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Web3 Dev Environments Hit by Fake Interview Software Scam

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cyber security, Cyber Security News

Web3 and cryptocurrency developers are facing a new wave of targeted attacks driven not by cold outreach, but by carefully engineered “inbound” traps. Instead of chasing victims through phishing emails or unsolicited Telegram messages, threat actors are now building fake companies, posting appealing job openings, and waiting for high-value targets to walk into their infrastructure. […]

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Investors Are Getting Into Data Centers And Downtime Is A Serious Concern

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This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine

Sausalito, Calif. – Jan. 12, 2026

–Read the full story in Financial Times

More than 200 zettabytes. That is the amount of data that was expected to be stored on earth by the end of 2025 – the equivalent of 200 trillion flash drives or 139 quadrillion floppy discs, according to Cybersecurity Ventures.

Digital services, cloud computing, and the rise of AI have dramatically increased the amount of data we consume, and it has to be stored somewhere.

A Financial Times article contributed by White & Case, a global law firm, states that reliability is a massive issue for data centers. Critical services depend on data centers, so downtime is a serious concern. A fault in a single data hub can cause huge problems across global markets.

Investors are getting into data centers in what has become a really hot sector. “For private equity, it is simple: data centers have a short construction cycle and they start generating cash quickly. It is very different from something like nuclear, which takes years to build and carries huge cost-overrun risks,” according to Tim Fourteau, Partner at White & Case.

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Instagram Confirms No System Breach After External Password Reset Problem

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Cyber Attack, cyber security, Cyber Security News, Data Breach, Instagram, vulnerability

Instagram has dismissed security breach concerns, clarifying that recent unexpected password reset emails were caused by an external party exploiting a now-patched vulnerability rather than a complete system compromise. The social media giant confirmed that a flaw in its systems allowed unknown threat actors to request password reset emails on behalf of users without actually […]

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India Remains Top Target for Mobile Attacks as Threats Surge 38%

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cyber security, Cyber Security News

New Delhi, January 12, 2026 – India has emerged as the world’s top target for mobile attacks yet again, recording a steep 38% year-over-year increase in mobile threats, according to the India findings of the Zscaler ThreatLabz 2025 Mobile, IoT, and OT Threat Report released today. The country now accounts for a staggering 26% of […]

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New OPCOPRO Scam Uses AI and Fake WhatsApp Groups to Defraud Victim

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AI, Artificial Intelligence, CPR, Cyber Crime, cybersecurity, Fraud, KYC, SCAM, Scams and Fraud, Social Engineering, Truman Show, WhatsApp

Meet OPCOPRO, an online scam that builds a fake AI-run world like The Truman Show using WhatsApp and apps to steal IDs via fake KYC and investments.

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Google Integrates Gemini Into Gmail, Rolling Out New Capabilities

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AI, cyber security, Cyber Security News, Google

Google has announced a major upgrade to Gmail, bringing its advanced Gemini AI directly into the email platform. The integration transforms Gmail into a personal, proactive inbox assistant designed to help users manage the ever-increasing volume of emails more efficiently. With 3 billion users relying on Gmail daily, this move represents a significant evolution in […]

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Criminal Networks Get a Boost from New Pig-Butchering-as-a-Service Toolkits

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cyber security, Cyber Security News

The scam industry has undergone massive transformations over the past decade. The cliché image of the once-iconic Nigerian prince duping Westerners from a local cybercafé is now obsolete. One of the key drivers fueling the ongoing sha zhu pan (pig butchering) epidemic is the emergence of service providers supplying criminal networks with the tools, infrastructure, […]

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GoBruteforcer Botnet Targets Crypto Project Databases by Exploiting Weak Credentials

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A new wave of GoBruteforcer attacks has targeted databases of cryptocurrency and blockchain projects to co-opt them into a botnet that’s capable of brute-forcing user passwords for services such as FTP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and phpMyAdmin on Linux servers. “The current wave of campaigns is driven by two factors: the mass reuse of AI-generated server deployment examples that propagate common

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PoC Released for Atarim Plugin Auth Bypass Vulnerability

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CVE/vulnerability, cyber security, Cyber Security News, PoC, Tools, vulnerability

A security researcher has published proof-of-concept code for a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the Atarim WordPress plugin that could allow attackers to steal sensitive user data and system configuration details. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-60188, affects versions of the plugin that use insecure HMAC-based authentication. Field Details CVE ID CVE-2025-60188 GHSA ID GHSA-648j-fchv-3hrv Vulnerability […]

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Cybercriminal Crypto Transactions Surge to 2025 High

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cyber security, Cyber Security News

Illicit cryptocurrency transactions reached unprecedented levels in 2025 as nation-states weaponized digital assets to evade sanctions, transforming the cybercrime landscape into a geopolitical battleground with record-breaking financial volumes. According to blockchain analysis data, illicit cryptocurrency addresses received at least $154 billion in 2025, representing a 162% year-over-year increase that establishes a new benchmark for digital finance. Illicit cryptocurrency transactions […]

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This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine