As the Trump administration guts efforts to counter election disinfo The Russian troll farm that in the lead-up to the 2024 US presidential election posted a bizarro video claiming Democratic candidate Kamala Harris was a rhino poacher, is back with hundreds of new fake news websites serving up phony political commentary with an AI assist.… READ MORE HERE…

Prosecutors say Conor Fitzpatrick’s crimes caused ‘incalculable’ damage The founder of the popular cybercrime website BreachForums will spend three years in prison after previously being let off with a slap on the wrist.… READ MORE HERE…

Redmond names alleged ringleader, claims 5K+ creds stolen and $100k pocketed Microsoft has seized 338 websites associated with RaccoonO365 and identified the leader of the phishing service – Joshua Ogundipe – as part of a larger effort to disrupt what Redmond’s Digital Crimes Unit calls the “fastest-growing tool used by cybercriminals to steal Microsoft 365 usernames and passwords.”… READ MORE HERE…

Tech evolved from PoC to global campaign in under two months An attack called FileFix is masquerading as a Facebook security alert before ultimately dropping the widely used StealC infostealer and malware downloader.… READ MORE HERE…

Cautionary tale from the recent SonicWall attacks Failing to encrypt sensitive data leaves you wide open to attack. During the recent SonicWall attack spree, intruders bypassed multi-factor authentication (MFA) in at least one case, because a user’s recovery codes were left sitting in a plaintext file on their desktop.… READ MORE HERE…