Pierluigi Paganini
September 22, 2025
The FBI warns that criminals are spoofing the IC3 site to steal personal data and commit fraud targeting cybercrime reporters. The FBI warned that attackers are spoofing the official Crime Complaint Center (IC3) website to steal personal data and commit financial fraud, targeting users who report cybercrimes. The fake websites mimic the real IC3 domain […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 13, 2025
The U.S. FBI issued a flash alert to warn of malicious activities carried out by two cybercriminal groups tracked as UNC6040 and UNC6395. The FBI issued a FLASH alert with IOCs for cybercriminal groups UNC6040 and UNC6395, which are increasingly targeting Salesforce platforms for data theft and extortion. “The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 30, 2025
FBI Dallas seized 20 BTC from Chaos ransomware affiliate “Hors,” tied to cyberattacks on Texas firms, on April 15, 2025. The FBI division in Dallas seized about 20 Bitcoins on April 15, 2025, from a wallet belonging to a Chaos ransomware affiliate named as “Hors.” The Hors affiliate is responsible for multiple cyberattacks on Texas […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 17, 2025
FBI warns ex-officials are targeted with deepfake texts and AI voice messages impersonating senior U.S. officials. The FBI warns that ex-government officials are being targeted with texts and AI-generated deepfake voice messages impersonating senior U.S. officials. The FBI warns of a campaign using smishing and vishing with deepfake texts and AI voice messages impersonating senior […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 01, 2025
The FBI shared 42K phishing domains tied to LabHost, a PhaaS platform shut down in April 2024, to boost awareness and help identify compromises. The FBI shared a list of 42,000 domains registered from November 2021 to Apr 2024, linked to LabHost to raise awareness and aid in threat detection. The domain list helps prevent […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 29, 2025
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 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 24, 2025
The FBI warns of a significant increase in scams involving free online document converters to infect users with malware. The FBI warns that threat actors use malicious online document converters to steal users’ sensitive information and infect their systems with malware. “The FBI Denver Field Office is warning that agents are increasingly seeing a scam […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 29, 2024
The cybercrime forum BreachForums has been resurrected two weeks after a law enforcement operation that seized its infrastructure. The cybercrime forum BreachForums is online again, recently a US law enforcement operation seized its infrastructure and took down the platform. The platform is now reachable at breachforums[.]st, which was one of the domains used in the past […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 12, 2024
Black Basta ransomware affiliates have breached over 500 organizations between April 2022 and May 2024, FBI and CISA reported. The FBI, CISA, HHS, and MS-ISAC have issued a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) regarding the Black Basta ransomware activity as part of the StopRansomware initiative. Black Basta has targeted at least 12 critical infrastructure sectors, including […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 21, 2024
Government agencies revealed that Akira ransomware has breached over 250 entities worldwide and received over $42 million in ransom payments. A joint advisory published by CISA, the FBI, Europol, and the Netherlands’ National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NL) revealed that since early 2023, Akira ransomware operators received $42 million in ransom payments from more than 250 […]
Hacking / October 07, 2025
