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A Retrospective on the 2015 Ashley Madison Breach

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But a recent review of Ashley Madison mentions across Russian cybercrime forums and far-right websites in the months leading up to the hack revealed some previously unreported details that may deserve further scrutiny. 18, 2015, the Impact Team posted a “Time’s up!” ” Exactly 30 days later, on Aug.

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FBI, Dutch Police Disrupt ‘Manipulaters’ Phishing Gang

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The proprietors of the service, who use the collective nickname “ The Manipulaters ,” have been the subject of three stories published here since 2015. “The Cybercrime Team is on the trail of a number of buyers of the tools,” the Dutch national police said. A statement from the U.S. Image: DomainTools.

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Law enforcement seized the domains of HeartSender cybercrime marketplaces

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and Dutch authorities seized 39 domains and servers linked to the HeartSender cybercrime group based in Pakistan. A joint law enforcement operation led to the seizure of 39 domains tied to a Pakistan-based HeartSender cybercrime group (aka Saim Raza and Manipulators Team) known for selling hacking and fraud tools.

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LeakedSource Owner Quit Ashley Madison a Month Before 2015 Hack

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[This is Part III in a series on research conducted for a recent Hulu documentary on the 2015 hack of marital infidelity website AshleyMadison.com.] LeakedSource was advertised on a number of popular cybercrime forums as a service that could help hackers break into valuable or high-profile accounts.

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Feds Target $100M ‘GozNym’ Cybercrime Network

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The locations of alleged GozNym cybercrime group members. The indictments unsealed in a Pennsylvania court this week stem from a slew of cyber heists carried out between October 2015 and December 2016. After that incident, Ukrainian police arrested Kapkanov and booked him on cybercrime charges. Source: DOJ. Vladimir Gorin , a.k.a

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Cybercrime Statistics in 2019

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I’m preparing the slides for my next speech and I decided to create this post while searching for interesting cybercrime statistics in 2020. Cybercrime will cost as much as $6 trillion annually by 2021. The global expense for organizations to protect their systems from cybercrime attacks will continue to grow.

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New advanced FIN7’s Anubis backdoor allows to gain full system control on Windows

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FIN7 cybercrime group has been linked to Anubis, a Python-based backdoor that provides remote access to compromised Windows systems. The threat actor FIN7 , also known as Savage Ladybug, has developed a new Python-based malware, named Anubis Backdoor, which allows attackers to gain full remote control over infected Windows systems.

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