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Matthew Gatrel has been found guilty of three counts of computer-related crime. His partner in crime, Juan “Severon” Martinez, pleaded guilty before the trial.

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Record breaking HTTPS DDoS attack

June 15, 2022 0 Comments ampnode.com, Cybercrime, downthem.org, https ddos, iot botnet, reflection amplification attack, TLS

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2022 15:25:28 +0000

The number and power of DDoS attacks keep growing at an incredible rate year over year. Recently a new HTTPS DDoS attack record was broken.

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Email compromise leads to healthcare data breach at Kaiser Permanente

June 15, 2022 0 Comments attack, Cybercrime, data breach, email, employee, healthcare, kaiser permanente, stolen

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2022 10:30:13 +0000

We take a look at the latest healthcare breach, an email compromise of a healthcare employee and explore the fallout.

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Karakurt extortion group: Threat profile

June 14, 2022 0 Comments accenture security, advanced intel, anydesk, chainalysis, cirt, cisa, cobalt strike, conti ransomware, cyber incident response team, Cybercrime, cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency, diavol, diavol ransomware, dridex, evil corp, FBI, federal bureau of investigation, FileZilla, karakurt, karakurt extortion group, karakurt lair, karakurt team, kimberly goody, mandiant, mega.io, MFA, mimikatz, multi-factor authentication, ncc, ransomhouse, Ransomware, ransomware syndicate, rclone, tetra defense, virtual private network, vpn, wall street journal

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2022 16:00:29 +0000

An obscure group called Karakurt has extorted organizations in the US and elsewhere. Know how to keep it away from your network.

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Threat profile: RansomHouse makes extortion work without ransomware

May 31, 2022 0 Comments Cybercrime, cyberint, hagar margolin, hive, ransomhouse, Ransomware, saskatchewan liquor and gaming authority, shmuel gihon, slga, webz.io, white rabbit

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 20:53:40 +0000

RansomHouse, a new extortion group, distances itself from ransomware. However, it seems like it had ties to ransomware groups in the past.

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S3 Ep83: Cracking passwords, patching Firefox, and Apple vulns [Podcast]

May 19, 2022 0 Comments Apple, bust, cracking, Cybercrime, Law & order, Naked Security Podcast, Podcast, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 13:56:58 +0000

Latest episode – listen now!

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He sold cracked passwords for a living – now he’s serving 4 years in prison

May 13, 2022 0 Comments bust, cracking, Cryptography, Cybercrime, doj, Law & order

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Fri, 13 May 2022 15:31:56 +0000

Crooks don’t need a password for every user on your network to break in and wreak havoc. One could be enough…