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  <title><![CDATA[CircleID]]></title>
  <link>https://circleid.com/topics/cybercrime</link>
  <description>CircleID - Cybercrime</description>
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  <dc:rights>Copyright 2026, unless where otherwise noted.</dc:rights>
  <dc:date>2026-09-22T18:08:00+00:00</dc:date>

  
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      <title><![CDATA[Microsoft Disrupts EvilTokens AI Cybercrime Service Linked to 12,000 Compromised Inboxes]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/microsoft&#45;disrupts&#45;eviltokens&#45;ai&#45;cybercrime&#45;service&#45;linked&#45;to&#45;12000&#45;compromised&#45;inboxes</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Microsoft disrupted EvilTokens, an AI-enabled cybercrime service linked to more than 12,000 compromised inboxes, seizing websites and disabling domains used to automate mailbox analysis, impersonation and preparation for financial fraud.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-09-22T10:58:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Two Years After His Arrest, Pavel Durov Wants to Run His Own Registry]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/two&#45;years&#45;after&#45;his&#45;arrest&#45;pavel&#45;durov&#45;wants&#45;to&#45;run&#45;his&#45;own&#45;registry</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Telegram says it has applied for .gram, potentially giving a billion users DNS addresses while putting its governance, abuse controls, legal exposure and infrastructure under scrutiny as ICANN prepares to reveal applications.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-09-15T10:04:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cyberattackers Are Using AI Across More of the Kill Chain, Anthropic Reports]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/cyberattackers&#45;are&#45;using&#45;ai&#45;across&#45;more&#45;of&#45;the&#45;kill&#45;chain&#45;anthropic&#45;reports</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anthropic says attackers are increasingly using AI agents to orchestrate cyber operations, automating reconnaissance, exploitation, data theft and malware adaptation while lowering the expertise and resources previously required for sophisticated attacks.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-09-14T12:50:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How Domain Abuse, Social Media, and AI Fuel Brand Attacks]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/how&#45;domain&#45;abuse&#45;social&#45;media&#45;and&#45;ai&#45;fuel&#45;brand&#45;attacks</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[CISOs expect social media impersonation to become their leading cybersecurity threat as attackers increasingly combine AI-enabled deception, executive impersonation, and domain abuse across multiple channels to conduct fraud and steal sensitive information.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-09-14T07:55:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Reporting Gap: What Happens Between a DNS Abuse Complaint and a Takedown]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/the&#45;reporting&#45;gap&#45;what&#45;happens&#45;between&#45;a&#45;dns&#45;abuse&#45;complaint&#45;and&#45;a&#45;takedown</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[DNS abuse enforcement can stop abusive domains and drive systemic registrar reforms, but reporting barriers, inconsistent response times, and poorly documented complaints leave many phishing sites active before actionable cases ever reach enforcement.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-09-10T08:51:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[International Operation Disrupts Sality Botnet After More Than Two Decades]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/international&#45;operation&#45;disrupts&#45;sality&#45;botnet&#45;after&#45;more&#45;than&#45;two&#45;decades</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Authorities disrupted the decades-old Sality botnet by targeting its decentralized peer-to-peer network and supporting domains, cutting infected machines off from malicious payloads while beginning the longer task of identifying and remediating compromised systems.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-09-03T08:46:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Thirty-Five Years Later, Moscow Comes Looking for the Soviet Union&#8217;s Domain]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/thirty&#45;five&#45;years&#45;later&#45;moscow&#45;comes&#45;looking&#45;for&#45;the&#45;soviet&#45;unions&#45;domain</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Russia is imposing state identity verification on .su, the Soviet Union's surviving domain, as researchers uncover criminal infrastructure across the namespace and ICANN pursues a retirement process that could eventually remove it from the global root.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-09-01T08:35:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[FulcrumSec Claims 86 GB Data Theft in Manchester Airports Breach]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/fulcrumsec&#45;claims&#45;86&#45;gb&#45;data&#45;theft&#45;in&#45;manchester&#45;airports&#45;breach</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[FulcrumSec claims it stole 86 GB from Manchester Airports Group, including detailed booking and travel data, while the operator has confirmed a breach but not the group's account of its scale or method.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-31T14:59:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[ICANN’s New Data Sharpens the Picture of DNS-abuse Enforcement]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/icann&#45;updates&#45;dns&#45;abuse&#45;enforcement&#45;data</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[ICANN's updated DNS-abuse data distinguishes allegations from actionable complaints and malicious registrations from compromised domains, offering a clearer test of whether tougher contractual requirements are strengthening enforcement or simply generating a larger volume of reports.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-28T09:41:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[DNS Abuse and Criminal Infrastructure: Beyond Definitions and Blocklists]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/dns&#45;abuse&#45;and&#45;criminal&#45;infrastructure&#45;beyond&#45;definitions&#45;and&#45;blocklists</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Research suggests criminals may control a striking share of newly registered gTLD domains, raising questions about whether ICANN's definitions, contractual safeguards and enforcement mechanisms are keeping pace with the industrial scale of technology-facilitated harm.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-21T08:35:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[What Reagan-Era Cyber Strategists Can Teach America Today]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/what&#45;reagan&#45;era&#45;cyber&#45;strategists&#45;can&#45;teach&#45;america&#45;today</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Reagan-era cyber strategists anticipated today's transnational threats, proposing international treaties, public-private cooperation and infrastructure protections. As America again considers aggressive action against cybercriminals, their largely forgotten blueprint offers both lessons and warnings.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-17T12:01:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How Regional Domain Registration Habits Are Changing Global Portfolio Strategy]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/how&#45;regional&#45;domain&#45;registration&#45;habits&#45;are&#45;changing&#45;global&#45;portfolio&#45;strategy</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Regional domain habits are reshaping global portfolio strategies, as European companies favor country codes, APAC embraces layered local structures, and North America sticks with generic domains, while rising fraud adds urgency to defensive registrations.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-17T10:39:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Trump Enlists Private Firms for Offensive Cyber Operations]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/trump&#45;enlists&#45;private&#45;firms&#45;for&#45;offensive&#45;cyber&#45;operations</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Trump administration will allow vetted American companies to conduct surveillance and offensive cyber operations against foreign criminal groups, extending private-sector capabilities into cybercrime enforcement while keeping missions subject to federal approval, oversight and legal safeguards.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-13T08:33:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Phishing That Hasn&#8217;t Happened Yet: MX Records as Bad-Faith Evidence in UDRP Proceedings]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/the&#45;phishing&#45;that&#45;hasnt&#45;happened&#45;yet&#45;mx&#45;records&#45;as&#45;bad&#45;faith&#45;evidence&#45;in&#45;udrp&#45;proceedings</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Inactive cybersquatted domains may conceal active email infrastructure. MX records can corroborate bad faith in UDRP disputes when weighed with other evidence, helping panels address fraud risks before harm occurs without conflating capability with misconduct.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-07-24T08:14:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Who Registers the Domain That Steals Your Data? The Registrar Accountability Gap in India&#8217;s DNS Abuse Crisis]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/who&#45;registers&#45;the&#45;domain&#45;that&#45;steals&#45;your&#45;data&#45;the&#45;registrar&#45;accountability&#45;gap&#45;in&#45;indias&#45;dns&#45;abuse&#45;crisis</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[India's DNS abuse crisis exposes a registrar accountability gap: malicious domains remain online while vulnerable users bear the cost. Concentrated abuse patterns suggest stronger oversight and faster mitigation could significantly reduce predictable harms nationwide today.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-07-24T07:53:00-07:00</dc:date>
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