Google is rolling out a dedicated form to allow businesses listed on Google Maps to report threat actors who post bad reviews and demand ransoms to remove the negative comments.
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Our latest fraud and scams advisory
An overview from Google’s Trust & Safety teams on the most recent online scam trends.
Five members of the Bai crime family were sentenced to death this week in China for their role in Myanmar scam compounds
白家犯罪集团案一审宣判_中华人民共和国最高人民检察院
,2025-11-04
 11 Ming crime family members were sentenced to death in Sep.
明家犯罪集团案一审宣判_中华人民共和国最高人民检察院
,2025-09-29
 Members of two other crime families are also in custody (Wei and Liu)
Scam Compound Operators: Members of The Four Great Families sentenced to death in China
A blog about cybercrime and fraud and the cases and criminals related to those crimes. BEC, scams, fraud, spam, phishing and malware
BPFDoor found on the network of hacked South Korean telco KT
Yonhap News Agency
(LEAD) Investigation shows KT concealed malware infections, security failures leading to hacking breach | Yonhap News Agency
(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in paras 14-15; ADDS photo) SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- K...
Four Pakistani senators have fallen victim to online scammers, losing between $1,700 and $3,000 to schemes requesting money for various projects. The lawmakers blamed the country's cybercrime investigations agency for failing to act and investigate the cases.
The Express Tribune
Four senators reveal they were targeted by scammers | The Express Tribune
Multiple senators revealed they had been defrauded, sensitive portions of agenda held privately
A South Korean activist specialized in North Korean human rights affairs has been hacked. Hackers infected their PC with malware and then sent malicious links to the target's KakaoTalk contacts. South Korean police suspect a North Korean APT group
Human rights activist's computer hacked — possibly by North Koreans
Police are investigating a suspected malware attack linked to a North Korean hacking group after a human rights activist reported their computer ha...
AhnLab looks at the new Cephalus ransomware, a strain first seen in August. The group leverages RDP accounts for initial access and operates a dark web leak site that hasn't been updated in more than two months, suggesting the group might have disbanded already.
ASEC
An Unerring Spear: Cephalus Ransomware Analysis - ASEC
An Unerring Spear: Cephalus Ransomware Analysis ASEC
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Proofpoint has spotted a new Iranian APT group—UNK_SmudgedSerpent. The group's TTPs overlap with many other Iranian groups, showing some sort of collaboration, personnel movement, or similar training/contractors. https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/threat-insight/crossed-wires-case-study-iranian-espionage-and-attribution
Two US senators have introduced a bill that would require US companies and federal agencies to report the number of workers they fired and replaced with AI technology. The data would be compiled by the Dept. of Labor and released via a public report.
Mark R. Warner
Warner, Hawley to Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Track Number of Jobs Lost to AI
WASHINGTON –Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) announced they will introduce the AI-Related Job Impacts Clarity A...
NVISO has linked VShell to UNC5174, a cyber contractor for the Chinese MSS
NVISO
NVISO analyzes VShell post-exploitation tool
NVISO has actively tracked VShell for months, a Chinese-language intrusion tool used in espionage campaigns. NVISO has actively tracked VShell for ...
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Repeat after me: Do not fill in and sync your government ID data to your Google account
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Chrome now helps you fill in passport, driver’s license, vehicle information and more.
Chrome already saves you time every day by securely filling in your addresses, passwords and payment information. Today, we’re making it even mor...