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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. According to prosecutors, the group mainly sought to steal cryptocurrency from victim companies and their employees.

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GoDaddy Employees Used in Attacks on Multiple Cryptocurrency Services

Krebs on Security

Fraudsters redirected email and web traffic destined for several cryptocurrency trading platforms over the past week. And in May of this year, GoDaddy disclosed that 28,000 of its customers’ web hosting accounts were compromised following a security incident in Oct. 2019 that wasn’t discovered until April 2020. PST on Nov.

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The GitVenom campaign: cryptocurrency theft using GitHub

SecureList

Very frequently, code published on the Internet serves as a source of inspiration for software developers whenever they need to implement a project feature, they often check whether the code they need is already available online. com/Dipo17/battle ) and execute them. These components were as follows: A Node.js

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FBI: Spike in Hacked Police Emails, Fake Subpoenas

Krebs on Security

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is urging police departments and governments worldwide to beef up security around their email systems, citing a recent increase in cybercriminal services that use hacked police email accounts to send unauthorized subpoenas and customer data requests to U.S.-based based technology companies.

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Meta takes down more than 2 million accounts in fight against pig butchering

Malwarebytes

Meta provided insight this week into the company’s efforts in taking down more than 2 million accounts that were connected to pig butchering scams on their owned platforms, Facebook and Instagram. Once the victim places enough trust in the scammer, they bring the victim into a cryptocurrency investment scheme.

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Alleged ‘Scattered Spider’ Member Extradited to U.S.

Krebs on Security

. “tylerb”) fled the United Kingdom in February 2023, after a rival cybercrime gang hired thugs to invade his home, assault his mother, and threaten to burn him with a blowtorch unless he gave up the keys to his cryptocurrency wallet. His extradition to the United States was first reported last week by Bloomberg. ” U.S.

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Large-scale cryptocurrency miner campaign targets Russian users with SilentCryptoMiner

Security Affairs

Experts warn of a large-scale cryptocurrency miner campaign targeting Russian users with SilentCryptoMiner. Kaspersky researchers discovered a mass malware campaign spreading SilentCryptoMiner by disguising it as a tool to bypass internet restrictions. ” reads the report published by Kaspersky. ” concludes the report.