Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)
Generated: 2026-02-07 07:00 PST
- Fake Dubai Crown Prince tracked to Nigerian mansion after $2.5M romance scam
Graham Cluley • 2026-02-07 05:19 • www.bitdefender.com
When a Romanian businesswoman fell for a fake Dubai Crown Prince in a $2.5 million romance scam, investigators tracked the fraudster to his Nigerian mansion – only to discover he was masquerading as a campaigning philanthropist.Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/fake-dubai-crown-prince-tracked-to-nigerian-mansion-after-2-5m-romance-scam - German Agencies Warn of Signal Phishing Targeting Politicians, Military, Journalists
The Hacker News • 2026-02-07 03:15 • thehackernews.com
Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (aka Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz or BfV) and Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) have issued a joint advisory warning of a malicious cyber campaign undertaken by a likely state-sponsored threat actor that involves carrying out phishing attacks over the Signal messaging app.
“The focus is on high-ranking targets in
https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/german-agencies-warn-of-signal-phishing.html - Payments platform BridgePay confirms ransomware attack behind outage
BleepingComputer • 2026-02-07 01:47 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
A major U.S. payment gateway and solutions provider says a ransomware attack has knocked key systems offline, triggering a widespread outage affecting multiple services. The incident began on Friday and quickly escalated into a nationwide disruption across BridgePay’s platform. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/payments-platform-bridgepay-confirms-ransomware-attack-behind-outage/
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
