The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 16, 2021

And there will be loosely affiliated networks of solo operators that pick and choose who they work with through a robust cybercrime underground, just like rotating new drummers through a band. In 2022 we expect to see more aggressive and complex ransomware efforts. Central importance of identity.

CISO 262

CISO Ransomware Risk Authentication 262

Krebs on Security

MAY 29, 2024

.” The arrest coincided with the seizure of the 911 S5 website and supporting infrastructure, which the government says turned computers running various “free VPN” products into Internet traffic relays that facilitated billions of dollars in online fraud and cybercrime. The prices page for 911 S5, circa July 2022. $28

VPN 317

VPN Government Cybercrime Internet 317

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

technology companies during the summer of 2022. stole at least $800,000 from at least five victims between August 2022 and March 2023. 2022 that an intrusion had exposed a “limited number” of Twilio customer accounts through a sophisticated social engineering attack designed to steal employee credentials.

Social Engineering 340

Social Engineering Mobile Passwords Cybercrime 340

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In December 2022, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that a cybercriminal using the handle “ USDoD ” had infiltrated the FBI ‘s vetted information sharing network InfraGard , and was selling the contact information for all 80,000 members. But on Sept. defense contractors. USDoD’s avatar used to be the seal of the U.S.

Cybercrime 323

Cybercrime Passwords Authentication Malware 323

SecureWorld News

MARCH 15, 2023

Alright, how many of you saw a cryptocurrency ad on TV in 2022? The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has released its 2022 Internet Crime Report , which reveals the trends and impacts of cybercrime in the United States. However, phishing schemes were not the most costly type of cybercrime in terms of financial losses.

Cybercrime 131

Cybercrime Scams Cryptocurrency Identity Theft 131

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to build cyber and physical threat information sharing partnerships with the private sector, this week saw its database of contact information on more than 80,000 members go up for sale on an English-language cybercrime forum. Department of Defense. USDoD’s InfraGard sales thread on Breached.

Hacking 363

Hacking Energy and Utilities Cybercrime Accountability 363

Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2022

The FBI warns organizations in the higher education sector of credentials sold on cybercrime forums that can allow threat actors to access their networks. In 2017, crooks launched a phishing campaign against universities to compromise.edu accounts. ” reads the alert published by the FBI.

Cybercrime 145

Cybercrime Education Accountability Phishing 145

Krebs on Security

MAY 16, 2023

A Russian man identified by KrebsOnSecurity in January 2022 as a prolific and vocal member of several top ransomware groups was the subject of two indictments unsealed by the Justice Department today. prosecutors say Mikhail Pavolovich Matveev , a.k.a. “Mother Russia will help you,” Wazawaka concluded. 17, 1992). . 17, 1992).

Ransomware 297

Ransomware Cybercrime VPN Healthcare 297

Krebs on Security

MAY 28, 2024

KrebsOnSecurity identified one of the three men in a July 2022 investigation into 911 S5, which was massively hacked and then closed ten days later. The 911 S5 botnet-powered proxy service, circa July 2022. dollars using over-the-counter vendors who wired and deposited funds into bank accounts held by Liu.

VPN 259

VPN Banking Cybercrime Internet 259

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 2, 2022

The underground cybercrime forums are now awash in pleas from people who are desperately seeking a new supplier of abundant, cheap, and reliably clean proxies to restart their businesses. The various “iboss” email accounts appear to have been shared by multiple parties. Last week, a seven-year-old proxy service called 911[.]re

Malware 298

Malware Cybercrime Internet Internet 298

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 4, 2024

In January 2022, KrebsOnSecurity identified a Russian man named Mikhail Matveev as “ Wazawaka ,” a cybercriminal who was deeply involved in the formation and operation of multiple ransomware groups. Matveev’s hacker identities were remarkably open and talkative on numerous cybercrime forums.

Cybercrime 201

Cybercrime Ransomware Cryptocurrency Government 201

The Hacker News

JUNE 20, 2023

Over 100,000 compromised OpenAI ChatGPT account credentials have found their way on illicit dark web marketplaces between June 2022 and May 2023, with India alone accounting for 12,632 stolen credentials.

Accountability 127

Accountability Cybercrime 127

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Interpol has announced the arrests of 75 individuals as part of a coordinated international operation against an organized cybercrime ring called Black Axe. Interpol arrested 75 individuals as part of a coordinated global operation, codenamed Operation Jackal, against the cybercrime ring Black Axe. and the U.S.) million from victims.

Cybercrime 136

Cybercrime Scams Banking Mobile 136

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 28, 2022

“ BlackCat “), considered to be the first professional cybercrime group to create and use a ransomware strain written in the Rust programming language. On the cybercrime forum RAMP , the user Binrs says they are a Rust developer who’s been coding for 6 years. I AM DUCKERMAN.

Ransomware 309

Ransomware Accountability Cybercrime Malware 309

Krebs on Security

MAY 4, 2023

government this week put a $10 million bounty on the head of a Russian man who for the past 18 years operated Try2Check , one of the cybercrime underground’s most trusted services for checking the validity of stolen credit card data. was used to register an account with the username “Nordex” at bankir[.]com

Marketing 275

Marketing Cybercrime Accountability Cryptocurrency 275

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 10, 2024

Dellone says the crooks then used his phone number to break into his account at Coinbase and siphon roughly $100,000 worth of cryptocurrencies. 2023 story here about how experts now believe it’s likely hackers are cracking open some of the password vaults stolen in the 2022 data breach at LastPass. federal court.”

Cryptocurrency 308

Cryptocurrency Government Cybercrime Accountability 308

Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2024

Toyota has confirmed a data breach after a threat actor leaked 240GB of data stolen from its infrastructure on a cybercrime forum. Toyota disclosed a data breach after a threat actor leaked an archive of 240GB of data stolen from its systems on a cybercrime forum, BleepingComputer reported.

Data breaches 126

Data breaches Cybercrime Financial Services Hacking 126

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

A financial cybercrime group calling itself the Disneyland Team has been making liberal use of visually confusing phishing domains that spoof popular bank brands using Punycode , an Internet standard that allows web browsers to render domain names with non-Latin alphabets like Cyrillic. com — which was created to phish U.S.

Malware 312

Malware Banking Phishing DDOS 312

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

A notorious hacker convicted of perpetrating tens of thousands of cybercrimes, Kivimäki had been in hiding since October 2022, when he failed to show up in court and Finland issued an international warrant for his arrest. Kivimäki was ultimately convicted of orchestrating more than 50,000 cybercrimes.

Cybercrime 259

Cybercrime DDOS Hacking Accountability 259

SecureList

MAY 25, 2022

The Verizon 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report is out. Several things stand out in the 2022 report: Ransomware challenges continue to mount — “Ransomware’s heyday continues, and is present in almost 70% of malware breaches this year.” “Actor Motives: Financial (89%), Espionage (11%).”

Social Engineering 127

Social Engineering Cybercrime Ransomware IoT 127

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

A California man accused of failing to pay taxes on tens of millions of dollars allegedly earned from cybercrime also paid local police officers hundreds of thousands of dollars to help him extort, intimidate and silence rivals and former business partners, the government alleges. In December 2022, Troy Woody Jr. We know what E.Z.

Cryptocurrency 290

Cryptocurrency Government Internet Internet 290

Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2022

The 911 service as it existed until July 28, 2022. These services can be used in a legitimate manner for several business purposes — such as price comparisons or sales intelligence — but they are massively abused for hiding cybercrime activity because they can make it difficult to trace malicious traffic to its original source.

Cybercrime 302

Cybercrime Software VPN Backups 302

Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

One of Megatraffer’s ads on an English-language cybercrime forum. Megatraffer has continued to offer their code-signing services across more than a half-dozen other Russian-language cybercrime forums, mostly in the form of sporadically available EV and non-EV code-signing certificates from major vendors like Thawte and Comodo.

Malware 283

Malware Cybercrime Software Accountability 283

SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Finally, we will make some forecasts about financial attacks in 2022. The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to cause a massive wave of poverty, and that invariably translates into more people resorting to crime, including cybercrime. Cracking down hard on the cybercrime world. Analysis of forecasts for 2021.

Cryptocurrency 142

Cryptocurrency Banking Cybercrime Ransomware 142

Krebs on Security

APRIL 16, 2024

For nearly a dozen years, residents of South Carolina have been kept in the dark by state and federal investigators over who was responsible for hacking into the state’s revenue department in 2012 and stealing tax and bank account information for 3.6 A ten-year retrospective published in 2022 by The Post and Courier in Columbia, S.C.

Identity Theft 271

Identity Theft Banking Cybercrime Hacking 271

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Silent Push said Araneida is being advertised by an eponymous user on multiple cybercrime forums. Araneida Scanner’s Telegram channel bragging about how customers are using the service for cybercrime. In 2022, Araneida told fellow Breached members they could be reached on Discord at the username “ Ornie#9811.”

Hacking 149

Hacking Cybercrime Advertising Data breaches 149

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Thanks to your readership and support, I was able to spend more time in 2022 on some deep, meaty investigative stories — the really satisfying kind with the potential to affect positive change. Some of that work is highlighted in the 2022 Year in Review review below. A single bitcoin is trading at around $45,000. agencies]. .”

Cryptocurrency 270

Cryptocurrency Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Scams 270

SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Governments in many countries push for easier identification of Internet users to fight cybercrime, as well as “traditional” crime coordinated online. While we hope 2022 will be the last pandemic year, we do not think the privacy trends will reverse. What will be the consequences of these processes?

Government 137

Government Internet Internet Technology 137

Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2022

Experts warn of a new ongoing WhatsApp OTP scam that could allow attackers to hijack users’ accounts through phone calls. Recently CloudSEK founder Rahul Sasi warned of an ongoing WhatsApp OTP scam that could allow threat actors to hijack users’ accounts through phone calls. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

Scams 145

Scams Accountability Mobile Hacking 145

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 29, 2023

government today announced a coordinated crackdown against QakBot , a complex malware family used by multiple cybercrime groups to lay the groundwork for ransomware infections. Reliaquest says QakBot infections accounted for nearly one-third of all loaders observed in the wild during the first six months of this year.

Hacking 294

Hacking Malware Ransomware Government 294

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

A suspected leader of the Zeus cybercrime gang, Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov (aka Tank), was arrested by Swiss police. Swiss police last month arrested in Geneva Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov (40), also known as Tank, which is one of the leaders of the JabberZeus cybercrime group. Pierluigi Paganini.

Cybercrime 114

Cybercrime Banking Identity Theft Hacking 114

SecureList

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

According to the analytical agency Newzoo, in 2022, the global gaming market will exceed $ 200 billion , with 3 billion players globally. One of the most outstanding examples involves $2 million ‘s worth of CS:GO skins stolen from a user’s account , which means that losses can get truly grave.

Mobile 139

Mobile Passwords Software Accountability 139

SecureList

OCTOBER 6, 2022

PoS terminals are attacked just as often: few people give a thought to the fact that these machines need protection, as they hold the key to the bank accounts of hundreds of customers. We observed the threat landscape of ATM/PoS malware attacks and how it changed in 2020-2022. Methodology. Key findings.

Malware 143

Malware Banking Software Cybercrime 143

SecureWorld News

JUNE 21, 2023

Cybersecurity firm Group-IB recently uncovered a significant security breach involving ChatGPT accounts. These compromised accounts pose a serious risk to businesses, especially in the Asia-Pacific region, which has experienced the highest concentration of ChatGPT credentials for sale.

Accountability 124

Accountability Data collection Cyber threats Cybersecurity 124

SecureList

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Last year, we foresaw the APT and cybercrime worlds becoming more porous on an operational level. Here are the developments we think we could be seeing in 2022. In 2022, we will see more sophisticated attacks against mobile devices getting exposed and closed, accompanied by the inevitable denial from the perpetrators.

Mobile 145

Mobile Surveillance Ransomware Government 145

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

In 2020, the United States brought charges against four men accused of building a bulletproof hosting empire that once dominated the Russian cybercrime industry and supported multiple organized cybercrime groups. From January 2005 to April 2013, there were two primary administrators of the cybercrime forum Spamdot (a.k.a

Cybercrime 247

Cybercrime Banking Computers and Electronics DDOS 247

SecureList

JUNE 26, 2023

According to the Kaspersky cyber-resilience report , in 2022, four in ten employers admitted that a cybersecurity incident would be a major crisis for their business, superseded only by a slump in sales or a natural disaster. If an employee enters their credentials, the scammers get access to their account.

Cybercrime 128

Cybercrime Phishing Banking Malware 128