Predator Spyware Victims File €8 Million Damages Suit in Athens

Eight Predator victims sue spyware firm Intellexa, 13 others, for millions

Eight people targeted by surveillance software called Predator have filed a lawsuit against Israeli supplier Intellexa and 13 other individuals at a court in Athens, requesting compensation totalling about 7,600,000 million, or around 1,000,000 per person, their lawyer Zacharias Kesses said on Tuesday.

Predatorgate victims sue the spyware maker for €8M

Greece’s Predator spyware scandal has reached the courts. Eight people it spied on want 1 million each from the firm that built it. Eight victims of Greece’s “Predatorgate” wiretapping scandal have sued the Athens surveillance firm Intellexa and 13 people linked to it, Reuters reports. Each is seeking 1 million in moral damages, a combined [] This story continues at The Next Web

This Popular Antivirus is on Sale for $19.99

ESET NOD32 Antivirus blocks malware, ransomware, and phishing for 19.99 a year without slowing your PC down. The post This Popular Antivirus is on Sale for 19.99 appeared first on TechRepublic.

New Java-Based QuimaRAT MaaS Built to Run on Windows, Linux, and macOS

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a novel Java-based remote access trojan (RAT) called QuimaRAT that's capable of targeting Windows, Linux, and macOS environments. According to LevelBlue, the cross-platform malware is advertised under a malware-as-a-service (MaaS) model, costing anywhere between 150 for one month to 1,200 for lifetime access. Other subscription tiers include 300 for

FBI Addresses Report Claiming All Nancy Guthrie Ransom Notes Are Fake

An FBI spokesperson is shutting down a viral report claiming that three ransom notes pertaining to the disappearance of Savannah Guthrie’s missing mom, Nancy Guthrie, are fake. “The FBI and its task force partners have received several ransom notes over the course of this investigation. Some have been deemed to be extortion attempts without legitimacy,” []

Klue hack results in data breach at several cybersecurity firms

Huntress, HackerOne, Jamf, Recorded Future, and Tanium are among the cybersecurity companies that had data stolen following an earlier breach at market research firm Klue.

Alleged member of hacking group 'Scattered Spider' arrested in Finland

Scattered Spider, also known as “Octo Tempest,” “UNC3944,” or “0ktapus,” is a group of criminal cyber actors that attempts to extort ransoms from companies.

Nancy Guthrie Kidnapping Case Jolted by New Ransom Note Revelation

Don Arnold/WireImageThe FBI is rebutting explosive claims that none of the ransom notes in the kidnapping case involving 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie are genuine. The agency’s Phoenix field office said Wednesday that while some ransom notes sent to news outlets after Guthrie, the mother of NBC’s Today show anchor Savannah Guthrie, vanished from her Tucson, Arizona. home turned out to be fake, others remain under investigation.“Some have been deemed to be extortion attempts without legitimacy,” the office’s post on X said. “Other ransom demands may potentially be legitimate and are still being investigated as such.”Read more at The Daily Beast.

Fine firms for data breaches, Hong Kong cybersecurity experts urge

Cybersecurity experts have called on authorities to impose fines on firms that suffer data breaches, after the personal information of more than 1 million people linked to a leading Hong Kong appliance distributor was maliciously encrypted. They made the comments on Friday, a day after the city’s privacy watchdog announced it had launched an investigation into the breach, which was initially reported by Shun Hing Group on March 23. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data said...

Why this fully agentic ransomware attack is giving researchers nightmares

JadePuffer could be the first reported case of a ransomware attack driven by AI from start to finish. How can businesses respond?

The Nancy Guthrie mystery takes another turn as FBI says all ransom notes were fake: report

An FBI official told Reuters that the agency believes the two ransom notes reported in February, along with a more recent message from someone claiming to know the identity of Nancy Guthrie’s alleged abductors, were fake communications

FBI says three Nancy Guthrie ransom notes are fake amid probe

FBI says ransom notes tied to Nancy Guthrie case are fake as investigation continues and forensic evidence is analyzed. Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2026/06/30/nancy-guthrie-kidnapping-ransom-notes-fbi/90763009007/ Sign up for our newsletter for the day's top stories, from sports to movies to politics to world events: https://profile.usatoday.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/

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Smooth AI criminal drives 'first' end-to-end agentic ransomware attack

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Nancy Guthrie case: FBI Phoenix shares major update on ransom notes, ‘Demands may potentially be…’

FBI Phoenix has shared an update on ransom notes linked to Nancy Guthrie that media outlets have received, as the 84-year-old remains missing.

Kaji hukuman sebat kepada scammer, pampasan mangsa jenayah siber

PUTRAJAYA: Kerajaan sedang mengkaji mekanisme perundangan bagi membolehkan mangsa jenayah siber, khususnya penipuan dalam talian, menerima pampasan atau mendapatkan semula wang yang hilang akibat diperdaya sindiket penipuan dalam talian atau ‘scammer’. Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri (Undang-Undang dan Reformasi Institusi), Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said berkata, kajian itu sedang dilaksanakan oleh Bahagian Hal Ehwal Undang-Undang ... Read more The post Kaji hukuman sebat kepada scammer, pampasan mangsa jenayah siber appeared first on Utusan Malaysia.

'Unpleasant truth' in Nancy Guthrie investigation as ransom note reveals new details

EXCLUSIVE: Multiple media outlets received two ransom notes following Nancy Guthrie's abduction, with investigators withholding the contents of the notes from the public

Only $1.75m cyber contract money paid to supplier – EOCO witness

An investigator with the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), Mr Frank Marshall Cromwell, yesterday told the High Court in Accra that only 1.75 million out of a 7 million payment for cyber security equipment was transferred to the Israeli supplier under the contract. Mr Cromwell, who testified as a prosecution witness, said bank records The post Only 1.75m cyber contract money paid to supplier – EOCO witness appeared first on Ghanaian Times.

Hackers Breach Sensitive Government Network Used for World Cup and Major U.S. Event Security

The platform is unclassified. The information inside it may not be.

Millions of Driver’s License Numbers Exposed in Massive Data Breach

AssuranceAmerica recently disclosed that the breach stemmed from malicious activity targeting one of its employees.

Nancy Guthrie Update: Sheriff Says Latest Demand Letter Is Fake

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos is dismissing another alleged ransom note. After TMZ reported that they were sent an email from a person claiming to know the identities of the assailants who...

Former European lawmaker hacked three times with Israeli spyware

ALBAWABA — A former European Parliament member who helped probe the illegal use of spyware across the European Union was himself targeted with the Israeli-made Pegasus spying tool, according to a new investigation by Canadian cybersecurity group Citizen Lab...

Iran-linked hackers used Israeli IT providers to target government bodies

Once installed, the tool can infiltrate programs used to access other computers. Malware disguised as legitimate updates sent by the IT provider can be sent to the customer.

FBI determines ransom notes in Nancy Guthrie abduction are not genuine: report

Three ransom notes received from Nancy Guthrie’s so-called abductors following her chilling disappearance have been determined to be fake communications, according to a new report. Federal investigators determined that all three letters in relation to the kidnapping of “Today” show co-host Savannah Guthrie’s 84-year-old mother were not authentic, an anonymous FBI official told Reuters. The []

Researchers say EU lawmaker who investigated surveillance was hacked by Israeli spyware

By Raphael SatterJuly 3 (Reuters) - A former member of the European Parliament who served on a committee investigating abusive surveillance was himself hacked using an Israeli-made spy tool, a Canadian tech watchdog group said on Friday.Citizen Lab said in a report that the phone of Stelios Kouloglou, a Greek television journalist-turned-lawmaker, was hacked at least three times between October 2022 and March 2023 using Pegasus spyware, a tool distributed by the Israeli company NSO Group.