With rapidly advancing LLM technology, the cost of developing software has already declined significantly over the past year—a trend that is likely to continue. As expected, this affects all forms of software, including malware. X‑Force believes this shift will fundamentally alter the dynamics of the malware threat landscape, compelling defenders and the threat intelligence community...Read More
The compromised sites didn’t share the same vulnerable WordPress version or plugin, suggesting that the attackers may be exploiting weak credentials or using exploits for multiple vulnerabilities. New payloads The DoubleDonut Loader was observed delivering a new variant of Vidar Stealer, a well-known infostealer, that uses a dead drop resolver technique to retrieve its command-and-control...Read More
Ravie LakshmananMar 12, 2026Artificial Intelligence / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a suspected artificial intelligence (AI)-generated malware codenamed Slopoly put to use by a financially motivated threat actor named Hive0163. “Although still relatively unspectacular, AI-generated malware such as Slopoly shows how easily threat actors can weaponize AI to develop new malware frameworks in...Read More
Posted: Mar 14, 2026 7:58 PM CDT Updated: Mar 16, 2026 8:56 AM CDT by WAKA Action 8 News Prattville police say a Prattville High School teacher is one of five suspected online child sex predators who have been arrested. Autauga County Schools has confirmed that one of the suspects arrested, Brian Pittman, is a...Read More
By Matthew Holloway | President Donald Trump signed an executive order earlier this month aimed at strengthening the federal government’s response to cybercrime, fraud, and other online schemes targeting Americans. The order, titled “Combating Cybercrime, Fraud, and Predatory Schemes Against American Citizens,” directs multiple federal agencies to coordinate efforts to disrupt criminal organizations involved in...Read More
A new malware strain dubbed Slopoly, likely created using generative AI tools, allowed a threat actor to remain on a compromised server for more than a week and steal data in an Interlock ransomware attack. The breach started with a ClickFix ruse, and in later stages of the attack, the hackers deployed the Slopoly backdoor as...Read More
Financial fraud is now one of the world’s most severe and rapidly evolving transnational crimes, with significant economic and human consequences. The 2026 INTERPOL Global Financial Fraud Threat Assessment warns that with increased global criminal collaboration, fraud is no longer a peripheral threat, it is at the centre of polycriminality, intersecting with organized crime, human...Read More
England Hockey, the governing body for field hockey in England, is investigating a potential data breach after the AiLock ransomware gang listed it as a victim on its data leak site. The threat actor allegedly stole 129GB of data from the organization’s systems and announced that it will soon publish the files, unless a ransom...Read More
The recently released executive order targeting cybercrime, fraud, and predatory schemes uses language the federal government has often avoided. Now, for the first time, the Trump administration is echoing what the cybersecurity industry has been shouting for years: cyber-enabled fraud is a product of transnational organized crime. That distinction matters because organized crime requires an...Read More
Summary On March 12, 2026, the ransomware group Akira claimed responsibility for a significant cyberattack against Extreme Trailers, LLC (extremetrailersllc.com), a leading manufacturer in the flatbed trailer market based in Dover, Ohio, USA. The attackers have threatened to release 15GB of sensitive corporate data unless negotiations are initiated. Incident Report Field Details Target Extreme Trailers,...Read More
