Google is suing to dismantle the infrastructure behind an alleged massive AI-powered cybercrime operation. On Friday, the tech giant announced a lawsuit against an alleged Chinese cybercrime network called Outsider Enterprise, which Google says uses AI in its campaigns to send scam text messages impersonating Google and other brands to steal passwords and credit card...Read More
A 44-year-old Ukrainian man pleaded guilty on Wednesday for his role in a massive cyberattack scheme that targeted over a thousand victims and extorted at least $150 million. Oleksii Oleksiyovych Lytvynenko, who was living in Cork, Ireland, before being extradited to the United States, entered the plea for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Court documents...Read More
Swati KhandelwalJun 12, 2026Linux / Network Security Instead of hiding on the laptops and servers defenders watch most closely, a China-nexus group spent close to a decade hidden inside the Linux login system itself. Sygnia, which tracks the group as Velvet Ant, says it backdoored the PAM and OpenSSH components that decide who is allowed...Read More
In an effort to align IT and cyber responsibilities, senators are proposing to create a new Undersecretary of Defense for Cyber, Information, and Networks position within the Pentagon. The language to create the new role is included in the Senate Armed Services Committee’s draft of the fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), according to...Read More
Ravie LakshmananJun 12, 2026Cybercrime / Artificial Intelligence Google on Friday said it’s pursuing legal action against a Chinese cybercrime network, accusing it of using its Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) agent to send phishing text messages targeting Americans. The network is said to be behind the development and management of a phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) software kit called...Read More
Large language model-powered agents achieved penetration-test success rates ranging from 10.7% to 69.3% in a new academic evaluation designed to measure autonomous offensive-security capability. The June 11 paper tested 19 open-weight and proprietary models against 300 target servers. Each AI agent received general-purpose cybersecurity tools but no target-specific prior knowledge, forcing it to discover services,...Read More
About 60 St. Vrain Valley rising high school seniors are helping local businesses beef up their cybersecurity through a two-week, paid mini-internship program. The students, in sessions held at Silver Creek and Skyline high schools this month, spend the morning learning about the The National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST, Cybersecurity Framework and...Read More
Google is suing to dismantle the infrastructure behind an alleged massive AI-powered cybercrime operation. On Friday, the tech giant announced a lawsuit against an alleged Chinese cybercrime network called Outsider Enterprise, which Google says uses AI in its campaigns to send scam text messages impersonating Google and other brands to steal passwords and credit card...Read More
IABs facilitate initial infections via their own operations and may sell their access to ransomware operators. Microsoft, for instance, observed Gootloader (Hive0127, Storm-0494) handing off access to Vanilla Tempest to load the Supper backdoor before deploying INC ransomware in September 2024. In November 2025, Huntress documented similar observations where Gootloader infections lead to Tomb-crypted Supper backdoor...Read More
After regaining access through Amazon support, she discovered someone purchased six laptops using her credit card and tried to cancel the orders, but several were refused. One man has been arrested in Horry County after a woman reported her Amazon account had been hacked. On Sunday, the victim informed police that her Amazon account was...Read More
