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Feds Charge Five Men in ‘Scattered Spider’ Roundup

Krebs on Security

That Joeleoli moniker registered on the cybercrime forum OGusers in 2018 with the email address joelebruh@gmail.com , which also was used to register accounts at several websites for a Joel Evans from North Carolina. Click to enlarge. Buchanan would face up to 20 years in prison for the wire fraud count as well.

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From Cybercrime Saul Goodman to the Russian GRU

Krebs on Security

In 2021, the exclusive Russian cybercrime forum Mazafaka was hacked. A review of this user’s hacker identities shows that during his time on the forums he served as an officer in the special forces of the GRU , the foreign military intelligence agency of the Russian Federation. One representation of the leaked Mazafaka database.

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A Year Later, Cybercrime Groups Still Rampant on Facebook

Krebs on Security

Almost exactly one year ago, KrebsOnSecurity reported that a mere two hours of searching revealed more than 100 Facebook groups with some 300,000 members openly advertising services to support all types of cybercrime, including spam, credit card fraud and identity theft. Facebook responded by deleting those groups.

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Spam Kingpin Peter Levashov Gets Time Served

Krebs on Security

Levashov has been in federal custody since his extradition to the United States and guilty plea in 2018, and was facing up to 12 more years in prison. Severa created and then leased out to others some of the nastiest cybercrime engines in history — including the Storm worm , and the Waledac and Kelihos spam botnets. .”

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GUEST ESSAY: The Top 5 online privacy and data security threats faced by the elderly

The Last Watchdog

According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), seniors lost $500 each on computer tech assistance scams in 2018. Identity-theft. Identity theft can happen online, over the phone, or without the victim’s knowledge by stealing the victim’s information. Internet and email fraud. Debt relief scams.

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First American Financial Corp. Leaked Hundreds of Millions of Title Insurance Records

Krebs on Security

billion in 2018. According to the FBI, BEC scams are the most costly form of cybercrime today. In December 2018, the parent company of Kay Jewelers and Jared Jewelers fixed a weakness in their site that exposed the order information for all of their online customers. In August 2018, financial industry giant Fiserv Inc.

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Global Law Enforcement Shuts Down Two of the Largest Cybercrime Forums

SecureWorld News

In a coordinated international effort, law enforcement agencies from the United States, Europe, and Australia have dismantled Cracked and Nulled, two of the world's largest cybercrime marketplaces. By dismantling these two major forums, law enforcement agencies have disrupted a global supply chain of cybercrime tools.