Cybersecurity
US Charges Scattered Spider Member Arrested in Finland
A 19-year-old dual United States and Estonian citizen arrested in Finland earlier this month faces federal charges in the U.S. alleging he was a prolific member
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Cybersecurity
Threat Actors Publishing Structured OPSEC Playbooks
Threat actors are now publishing structured OPSEC playbooks to stay undetected. Flare reveals how these guides outline layered infrastructure, identity separati
Cybersecurity
Canadian Police Bust SMS Blaster Ring in Toronto
Canadian authorities have arrested three men for operating an "SMS blaster" device that pretends to be a cellular tower to send phishing texts to nearby phones.
Cybersecurity
Ransomware Negotiator Guilty in BlackCat Attack Scheme
A third individual who was employed as a ransomware negotiator has pleaded guilty to conducting ransomware attacks against U.S. companies in 2023. Angelo Martin
Science & Tech
Two Americans Sentenced for North Korea IT Worker Scheme
The U.S. Department of Justice announced that two Americans were sentenced to years in prison for helping the North Korean government place fake IT workers in U
Cybersecurity
Microsoft Teams Exploited to Distribute Custom Snow Malware
A threat group tracked as UNC6692 uses social engineering to deploy a new, custom malware suite named 'Snow' which includes a browser extension, a tunneler, and
Cybersecurity
ADT Confirms Data Breach Following ShinyHunters Extortion Threat
Home security giant ADT has confirmed a data breach after the ShinyHunters extortion group threatened to leak stolen data unless a ransom is paid. [...]
Cybersecurity
BlackFile Extortion Group Escalates Vishing Campaign
A new financially motivated hacking group tracked as BlackFile has been linked to a wave of data theft and extortion attacks against retail and hospitality orga
Cybersecurity
International Police Operation Dismantles 53 DDoS-for-Hire Domains
An international law enforcement operation has taken down 53 domains and arrested four people in connection with commercial distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)
Cybersecurity
Spain Shuts Down Major Manga Piracy Hub, Arrests Four
The Spanish police have dismantled the largest Spanish-language manga piracy platform, operating since 2014, with millions of monthly users from around the glob
Cybersecurity
Fraud Networks Now Run Like Call Centers With Training
Fraud operations now operate like call centers, complete with hiring, training, and performance tracking. Flare reveals how cybercriminals manage "Caller-as-a-S
Science & Tech
Telegram Still Hosts Sanctioned $21B Crypto Scam Network
The UK designated Xinbi Guarantee as an enabler of crypto scammers and human trafficking weeks ago. Telegram is still hosting it in plain sight.
Cybersecurity
JanelaRAT Malware Launches 14,739 Attacks on Brazilian Banks
Banks and financial institutions in Latin American countries like Brazil and Mexico have continued to be the target of a malware family called JanelaRAT. A modi
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Hacker Behind @ihackedthegovernment Gets Probation
Probation for man who used stolen logins and posted private info on social media.
Cybersecurity
FBI and Indonesian Police Shut Down $20M W3LL Phishing Scheme
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in partnership with the Indonesian National Police, has dismantled the infrastructure associated with a global p
Cybersecurity
Ransomware Negotiator Admits to Leading BlackCat Attacks
41-year-old Angelo Martino, a former employee of cybersecurity incident response company DigitalMint, has pleaded guilty to targeting U.S. companies in BlackCat
Cybersecurity
Botmaster Behind Kimwolf IoT Botnet Arrested
Canadian authorities on Wednesday arrested a 23-year-old Ottawa man on suspicion of building and operating Kimwolf, a fast spreading Internet-of-Things botnet t
Cybersecurity
Seiko USA Website Defaced in Data Theft Attack
The Seiko USA website was defaced over the weekend, displaying a message from attackers claiming they stole its Shopify customer database and threatening to lea
Cybersecurity
British Scattered Spider Leader Pleads Guilty to Crypto Theft
A British man, believed to be the leader of the Scattered Spider cybercrime collective, has pleaded guilty in the United States to charges of wire fraud and agg
Cybersecurity
How Cybercriminals Evaluate Stolen Card Marketplaces
In cybercrime markets, trust isn't assumed, it's verified. Flare reveals how underground guides teach actors to evaluate carding shops based on data quality, re
Cybersecurity
Memphis Man Sentenced to 30 Months for DraftKings Account Theft
23-year-old Kamerin Stokes of Memphis, Tennessee, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for selling access to tens of thousands of hacked DraftKings accounts. [.
Cybersecurity
Global Operation Dismantles 75K DDoS Users, Shuts 53 Domains
The latest wave of "Operation PowerOFF," on April 13, 2026, targeted the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) ecosystem and its users across 21 countries. [...]
Cybersecurity
AI-Powered Voice Phishing Platform ATHR Automates Credential Theft
A new cybercrime platform called ATHR can harvest credentials via fully automated voice phishing attacks that use both human operators and AI agents for the soc
Cybersecurity
Two Americans Sentenced for North Korean IT Worker Scheme
Two U.S. nationals have been sent to prison for helping North Korean remote information technology (IT) workers to pose as U.S. residents and get hired by over
Science & Tech
Anodot Breach Impacts Major Companies in Data Theft
The data breach at Anodot, which affects customers like Rockstar Games, is the latest hack aimed at stealing data from a large number of corporate giants.
Cybersecurity
Scattered Spider Cybercriminal Pleads Guilty to Major Tech Hacks
A 24-year-old British national and senior member of the cybercrime group "Scattered Spider" has pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity
Cybersecurity
German Police Identify REvil Ransomware Leaders Behind 130 Attacks
Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office (aka BKA or the Bundeskriminalamt) has unmasked the real identities of two of the key figures associated with the now-d
Cybersecurity
US, Canada, Germany Dismantle Four Massive IoT Botnets
The U.S. Justice Department joined authorities in Canada and Germany in dismantling the online infrastructure behind four highly disruptive botnets that comprom
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FBI Takes Down W3LL Phishing Platform in Historic US-Indonesia Op
The FBI Atlanta Field Office and Indonesian authorities have dismantled the "W3LL" global phishing platform, seizing infrastructure and arresting the alleged de
Cybersecurity
Inside the Hunt for Kimwolf Botnet Operator Dort
In early January 2026, KrebsOnSecurity revealed how a security researcher disclosed a vulnerability that was used to assemble Kimwolf, the world's largest and m
Cybersecurity
International Law Enforcement Identifies 20,000+ Crypto Fraud Victims
An international law enforcement action led by the U.K.'s National Crime Agency (NCA) has identified over 20,000 victims of cryptocurrency fraud across Canada,