Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)
Generated: 2026-04-03 03:00 PDT
- Nigerian romance scammer jailed after being caught out by fellow fraudster
Graham Cluley • 2026-04-03 02:38 • www.bitdefender.com
A Nigerian fraudster spent years posing as a woman online, romancing unsuspecting American men out of their savings – until he accidentally tried the same trick on a fellow scammer, who told him to “learn how to do a clean job.”The recovered chat logs helped put him behind bars for 15 years.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/nigerian-romance-scammer-jailed - New SparkCat Variant in iOS, Android Apps Steals Crypto Wallet Recovery Phrase Images
The Hacker News • 2026-04-03 02:10 • thehackernews.com
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new version of the SparkCat malware on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, more than a year after the trojan was discovered targeting both the mobile operating systems.
The malware has been found to conceal itself within seemingly benign apps, such as enterprise messengers and food delivery services, while
https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/new-sparkcat-variant-in-ios-android.html - Man admits to locking thousands of Windows devices in extortion plot
BleepingComputer • 2026-04-03 02:04 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
A former core infrastructure engineer has pleaded guilty to locking Windows admins out of 254 servers as part of a failed extortion plot targeting his employer, an industrial company headquartered in Somerset County, New Jersey. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/man-admits-to-extortion-plot-locking-coworkers-out-of-thousands-of-windows-devices/ - Drift Loses $285 Million in Durable Nonce Social Engineering Attack Linked to DPRK
The Hacker News • 2026-04-03 01:35 • thehackernews.com
Solana-based decentralized exchange Drift has confirmed that attackers drained about $285 million from the platform during a security incident that took place on April 1, 2026.
“Earlier today, a malicious actor gained unauthorized access to Drift Protocol through a novel attack involving durable nonces, resulting in a rapid takeover of Drift’s Security Council administrative powers,” the&
https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/drift-loses-285-million-in-durable.html - Microsoft now force upgrades unmanaged Windows 11 24H2 PCs
BleepingComputer • 2026-04-03 00:55 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Starting this week, Microsoft has begun force-upgrading unmanaged devices running Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro editions to Windows 11 25H2. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-now-force-upgrades-unmanaged-windows-11-24h2-pcs/ - CERT-EU: European Commission hack exposes data of 30 EU entities
BleepingComputer • 2026-04-02 23:33 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
The European Union’s Cybersecurity Service (CERT-EU) has attributed the European Commission cloud hack to the TeamPCP threat group, saying the resulting breach exposed the data of at least 29 other Union entities. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cert-eu-european-commission-hack-exposes-data-of-30-eu-entities/
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
