Cybersecurity researchers have exposed an underground residential proxy operation dubbed "LeakySensey," which monetized unauthorized access to more than 87,000 compromised IP addresses globally. Operating out of Russia, the illicit proxy network turned hijacked consumer routers, firewalls, and legacy VPN appliances into commercial exit nodes sold to cybercriminals, spam operators, and state-sponsored threat groups. The breach came to light when the service operator misconfigu

An elaborate social engineering scheme utilizing artificial intelligence voice cloning and spoofed mobile messaging has defrauded Fideuram - the private banking arm of Italy’s largest financial institution, Intesa Sanpaolo - out of approximately €95 million ($103 million). The attack represents one of the largest synthetic media financial heists recorded to date, illustrating the expanding vulnerability of corporate payment authorization processes to AI-driven impersonation.

The hacking group ShinyHunters claims to have breached the FBI's online recruitment portal and stolen sensitive information belonging to current and former bureau employees, as well as job applicants. The FBI confirmed on September 23 that it was investigating claims of unauthorized activity involving its FBIJobs.gov portal and potential exposure of employee personally identifiable information (PII). However, the agency has not confirmed the full extent of the alleged breach

Cryptocurrency exchange Bitget has confirmed a major security breach resulting in the theft of approximately $351.6 million from its hot and warm wallet infrastructure. The attack, detected on September 24, 2026, forced the platform to temporarily freeze user withdrawals while security teams isolated the compromise. During an emergency broadcast on social media platform X, Bitget Chief Executive Officer Gracy Chen revealed that preliminary forensic evidence points to North Ko

Revolut is reportedly facing a $3 million ransom demand after hackers obtained sensitive information belonging to hundreds of its customers and threatened to sell the data to other criminal groups. Editorial credit: Matthew Nichols1 / Shutterstock The group behind the extortion attempt, calling itself “iamnotavillain,” reportedly demanded 6,000 Monero, a privacy-focused cryptocurrency worth approximately $3 million, and gave the fintech company 24 hours to pay. The hackers th