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KrebsOnSecurity in New Netflix Series on Cybercrime

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The producers of the Netflix show said footage from an interview I sat for in early 2020 on swatting and other threats should appear in the first episode. “Conspiracy.

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Alleged Boss of ‘Scattered Spider’ Hacking Group Arrested

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A 22-year-old man from the United Kingdom arrested this week in Spain is allegedly the ringleader of Scattered Spider , a cybercrime group suspected of hacking into Twilio , LastPass , DoorDash , Mailchimp , and nearly 130 other organizations over the past two years. man arrested was a SIM-swapper who went by the alias “ Tyler.”

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Anti-Money Laundering Service AMLBot Cleans House

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AMLBot , a service that helps businesses avoid transacting with cryptocurrency wallets that have been sanctioned for cybercrime activity, said an investigation published by KrebsOnSecurity last year helped it shut down three dark web services that secretly resold its technology to help cybercrooks avoid detection by anti-money laundering systems.

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Arrest, Raids Tied to ‘U-Admin’ Phishing Kit

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Brad Marden , superintendent of cybercrime operations for the Australian Federal Police (AFP), said their investigation into who was behind U-Admin began in late 2018, after Australian citizens began getting deluged with phishing attacks via mobile text messages that leveraged the software.

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How Cybercriminals are Weathering COVID-19

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In a report published today, the company said since late March 2020 it has observed several crooks complaining about COVID-19 interfering with the daily activities of their various money mules (people hired to help launder the proceeds of cybercrime). ” Alex Holden , founder and CTO of Hold Security , agreed.

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Amid an Embarrassment of Riches, Ransom Gangs Increasingly Outsource Their Work

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But judging from the proliferation of help-wanted ads for offensive pentesters in the cybercrime underground, today’s attackers have exactly zero trouble gaining that initial intrusion: The real challenge seems to be hiring enough people to help everyone profit from the access already gained. THE DOCTOR IS IN.

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‘ValidCC,’ a Major Payment Card Bazaar and Looter of E-Commerce Sites, Shuttered

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ValidCC , a dark web bazaar run by a cybercrime group that for more than six years hacked online merchants and sold stolen payment card data, abruptly closed up shop last week. Group-IB believes UltraRank is responsible for a slew of hacks that other security firms previously attributed to at least three distinct cybercrime groups.