Europol arrests 193 in crackdown against Violence-as-a-Service platforms. Unclear if any of the arrests are TheCom members

Europol

Operational Taskforce GRIMM: 193 arrests in 6 months tackling violence-as-a-service networks | Europol

Europol’s Operational Taskforce (OTF) GRIMM has made significant progress in its first six months of operation, arresting 193 individuals and...

The International Criminal Court will investigate genocide and war crimes that have been enabled through cyberspace (hacks, leaks, social media posts) The ICC published its new policy and has put cyber on the same footing as crimes committed through other means https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/icc-office-prosecutor-launches-policy-cyber-enabled-crimes-under-rome-statute-address

Per Sysdig, North Korean hackers are now exploiting React2Shell to drop EtherRAT, a remote access trojan that uses Ethereum smart contracts as C2

EtherRAT: DPRK uses novel Ethereum implant in React2Shell attacks | Sysdig

Discover how the critical React2Shell vulnerability (CVE-2025-55182) is being actively exploited to deploy EtherRAT, a persistent access implant th...

Koi Security researchers have discovered a malicious VSCode theme (Bitcoin Black) and extension (Codo AI) that captures a user's screen and sends it to attackers, in the hopes of capturing passwords and crypto-wallet seed phrases

The VS Code Malware That Captures Your Screen

Malicious VS Code malware captures your screen activity, putting sensitive coding and personal information at serious risk for developers.

Meta told the EU it will use less personal data for ads ...and those dummies believed it!!!

European Commission - European Commission

Daily News 08 \/ 12 \/ 2025

Meta commits to give EU users choice on personalised ads under DMA\nThe European Commission acknowledges Meta\

Dear lord... this Assassin's Creed game has some of the best nature and weather effects I've seen 😍

Does nobody monitor that grid? How do you even steal that much power?

Bloomberg.com

Bitcoin Miners Hunted After Stealing $1 Billion of Electricity From Malaysia Grid

Cracking down on illegal Bitcoin mining gangs has become a cat-and-mouse game in Malaysia.

"Three Ukrainian men found with an arsenal of hacking equipment were arrested in Poland, amid concerns they could be plotting to orchestrate cyberattacks on the country’s IT infrastructure."

Three Ukrainians arrested with spying devices in Poland

Police said the men suddenly “forgot” English when being interviewed.

The US State Department is offering a $10 million reward for an Iranian couple who works for a contractor for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Cyber-Electronic Command (IRGC-CEC). The couple allegedly works for the company behind the Emennet Pasargad hacktivist group.

Fatemeh Sedighian Kashi & Mohammad Bagher Shirinkar – Rewards For Justice

A Chinese think tank has published a hit piece on seven cybersecurity and policy experts specializing in Chinese cyber operations

心智观察所：美国网络安全智库的“反华合唱团”

智库一直在美国政治和治理体系中扮演关键角色。在这个体系里，总会阶段性地冒出一些“引领风骚三五年”的...