Credit to Author: Naked Security writer| Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2022 15:52:57 +0000
Cryptocurrency expert didn’t take “No” for an answer when the US authorities said he couldn’t pursue cryptocoin opps in North Korea.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 17:29:33 +0000
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said today it seized the website and user database for RaidForums, an extremely popular English-language cybercrime forum that sold access to more than 10 billion consumer records stolen in some of the world’s largest data breaches since 2015. The DOJ also charged the alleged administrator of RaidForums — 21-year-old Diogo Santos Coelho, of Portugal — with six criminal counts, including conspiracy, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2022 22:03:45 +0000
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says it has disrupted a giant botnet built and operated by a Russian government intelligence unit known for launching destructive cyberattacks against energy infrastructure in the United States and Ukraine. Separately, law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and Germany moved to decapitate “Hydra,” a billion-dollar Russian darknet drug bazaar that also helped to launder the profits of multiple Russian ransomware groups.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2022 17:55:38 +0000
Many organizations are already struggling to combat cybersecurity threats from ransomware purveyors and state-sponsored hacking groups, both of which tend to take days or weeks to pivot from an opportunistic malware infection to a full blown data breach. But few organizations have a playbook for responding to the kinds of virtual “smash and grab” attacks we’ve seen recently from LAPSUS$, a juvenile data extortion group whose short-lived, low-tech and remarkably effective tactics are putting some of the world’s biggest corporations on edge.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 14:07:27 +0000
There is a terrifying and highly effective “method” that criminal hackers are now using to harvest sensitive customer data from Internet service providers, phone companies and social media firms. It involves compromising email accounts and websites tied to police departments and government agencies, and then sending unauthorized demands for subscriber data while claiming the information being requested can’t wait for a court order because it relates to an urgent matter of life and death.
Read moreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 13:15:27 +0000
In 2021 the IC3 received 23,903 complaints related to tech support fraud from victims in 70 countries. Stay away from these scammers.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2022 16:56:08 +0000
The US Administration has yet again called out business leaders to strengthen their defenses against a cyberattack from Russia.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 21:09:12 +0000
The AvosLocker ransomware as a service affiliates have been found to target multiple critical infrastructure sectors, using Exchange Server vulnerabilities.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2022 12:44:15 +0000
Osondu Victor Igwilo, a Nigerian resident, was charged with money laundering, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2022 13:31:14 +0000
The FBI has warned the public about a new fraud scheme that involves impersonating law enforcement and government personnel in order to steal money and data.
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