LockBit, one of the most notorious and prolific cybercrime groups, has been compromised, handing law enforcement and threat intelligence experts a trove of critical insider information. On May 7, a cyber threat actor known as “Rey” on X discovered that LockBit’s dark web affiliate panels had been defaced and replaced with a message and a...Read More

Important global cybercrime news has been curated by FutureCrime Researchers to keep you informed about various types of digital fraud occurring worldwide and to provide insights into the best mitigation strategies. Read below to learn more in detail. 1. Hyderabad Cyber Crime Unit Arrests 24 in Nationwide Crackdown; ₹1.49 Crore Refunded to Victims In April...Read More

In this special edition of the Cybersecurity Snapshot, we bring you some of the most valuable guidance offered by the U.K. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) in the past 18 months. Check out best practices, recommendations and insights on protecting your AI systems, APIs and mobile devices, as well as on how to prep for...Read More

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Malicious payloads NETXLOADER and SmokeLoader have been leveraged by the Qilin ransomware gang, also known as Agenda, to escalate attacks against telecommunications, healthcare, financial services, and technology organizations in the U.S., Brazil, the Netherlands, India, and the Philippines during the first three months of 2025, reports GBHackers News. Advanced obfuscation methods, including JIT hooking and...Read More

Hyderabad: Hyderabad Cybercrime Unit has arrested 24 people from various parts of the country for their involvement in multiple cybercrime cases. Fifty three cases were reported in Telangana. In April alone, officials managed to refund Rs 1.4 crore to affected victims. According to officials, the arrested fraudsters were linked to 313 cybercrime cases nationwide. The...Read More

BleepingComputer reports that the LockBit ransomware operation has been impacted by a data breach resulting in the defacement of its admin panels to include a message with a link redirecting to an archive file, which threat actor Rey noted to have an SQL file from its affiliate panel’s MySQL database. Additional analysis of the exposed...Read More

WASHINGTON — The DHS Cyber Crimes Center and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Detroit’s Columbus sub-office participated in the 4th International Cyber Offender Prevention Cybercrime Prevention Forum, held Nov. 19-21 at EUROPOL in The Hague, the Netherlands. The event gathered experts from law enforcement agencies across 37 countries to share knowledge, develop joint cybercrime interventions, and...Read More

A critical remote code execution vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer (CVE-2025-31324) is being actively exploited by a Chinese threat actor to compromise enterprise systems worldwide. The vulnerability allows attackers to achieve remote code execution by uploading malicious web shells through the vulnerable /developmentserver/metadatauploader endpoint. Exploitation has been observed primarily targeting manufacturing environments, where compromised...Read More

Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) has solidified its position as the dominant framework driving ransomware attacks in 2024, according to the latest insights from Kaspersky ahead of International Anti-Ransomware Day on May 12. Kaspersky Security Network data reveals an 18% drop in ransomware detections from 5,715,892 in 2023 to 4,668,229 in 2024, yet the share of affected users...Read More