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Inside ‘Evil Corp,’ a $100M Cybercrime Menace

Krebs on Security

Justice Department this month offered a $5 million bounty for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a Russian man indicted for allegedly orchestrating a vast, international cybercrime network that called itself “ Evil Corp ” and stole roughly $100 million from businesses and consumers. LOW FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES.

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Spam Kingpin Peter Levashov Gets Time Served

Krebs on Security

.” Over the course of his 15-year cybercriminal career, Severa would emerge as a pivotal figure in the cybercrime underground , serving as the primary moderator of a spam community that spanned multiple top Russian cybercrime forums. Severa was a moderator on the Russian spam community Spamdot[.]biz.

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Operation Lyrebird: Group-IB assists INTERPOL in identifying suspect behind numerous cybercrimes worldwide

Security Affairs

The alleged perpetrator, who turned out to be a citizen of Morocco, was arrested in May by the Moroccan police based on the data about his cybercrimes that was provided by Group-IB. Almost each of the scripts contained in the phishing kit had its creator’s nickname, Dr HeX, and contact email address.

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Russian Cybersecurity Executive Arrested for Alleged Role in 2012 Megahacks

Krebs on Security

In a statement provided to KrebsOnSecurity, Group-IB said Mr. Kislitsin is no longer an employee, and that he now works for a Russian organization called FACCT , which stands for “ Fight Against Cybercrime Technologies.” A 2009 census found that Russians make up about 24 percent of the population of Kazakhstan.

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Top Zeus Botnet Suspect “Tank” Arrested in Geneva

Krebs on Security

Wanted Ukrainian cybercrime suspect Vyacheslav “Tank” Penchukov (right) was arrested in Geneva, Switzerland. Ultimately, Penchukov’s political connections helped him evade prosecution by Ukrainian cybercrime investigators for many years. This was enough to positively identify Tank as Penchukov, Warner said.

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Stark Industries Solutions: An Iron Hammer in the Cloud

Krebs on Security

These services can be used in a legitimate manner for several business purposes — such as price comparisons or sales intelligence — but they are also massively abused for hiding cybercrime activity because they can make it difficult to trace malicious traffic to its original source. An ad for war.md, circa 2009.

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Financial cyberthreats in 2021

SecureList

SpyEye, developed in 2009 and described as a “bank Trojan with a form grabbing capability”, surged from the eighth most common banking malware tool with a 3.4% We look at phishing threats commonly encountered by users and companies as well as the prevalence of various Windows and Android-based financial malware.

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