March 11, 2024
Via: SecureWorldIn a sobering update released March 8th, Microsoft has revealed that the Russian state-sponsored hacking group Midnight Blizzard, also tracked as Nobelium, has gained unauthorized access to some of the company’s source code repositories and internal systems. This follows an […]
February 28, 2024
Via: SecureWorldIn a coordinated international law enforcement operation on February 19, the notorious LockBit ransomware gang had its Dark Web infrastructure seized by authorities. LockBit is accused of extorting hundreds of companies and organizations globally by encrypting their data and demanding […]
February 19, 2024
Via: Security AffairsA joint law enforcement action, code-named Operation Cronos, conducted by law enforcement agencies from 11 countries has disrupted the LockBit ransomware operation. Below is the image of the Tor leak site of the Lockbit ransomware gang that was seized by […]
February 16, 2024
Via: The RegisterThe murder of 16-year-old schoolgirl Brianna Ghey has kickstarted a debate around limiting children’s access to the dark web in the UK, with experts highlighting the difficulty in achieving this. Ciaran Martin, the National Cyber Security Centre’s first CEO and […]
February 16, 2024
Via: The RegisterA Ukrainian cybercrime kingpin who ran some of the most pervasive malware operations faces 40 years in prison after spending nearly a decade on the FBI’s Cyber Most Wanted List. Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov, 37, pleaded guilty this week in the […]
February 9, 2024
Via: DataBreach TodayFederal authorities have seized internet domains and arrested two men in Malta and Nigeria who they say served as sales and customer service reps for a dark web business that sold RAT malware to cybercriminals over a 12-year period, leading […]
February 2, 2024
Via: The RegisterJoshua Schulte, a former CIA employee and software engineer accused of sharing material with WikiLeaks, was sentenced to 40 years in prison by the US Southern District of New York on Thursday. Schulte was sent down for crimes including espionage, […]
January 26, 2024
Via: Security AffairsThe Russian national Vladimir Dunaev (40) has been sentenced in the US to 64 months in prison for his role in the development and distribution of the TrickBot malware. Vladimir Dunaev was extradited to the U.S. in October 2021. Dunaev, […]
January 23, 2024
Via: The RegisterA Baltimore man faces a potential maximum 20-year prison sentence after being charged for his alleged role in running an online service that sold personal data which was later used for financial fraud. Chouby Charleron is alleged to be behind […]
January 22, 2024
Via: The RegisterConor Brian Fitzpatrick – aka “Pompourin,” a former administrator of notorious leak site BreachForums – has been sentenced to 20 years of supervised release. Fitzpatrick was arrested and charged in March 2023. Authorities accused him of running the site, which […]
December 26, 2023
Via: DataBreach TodayA Russian man accused by the United States of trafficking in a hacked database of online credentials will apparently evade American courts after the Russian government said it had succeeded in extraditing him. Russian prosecutors said authorities in Kazakhstan will […]
December 20, 2023
Via: The RegisterA transnational police operation has resulted in the arrest of 3,500 alleged cybercriminals and the seizure of $300 million in cash and digital assets. Interpol on Tuesday revealed the results of what it’s dubbed Operation HAECHI IV – a six-month […]
December 12, 2023
Via: The RegisterAn ex-First Republic Bank cloud engineer was sentenced to two years in prison for causing more than $220,000 in damage to his former employer’s computer network after allegedly using his company-issued laptop to watch pornography. Miklos Daniel Brody, 38, of […]
December 1, 2023
Via: The RegisterAnother member of the Trickbot malware crew now faces a lengthy prison sentence amid US law enforcement’s ongoing search for its leading members. Russian national Vladimir Dunaev, 40, faces a maximum sentence of 35 years in prison for his involvement […]
November 28, 2023
Via: The RegisterInternational law enforcement investigators have made a number of high-profile arrests after tracking a major cybercrime group for more than four years. A joint investigation team (JIT), spearheaded by French authorities, formed in 2019 to bring down a ransomware group […]
November 21, 2023
Via: SecurelistAt Kaspersky, we constantly monitor the financial cyberthreat landscape, which includes threats to financial institutions, such as banks, and financially motivated threats, such as ransomware, that target a broader range of industries. As part of our Kaspersky Security Bulletin, we […]
November 17, 2023
Via: The RegisterThe FBI is applying “significant” resources to find members of the infamous Scattered Spider cyber-crime crew, which seemingly attacked a couple of high-profile casinos a few months ago and remains active, according to a senior bureau official. The gang, a […]
November 14, 2023
Via: SecurityWeekWeld Pond: hacker Is he a hacker? “Absolutely,” he says. “A hacker is someone who wants to understand how a system works, and then explore how that system can be manipulated to do something unintended by the developer. The interesting […]
November 3, 2023
Via: The RegisterA “debt management company” is itself facing a bill from Britain’s data regulator for sending hundreds of thousands of text messages to households that opted not to receive marketing junk mail. Digivo Media Ltd, which traded as Rid My Debt, […]
October 31, 2023
Via: The RegisterFor a period of two years between September 2019 and September 2021, two Americans and two Russians allegedly compromising the taxi dispatch system at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York to sell cabbies a place at the front […]