The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 10, 2024

SpyCloud Investigations is a powerful cybercrime and identity threat investigation solution used by analysts and investigators to discover and act on threats by navigating the world’s largest repository of recaptured breach, malware, and phishing data. There is a vast amount of personal information in criminals’ hands,” said Jason.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 14, 2021

Brian Krebs has some good information on DarkSide, the criminal group behind that attack.) Criminals contacted the individual patients and demanded payment, and then dumped their personal psychological information online. The Colonial Pipeline is another current high-profile ransomware victim.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Department of Justice (DoJ) announced the seizure of the cybercrime marketplace Rydox (“rydox.ru” and “rydox[.]cc”). Department of Justice (DoJ) seized Rydox, a cybercrime marketplace for selling stolen personal data and fraud tools. cc”). Thousands of U.S. victims were affected. Attorney Eric G.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 14, 2023

From Brian Krebs : A Croatian national has been arrested for allegedly operating NetWire, a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) marketed on cybercrime forums since 2012 as a stealthy way to spy on infected systems and siphon passwords. The arrest coincided with a seizure of the NetWire sales website by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

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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. InfraGard , a program run by the U.S.

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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. But on Sept. defense contractors.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 29, 2022

Google said this week it is expanding the types of data people can ask to have removed from search results, to include personal contact information like your phone number, email address or physical address. The login page for perhaps the most bustling cybercrime store for stolen payment card data.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 17, 2023

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) this week arrested a New York man on suspicion of running BreachForums , a popular English-language cybercrime forum where some of the world biggest hacked databases routinely show up for sale. In April 2022, U.S.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2024

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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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 3, 2024

In a surprising move related to international cybercrime, Russian authorities have charged Mikhail Matveev, also known as "Wazawaka," with creating ransomware to extort commercial organizations, according to Russian media outlet RIA. law enforcement for years , with the FBI offering a $10 million reward for information leading to his arrest.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 14, 2021

“Servers were seized (country not named), money of advertisers and founders was transferred to an unknown account,” reads a message from a cybercrime forum reposted to the Russian OSINT Telegram channel. The new restrictions came as some Russian cybercrime forums began distancing themselves from ransomware operations altogether.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 24, 2022

Following a recent Supreme Court ruling , the Justice Department will no longer prosecute “good faith” security researchers with cybercrimes: The policy for the first time directs that good-faith security research should not be charged.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 17, 2024

The rapper and social media personality Punchmade Dev is perhaps best known for his flashy videos singing the praises of a cybercrime lifestyle. But until recently, there wasn’t much to support a conclusion that Punchmade was actually doing the cybercrime things he promotes in his songs. Among them is mainpage[.]me/punchmade,

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2021

Facebook says the data was collected before 2020 when it changed things to prevent such information from being scraped from profiles. The HaveIBeenPwned project, which collects and analyzes hundreds of database dumps containing information about billions of leaked accounts, has incorporated the data into his service.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 16, 2022

Earlier this month, the administrator of the cybercrime forum Breached received a cease-and-desist letter from a cybersecurity firm. “The set of information referred to is inaccurate and outdated, and does not put our users and customers at risk.” ” That statement may be 100 percent true.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 17, 2020

While the presence of the software is not by itself evidence that each network was compromised and information was stolen, investigators spent Monday trying to understand the extent of the damage in what could be a significant loss of American data to a foreign attacker. Arena informed his company’s clients, which include U.S.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

seized the stolen credit card marketplace PopeyeTools and charged its operators, this is a major success against cybercrime. PopeyeTools was a dark web marketplace specializing in selling stolen credit cards and cybercrime tools, facilitating fraud and illicit online activities since 2016. million in revenue. million in revenue.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 15, 2022

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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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 “There is also information on corporate taxpayers.” million people.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 27, 2022

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. The leak led to the public shaming and extortion of many Ashley Madison users, and to at least two suicides.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 29, 2023

A 2010 indictment out of New Jersey accuses Ieremenko and six others with siphoning nonpublic information from the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) and public relations firms, and making $30 million in illegal stock trades based on the proprietary information they stole. “The company is monitoring developments.”

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 12, 2021

Someone is selling account information for 21 million customers of ParkMobile , a mobile parking app that’s popular in North America. KrebsOnSecurity first heard about the breach from Gemini Advisory , a New York City based threat intelligence firm that keeps a close eye on the cybercrime forums.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 11, 2024

Level 1 vendors can supposedly have their information removed by paying a $100 fee. “Shadowcrew was the precursor to today’s Darknet Markets and laid the foundation for the way modern cybercrime channels still operate today,” Johnson said. “The Truth of Darknet Markets? “The Truth of Darknet Markets?

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

0ktapus used newly-registered domains that often included the name of the targeted company, and sent text messages urging employees to click on links to these domains to view information about a pending change in their work schedule. 0ktapus often leveraged information or access gained in one breach to perpetrate another.

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The Hacker News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Dubbed Operation Synergia II, the coordinated effort ran from April 1 to August 31, 2024, targeting phishing, ransomware, and information stealer infrastructure. "Of INTERPOL on Tuesday said it took down more than 22,000 malicious servers linked to various cyber threats as part of a global operation.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Department of State is now offering up to $10 million for the name or location any key REvil leaders, and up to $5 million for information on REvil affiliates. Some of these nicknames go back more than a decade on Russian cybercrime forums, many of which have been hacked and relieved of their user databases over the years.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

One of the largest this year was the MOVEit breach, which impacted various state motor vehicle organizations and exposed driver’s license information for nearly 9.5 Embedded cybercrime units within law enforcement closely track criminal and cyber gangs by tracing their actions on the dark web. million individuals.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2023

FlyHosting first advertised on cybercrime forums in November 2022, saying it was a Germany-based hosting firm that was open for business to anyone looking for a reliable place to host malware, botnet controllers, or DDoS-for-hire infrastructure. KrebsOnSecurity has asked the German police for more information about the target of their raids.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 24, 2023

The plea comes just months after Emelyantsev was extradited from Bulgaria, where he told investigators, “America is looking for me because I have enormous information and they need it.” “Thanks to you, we are now developing in the field of information security and anonymity! A copy of the passport for Denis Emelyantsev, a.k.a.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 31, 2022

A 26-year-old Ukrainian man is awaiting extradition from The Netherlands to the United States on charges that he acted as a core developer for Raccoon , a popular “malware-as-a-service” offering that helped paying customers steal passwords and financial data from millions of cybercrime victims. According to those sources, U.S.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) confirmed today that its fbi.gov domain name and Internet address were used to blast out thousands of fake emails about a cybercrime investigation. ” In response to a request for comment, the FBI confirmed the unauthorized messages, but declined to offer further information.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

In February, KrebsOnSecurity wrote about a novel cybercrime service that helped attackers intercept the one-time passwords (OTPs) that many websites require as a second authentication factor in addition to passwords. And all of them operate via Telegram , a cloud-based instant messaging system. org) for a checkup.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 20, 2021

.” Over the course of his 15-year cybercriminal career, Severa would emerge as a pivotal figure in the cybercrime underground , serving as the primary moderator of a spam community that spanned multiple top Russian cybercrime forums. The government argued that under U.S.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The financial technology firm Finastra is investigating the alleged large-scale theft of information from its internal file transfer platform, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. If you have any additional information about this incident, please reach out to krebsonsecurity @ gmail.com or at protonmail.com. ” On Nov.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 4, 2024

government indicted Matveev as a top ransomware purveyor a year later, offering $10 million for information leading to his arrest. Matveev’s hacker identities were remarkably open and talkative on numerous cybercrime forums. An FBI wanted poster for Matveev. government’s “Wanted” poster for him.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Someone has recently created a large number of fake LinkedIn profiles for Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) roles at some of the world’s largest corporations. If you were confused at this point, you might ask Google who it thinks is the current Chief Information Security Officer of Chevron. of spam and scam.”

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The cracked software is being resold as a cloud-based attack tool by at least two different services, one of which KrebsOnSecurity traced to an information technology firm based in Turkey. “We have been playing cat and mouse for a while with these guys,” said Matt Sciberras , chief information security officer at Invicti.

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