Data theft forum admins busted after flashing their cash in a life of luxury
Alleged WWH Club admins have been charged with cyberfraud in the US after they gained attention by spending large amounts of money.
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Crooks Steal Phone, SMS Records for Nearly All AT&T Customers
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2024 18:12:20 +0000
AT&T Corp. disclosed today that a new data breach has exposed phone call and text message records for roughly 110 million people — nearly all of its customers. AT&T said it delayed disclosing the incident in response to “national security and public safety concerns,” noting that some of the records included data that could be used to determine where a call was made or text message sent. AT&T also acknowledged the customer records were exposed in a cloud database that was protected only by a username and password (no multi-factor authentication needed).
Read moreAlleged Boss of ‘Scattered Spider’ Hacking Group Arrested
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2024 23:40:20 +0000
A 22-year-old man from the United Kingdom arrested this week in Spain is allegedly the ringleader of Scattered Spider, a cybercrime group suspected of hacking into Twilio, LastPass, DoorDash, Mailchimp, and nearly 130 other organizations over the past two years.
Read more800 arrests, 40 tons of drugs, and one backdoor, or what a phone startup gave the FBI, with Joseph Cox: Lock and Code S05E12
This week on the Lock and Code podcast, we speak with Joseph Cox about the FBI’s successful backdoor into the phone startup Anom.
Read moreBlackCat Ransomware Group Implodes After Apparent $22M Payment by Change Healthcare
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2024 00:22:56 +0000
There are indications that U.S. healthcare giant Change Healthcare has made a $22 million extortion payment to the infamous BlackCat ransomware group (a.k.a. “ALPHV”) as the company struggles to bring services back online amid a cyberattack that has disrupted prescription drug services nationwide for weeks. However, the cybercriminal who claims to have given BlackCat access to Change’s network says the crime gang cheated them out of their share of the ransom, and that they still have the sensitive data that Change reportedly paid the group to destroy. Meanwhile, the affiliate’s disclosure appears to have prompted BlackCat to cease operations entirely.
Read moreFulton County, Security Experts Call LockBit’s Bluff
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 29 Feb 2024 22:18:54 +0000
The ransomware group LockBit told officials with Fulton County, Ga. they could expect to see their internal documents published online this morning unless the county paid a ransom demand. Instead, LockBit removed Fulton County’s listing from its victim shaming website this morning, claiming county officials had paid. But county officials said they did not pay, nor did anyone make payment on their behalf. Security experts say LockBit was likely bluffing and probably lost most of the data when the gang’s servers were seized this month by U.S. and U.K. law enforcement.
Read moreFBI’s LockBit Takedown Postponed a Ticking Time Bomb in Fulton County, Ga.
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 02:17:55 +0000
The FBI’s takedown of the LockBit ransomware group last week came as LockBit was preparing to release sensitive data stolen from government computer systems in Fulton County, Ga. But LockBit is now regrouping, and the gang says it will publish the stolen Fulton County data on March 2 unless paid a ransom. LockBit claims the cache includes documents tied to the county’s ongoing criminal prosecution of former President Trump, but court watchers say teaser documents published by the crime gang suggest a total leak of the Fulton County data could put lives at risk and jeopardize a number of other criminal trials.
Read moreFeds Seize LockBit Ransomware Websites, Offer Decryption Tools, Troll Affiliates
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2024 17:09:00 +0000
U.S. and U.K. authorities have seized the darknet websites run by LockBit, a prolific and destructive ransomware group that has claimed more than 2,000 victims worldwide and extorted over $120 million in payments. Instead of listing data stolen from ransomware victims who didn’t pay, LockBit’s victim shaming website now offers free recovery tools, as well as news about arrests and criminal charges involving LockBit affiliates.
Read moreFBI removes malware from hundreds of routers across the US
The FBI has removed malware from hundreds of routers in an effort to disrupt threat actors linked to the Chinese government.
Read moreArrests in $400M SIM-Swap Tied to Heist at FTX?
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2024 18:41:37 +0000
Three Americans were charged this week with stealing more than $400 million in a November 2022 SIM-swapping attack. The U.S. government did not name the victim organization, but there is every indication that the money was stolen from the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX, which had just filed for bankruptcy on that same day.
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