PR agency for the image battle in the international media Tirana–Durrës–Rinas/ After construction, the concession begins, the government seeks a private company to manage the trains After the email scandal, SPAK shields secrets…...
Iranian hackers posed as Dubai Airports recruiters to breach Iraqi infrastructure
1+ hour, 28+ min ago (302+ words) calcalistech.com The same group also ran a credential-harvesting campaign against an Israeli entity in May and June, using war-themed lures Unit 42 tracks the activity as CL-STA-1178 and calls the Iraq operation "Blinder Tunnel," after the "Peaky Blinders" branding the…...
FBI Arrests ‘Most Wanted’ Developer of Ploutus ATM Malware
11+ hour, 16+ min ago (514+ words) An alleged leader of Tren de Aragua’s ATM jackpotting activities, Canelon Aguirre was on the FBI’s top 10 most wanted list since March 2026. A Venezuelan national believed to be a leader of Tren de Aragua (TdA)’s ATM jackpotting activities and…...
Former Employee Sentenced for Damaging Employer’s Windows Network Infrastructure
4+ hour, 46+ min ago (528+ words) A former infrastructure engineer has been sentenced to 32 months in federal prison for damaging his employer’s computer network and demanding a ransom in Bitcoin. Daniel Rhyne, 59, of Kansas City, Missouri, received the sentence from U.S. District Judge Michael A. Shipp…...