Security experts say Western teenagers comprise a number of active affiliate groups, many with ties to the cybercrime community that calls itself "The Community," aka the Com or Comm.

One security researcher investigating AI-hallucinated libraries said late last month that he found chatbots calling for a nonexistent Python package dubbed "huggingface-cli."

"An increase of attacks can currently be assumed, particularly in light of the upcoming European elections. These may include phishing attacks to publish stolen data or documents," a BSI spokesperson told Information Security Media Group.

UnitedHealth Group has publicly acknowledged that data was "taken" in the cyberattack on its Change Healthcare unit and said it has started analyzing the types of sensitive personal, financial, and health information potentially compromised.

Cybercrooks are exploring ways to develop custom, malicious large language models after existing tools such as WormGPT failed to cater to their demands for advanced intrusion capabilities, security researchers said.

The HHS' Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center in an alert warned that email bomb attacks - also known as letter bomb attacks - pose a considerable potential threat.

This investment round, led by Riverwood Capital with contributions from Silver Lake Waterman and Advent, bolsters BigID's efforts in data hygiene and securing sensitive data access.

The company confirmed that no credit/debit card numbers were compromised and assured that customer accounts are protected by multifactor authentication, ensuring security from unauthorized access.

The company mainly works for the Ministry of Public Security, focusing on domestic security interests. The leaked documents show the use of hacking tools such as Winnti backdoor and PlugX remote access Trojan.

Mark Sokolovsky, a Ukrainian national, has been extradited to the United States to face criminal charges related to his involvement in the Raccoon info stealer malware-as-a-service operation.