A Cartel Spy, Spanish Crime Ring Bust, and Other Cybersecurity Events

Key Points

1. A drug cartel hired a hacker to spy on the FBI, using an FBI employee's phone number to obtain call and text data.

2. A Spanish fraud network stole over €460 million from more than 5,000 victims worldwide through fake investment platforms.

3. Hackers exploited Call of Duty: WWII to infiltrate gamers' PCs using remote code execution (RCE) exploits, causing disruptions.

4. North Korean hackers are using a new macOS malware family, NimDoor, to target cryptocurrency users by tricking them into installing fake Zoom updates.

5. A Bluetooth vulnerability in Airoha chips allows attackers to eavesdrop on gadget owners and extract sensitive information like call history.

6. The number of contactless thefts via NFC has increased significantly, with Android malware like NFCGate being used to relay NFC data between devices.

7. Over 40 malicious browser extensions have been identified, masquerading as solutions from popular cryptocurrency platforms to steal private keys.