Tag: crime
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Africa Sees Surge in Cybercrime as Law Enforcement Struggles
Cybercrime accounts for more than 30% of all reported crime in East Africa and West Africa, with online scams, ransomware, business email compromise, and digital sextortion taking off. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/africa-surge-cybercrime-law-enforcement-struggles
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Reported Impersonation Scams Surge 148% as AI Takes Hold
New ITRC data reveals identity crimes are down but impersonation scams now account for a third of all scams First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/reported-impersonation-scams-surge/
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Aflac discloses cyber intrusion linked to wider crime spree targeting insurance industry
The breach marks the latest in a series of recent attacks linked to cybercrime group Scattered Spider. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/aflac-cyber-crime-spree-insurance/751175/
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Scattered Spider widens web to target insurance sector
Following a series of high-profile attacks on prominent retailers and consumer brands, the Scattered Spider cyber crime collective appears to be expanding its targeting to the insurance sector First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366626275/Scattered-Spider-widens-web-to-target-insurance-sector
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ISX IT-Security Conference 2025 – True-Crime aus dem Netz mit Happy End
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/cyberangriff-bauergruppe-isx-conference-a-10789851b32537b9d004502fb47eeb11/
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Five plead guilty to laundering $36 million stolen in investment scams
Five men from China, the United States, and Turkey pleaded guilty to their involvement in an international crime ring and laundering nearly $37 million stolen from U.S. victims in cryptocurrency investment scams carried out from Cambodia. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/five-plead-guilty-to-laundering-36-million-stolen-in-investment-scams/
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Internet infamy drives The Com’s crime sprees
Unit 221B’s Allison Nixon said crackdowns have effectively shown the group that their actions carry real consequences. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/the-com-subculture-infamy-crimes/
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Organised Crime Gang Steals £47 Million from UK Tax Office in Phishing Scam
An organised crime gang has stolen £47 million ($64 million) from the UK’s tax office by hacking into over 100,000 customer accounts and fraudulently claiming government payments. His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) confirmed the breach but assured taxpayers that no individuals lost money. According to HMRC, criminals used stolen personal data, likely obtained through…
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Millions of low-cost Android devices turn home networks into crime platforms
BadBox malware has been menacing low-cost Android devices for nearly a decade. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2025/06/millions-of-low-cost-android-devices-turn-home-networks-into-crime-platforms/
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BidenCash busted as Feds nuke stolen credit card bazaar
Dark web crime platform raked in $17M+ over three years of operation First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/06/05/bidencash_busted/
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Microsoft launches European Security Program to counter nation-state threats
Tags: access, ai, attack, blizzard, cloud, control, country, crime, crimes, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, framework, google, government, group, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, malware, microsoft, network, open-source, resilience, russia, service, strategy, threat, vulnerabilityThree-component strategy: The European Security Program will operate through three main components designed to strengthen continental cyber defenses.The first element centers on enhanced threat intelligence sharing, where Microsoft will provide European governments with AI-enhanced, real-time insights into nation-state tactics.The company’s Digital Crimes Unit will expand intelligence sharing through the Cybercrime Threat Intelligence Program, giving European…
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U.S. Authorities Shut Down Major Dark Web Marketplace with 117,000 Users
In a blow to the cybercrime underworld, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced the seizure of approximately 145 domains, spanning both darknet and traditional internet spaces, associated with the notorious BidenCash marketplace. This coordinated operation, executed with support from the U.S. Secret Service, FBI, Dutch National High Tech Crime Unit,…
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How global collaboration is hitting cybercriminals where it hurts
In this Help Net Security interview, William Lyne, Deputy Director of UK’s National Crime Agency, discusses the cybercrime ecosystem and the threats it enables. He … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/06/03/william-lyne-national-crime-agency-cybercrime-ecosystem-threats/
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Infosecurity 2025: NCA cyber intelligence head spells out trends
Will Lyne, head of cyber intelligence at the National Crime Agency, sketches out cyber criminal trends as ransomware and other attack varieties become democratised beyond Russophone, skilled software developers First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366625059/Infosecurity-2025-NCA-cyber-intelligence-head-spells-out-trends
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UK banks urged to beef up anti-fraud systems for international payments
Data reveals ‘notable increase’ in scammers tricking people into sending money abroadUK banks and payment firms have been urged to strengthen their anti-fraud systems for international payments after a rise in scammers tricking people into sending money abroad.After years of horror stories about people losing huge sums through bank transfer scams, rules came into force…
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FBI Report: Beinahe 200.000 Phishing-Angriffe die Methoden
Mir ist im Mai 2025 eine Auswertung zum neuesten FBI Internet Crime Report zugegangen. Dort findet sich die Aussage, dass Phishing, mit über 193.000 Beschwerden in 2024, nach wie vor die häufigste Bedrohung durch Internetkriminalität in den USA darstellt. Nicht … First seen on borncity.com Jump to article: www.borncity.com/blog/2025/05/31/fbi-report-beinahe-200-000-phishing-angriffe-die-methoden/
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The US Is Storing Migrant Children’s DNA in a Criminal Database
Customs and Border Protection has swabbed the DNA of migrant children as young as 4, whose genetic data is uploaded to an FBI-run database that can track them if they commit crimes in the future. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/cbp-dna-migrant-children-fbi-codis/
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UK police looking at ‘range’ of potential perpetrators behind retail cyberattacks
The head of the cybercrime unit at the National Crime Agency says the investigation into cyberattacks on British retail companies is not focused on a specific group, for now. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/uk-retail-cyberattacks-nca-investigation
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Scattered Spider is focus of NCA inquiry into cyber-attacks against UK retailers
Detectives say English-speaking hacker community a key suspect after M&S, Co-op and Harrods targeted<ul><li><a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2025/may/21/uk-inflation-forecast-jumped-april-higher-household-bills-reeves-g7-canada-business-live”>Business live latest updates</li></ul>A hacker community known as Scattered Spider is a key suspect in a criminal inquiry into cyber-attacks against UK retailers including Marks & Spencer, detectives have said.Scattered Spider, a loose collective of native English-speaking cybercriminals, has been strongly…
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Cybercriminal Andrei Tarasov Escapes US Extradition, Returns to Russia
Andrei Vladimirovich Tarasov, a 33-year-old Russian cybercrime figure known online as >>Aels,
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After latest kidnap attempt, crypto types tell crime bosses: Transfers are traceable
Crypto abduction attempts continue to rock France. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2025/05/fractured-skulls-and-ski-masks-more-crypto-kidnap-madness-on-the-streets-of-paris/
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International Crime Rings Defraud US Gov’t Out of Billions
Fraudsters worldwide apply for money from the US government using stolen and forged identities, making off with hundreds of billions of dollars annually. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/international-crime-rings-defraud-us-govt-billions
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Record-Breaking $27 Billion Black Market ‘Haowang Guarantee’ Deals Conducted Behind Closed Doors
Major victory against online crime, two of the world’s largest illicit marketplaces-Huione Guarantee (also known as “Haowang Guarantee”) and Xinbi Guarantee-were forced offline on May 13, 2025. These platforms collectively enabled over $35 billion in transactions, mostly in the stablecoin Tether (USDT), for a range of illegal goods and services including money laundering, stolen data,…
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Xinbi Telegram Market Tied to $8.4B in Crypto Crime, Romance Scams, North Korea Laundering
Tags: blockchain, china, crime, crypto, data, data-breach, korea, marketplace, north-korea, scam, technologyA Chinese-language, Telegram-based marketplace called Xinbi Guarantee has facilitated no less than $8.4 billion in transactions since 2022, making it the second major black market to be exposed after HuiOne Guarantee.According to a report published by blockchain analytics firm Elliptic, merchants on the marketplace have been found to peddle technology, personal data, and money laundering…
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Einblick in LockBit: Lehren aus den durchgesickerten Verhandlungen
Die Ransomware-Gruppe LockBit hat kürzlich einen erheblichen Datenverlust erlitten. Ihre Dark-Web-Partnerpanels wurden mit der Nachricht ‘Don’t do crime CRIME IS BAD xoxo from Prague” (Begehen Sie keine Verbrechen, Verbrechen sind schlecht, xoxo aus Prag) verunstaltet, die zu einem MySQL-Datenbank-Dump verlinkt. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/einblick-in-lockbit
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Proaktive Cyberabwehr durch künstliche Intelligenz und maschinelles Lernen
Angesichts der immer komplexer werdenden modernen Cyberbedrohungslandschaft steigen auch die Anforderungen an die heutigen Sicherheitsexperten. Darüber hinaus werden die Angreifer immer schneller so lag die schnellste E-Crime-Breakout-Time im Jahr 2024 bei gerade einmal 51 Sekunden [1]. Zudem werden die Angriffe immer ausgefeilter, da die Angreifer zunehmend künstliche Intelligenz (KI) einsetzen, die ihnen eine noch… First…