Abacus Market, the Western world’s highest-grossing dark web marketplace, went offline in early July 2025, following user reports of withdrawal issues that began in late June. Experts believe this marks a classic exit scam.

Indian law enforcement, in collaboration with international agencies, has dismantled a fraudulent tech support call center operation targeting victims in the UK, US, and Australia through fraudulent tech support schemes.

A recent report by the UK Parliament’s ISC has raised alarms over the potential for significant disruption to the UK’s petrochemical, utilities, and finance sectors, especially amid escalating geopolitical tensions.

Taiwan’s National Security Bureau (NSB) has issued a public warning following random inspections of five Chinese-developed mobile applications—TikTok, WeChat, Weibo, Baidu Cloud, and rednote—widely used by Taiwanese citizens.

Kelly Benefits disclosed a significant data breach that affected over 553,000 individuals. The breach, which occurred in December 2024, has impacted dozens of corporate clients across critical sectors including healthcare and financial services.

Ahold Delhaize, a major global food retailer, disclosed a ransomware attack on its US operations that exposed personal data of over 2.2 million individuals. The attack was detected on November 6, and primarily affected internal employment records.

The first half of 2025 has seen a dramatic surge in cryptocurrency-related cybercrime, with total losses from scams, hacks, and exploits reaching approximately $2.47 billion. This figure already surpasses the total losses recorded in all of 2024.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) and Microsoft have launched a coordinated crackdown on North Korean IT worker schemes that have infiltrated over 100 U.S. companies, including Fortune 500 firms.

A threat actor group tracked as CL-CRI-1014 has been targeting financial institutions across Africa since at least 2023. These attackers function as initial access brokers (IABs), compromising networks and selling access on the dark web.

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a widespread campaign involving over 130 malicious GitHub repositories created by a threat actor using the alias "ischhfd83." These repositories impersonated malware tools and game cheats to lure users.