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.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2022

30, Bug posted a sales thread to the cybercrime forum Breached[.]co The Digital Authenticity for Court Orders Act would require federal, state and tribal courts to use a digital signature for orders authorizing surveillance, domain seizures and removal of online content.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 29, 2022

” On April 5, 2021, Everlynn posted a new sales thread to the cybercrime forum cracked[.]to But KT said each time Everlynn gets released from police custody, they go right back to committing the same cybercrimes. The founder of the Recursion Team was a then 14-year-old from the United Kingdom who used the handle “ Everlynn.”

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

The force was originally created to tackle a range of cybercrimes, but Tarazi says SIM swappers are a primary target now for two reasons. Two months earlier, the task force was instrumental in apprehending 20-year-old Joel Ortiz , a Boston man suspected of stealing millions of dollars in cryptocoins with the help of SIM swaps.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2023

Google said it believes the exploit chain for Samsung devices belonged to a “commercial surveillance vendor,” without elaborating further. The highly technical writeup also did not name the malicious app in question. “The app has problems such as inexplicable installation, privacy leakage, and inability to uninstall.”

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