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Russian malicious software operation dismantled, feds in LA say

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) - Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles today announced a multinational operation to dismantle the resilient Russian botnet and malware ecosystem Sality, which is known for enabling ...
Ars Technica

Claude published malicious code to the Internet and attacked 3 real companies

Anthropic said its Claude-based security models gained unauthorized access to the sensitive production environments of three outside organizations during internal testing designed to measure the ...
Federal Bureau of Investigation

Malicious Cyber Actors Targeting Water and Wastewater Sector Internet- Facing Programmable Logic Controllers, Causing Operational Disruptions

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are issuing this Public Service Announcement (PSA) to warn critical infrastructure asset owners and operators that ...
Bloomberg

Afroman Sues Deputy Tied to 2022 Raid for Malicious Prosecution

Afroman sued one of the Ohio sheriff’s deputies who brought a defamation case against him that revolved around lewd social media posts and videos, some of which used footage of a raid on the rapper’s ...
BleepingComputer

Malicious sites use JavaScript to build malware in browser memory

A massive malvertising campaign is using fake Solana, Luno, and TradingView webpages with malicious JavaScript that instructs browsers to assemble malware directly in memory. The operation has been ...
Nextgov

Russian hackers can steal government emails without victims clicking a link, cyber agencies warn

The Russia-linked Laundry Bear group has compromised more than 10 Western organizations through malicious emails that can trigger an exploit when they are viewed or previewed. International Cyber ...
Dark Reading

Identity Attacks Overtake Exploits as Top Ransomware Cause

So long, vulnerability exploitation — identity has become the dominant root cause of ransomware, according to a recent survey. Sophos today published its State of Ransomware 2026 report, covering a ...
Reuters

China dismisses US, EU criticism of new ethnic law as 'malicious smear'

China's new ethnic unity law went into effect on Wednesday Law gives China power to go after people overseas US, EU express concern about the new legislation Taiwan also worried, official calls law ...
WeLiveSecurity

Inside the inbox: Why cybercriminals want to break into your email account

Email is not just a means of communication, or yet another online account. In both our personal and work lives, it holds the keys to the kingdom: possibly even a mechanism to reset other account ...
Bloomberg

China Wants ‘Malicious’ Bondholders Curbed in Poor-Nation Relief

China called for global measures to curb what it described as “malicious litigation” by bondholders in debt relief cases, saying such action is needed to protect a Group of 20 restructuring mechanism ...
BleepingComputer

Malicious Edge extension abuses Native Messaging as bridge to malware

A malicious Microsoft Edge extension dubbed ‘Edgecution' has been used in a ransomware attack to escape the browser sandbox and deploy a Python-based backdoor. Access to the local system is obtained ...