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Administrator of RSOCKS Proxy Botnet Pleads Guilty

Krebs on Security

The plea comes just months after Emelyantsev was extradited from Bulgaria, where he told investigators, “America is looking for me because I have enormous information and they need it.” “Thanks to you, we are now developing in the field of information security and anonymity! But that action did not name any defendants.

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Russian authorities arrested the kingpin of cybercrime Infraud Organization

Security Affairs

.’ In February 2008, the US authorities dismantled the global cybercrime organization tracked as Infraud Organization, which was involved in stealing and selling credit card and personal identity data. The group has been active since 2010 and was created in Ukraine by Svyatoslav Bondarenko. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Accused Russian RSOCKS Botmaster Arrested, Requests Extradition to U.S.

Krebs on Security

A native of Omsk, Russia, Kloster came into focus after KrebsOnSecurity followed clues from the RSOCKS botnet master’s identity on the cybercrime forums to Kloster’s personal blog , which featured musings on the challenges of running a company that sells “security and anonymity services to customers around the world.”

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Meet the Administrators of the RSOCKS Proxy Botnet

Krebs on Security

.” The DOJ’s statement doesn’t mention that RSOCKS has been in operation since 2014, when access to the web store for the botnet was first advertised on multiple Russian-language cybercrime forums. “Thanks to you, we are now developing in the field of information security and anonymity!,”

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Bulletproof VPN services took down in a global police operation

Security Affairs

VPN bulletproof services are widely adopted by cybercrime organizations to carry out malicious activities, including ransomware and malware attacks, e-skimming breaches, spear-phishing campaigns, and account takeovers. ” The three services were advertised on both Russian and English-speaking cybercrime forums. day to $190/year.

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330K stolen payment cards and 895K stolen gift cards sold on dark web

Security Affairs

A threat actor has sold almost 900,000 gift cards and over 300,000 payment cards on a cybercrime forum on the dark web. ” The investigation of the cybercriminal actor selling the gift cards and payment cards revealed that he is a prolific Russian-speaking hacker who was engaged in similar activities since 2010.

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The author of FastPOS PoS malware pleads guilty

Security Affairs

Chiochiu was a member of the Infraud global cybercrime organization involved in stealing and selling credit card and personal identity data. The group is active since 2010, when it created in Ukraine by Svyatoslav Bondarenko. The main website was a crime forum that was founded in 2010, it first operated at infraud.cc

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