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Apple Blocks $9 Billion in Fraud Over 5 Years Amid Rising App Store Threats

Apple on Tuesday revealed that it prevented over $9 billion in fraudulent transactions in the last five years, including more than $2 billion in 2024 alone.
The company said the App Store is confronted by a wide range of threats that seek to defraud users in various ways, ranging from “deceptive apps designed to steal personal information to fraudulent payment schemes that attempt to exploit

DragonForce ransomware abuses SimpleHelp in MSP supply chain attack

The DragonForce ransomware operation successfully breached a managed service provider and used its SimpleHelp remote monitoring and management (RMM) platform to steal data and deploy encryptors on downstream customers’ systems. […]

DragonForce ransomware abuses MSP’s SimpleHelp RMM to encrypt customers

Zscaler to Acquire MDR Specialist Red Canary

Zscaler signals a big push into the security-operations market with the announcement of plans to buy Denver-based Red Canary.

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Iranian pleads guilty to RobbinHood ransomware attacks, faces 30 years

An Iranian national has pleaded guilty to participating in the Robbinhood ransomware operation, which was used to breach the networks, steal data, and encrypt devices of U.S. cities and organizations in an attempt to extort millions of dollars over a five-year span. […]

Iranian Man Pleads Guilty to Role in Baltimore Ransomware Attack

Sina Gholinejad pleaded guilty to computer-fraud and wire-fraud-conspiracy charges linked to the Robbinhood ransomware hit on Baltimore.

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New Self-Spreading Malware Infects Docker Containers to Mine Dero Cryptocurrency

Misconfigured Docker API instances have become the target of a new malware campaign that transforms them into a cryptocurrency mining botnet.
The attacks, designed to mine for Dero currency, is notable for its worm-like capabilities to propagate the malware to other exposed Docker instances and rope them into an ever-growing horde of mining bots.
Kaspersky said it observed an unidentified threat

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