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A cybersecurity company spotted a new iPhone and Android malware that tricks victims into scanning their faces and ID documents, which are believed to be used to generate deepfakes for unauthorised banking access. Google has responded to the report, stating that Android users are protected against known versions of this malware.

Ukraines cyber police arrested a 31-year-old for running a cybercrime operation that gained access to bank accounts of American and Canadian users and sold it on the dark web.

Cybersecurity company, Group-IB's researchers found a new set of aggressive trojans named GoldPickaxe, targeting iPhone and iPad users by stealing their facial recognition data to break into their bank accounts.

Google is testing a new feature to prevent malicious public websites from pivoting through a users browser to attack devices and services on internal, private networks.

Ukrainian national Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov, one of the heads of the notorious JabberZeus cybercrime gang, has pleaded guilty to charges related to his leadership roles in the Zeus and IcedID malware groups.

The North Korean hacker collective Lazarus, infamous for having carried out numerous large-scale cryptocurrency heists over the years, has switched to using YoMix bitcoin mixer to launder stolen proceeds.

OpenAI has removed accounts used by state-sponsored threat groups from Iran, North Korea, China, and Russia, that were abusing its artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT.

Security researchers warn this malware could be used to create deepfake versions of the victim to commit financial fraud.

The U.S. Justice Department said Thursday that it thwarted a Russia-backed hacking network that infiltrated hundreds of Internet routers.