Tag: crimes
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Unusual attack linked to Chinese APT group combines espionage and ransomware
Tags: apt, attack, breach, china, cloud, country, credentials, crime, crimes, crypto, cyber, cybercrime, cyberespionage, data, encryption, espionage, exploit, finance, firewall, government, group, hacker, infection, insurance, intelligence, korea, microsoft, network, north-korea, ransom, ransomware, russia, software, tactics, technology, threat, veeam, vulnerabilityThe attacker demanded a $2-million ransom: The attack that resulted in the deployment of the RA World ransomware program, as well as data exfiltration, had the same chain: the toshdpdb.exe loading toshdpapi.dll then decrypting toshdp.dat which resulted in the PlugX variant being deployed. The difference is the attacker then chose to deploy the RA World…
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The Loneliness Epidemic Is a Security Crisis
Romance scams cost victims hundreds of millions of dollars a year. As people grow increasingly isolated, and generative AI helps scammers scale their crimes, the problem could get worse. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/loneliness-epidemic-romance-scams-security-crisis/
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Police arrest teenager suspected of hacking NATO and numerous Spanish institutions
Spain’s National Police, in a joint operation with the Civil Guard, has arrested an 18-year-old suspected of being the hacker going by aliases including “Natohub,” and known for hacking the computer services of private companies and Spanish institutions such as the Civil Guard, the Ministry of Defense, the National Mint, and the Ministry of Education,…
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Microsoft sues overseas threat actor group over abuse of OpenAI service
Microsoft has filed suit against 10 unnamed people (“Does”), who are apparently operating overseas, for misuse of its Azure OpenAI platform, asking the Eastern District of Virginia federal court for damages and injunctive relief.The suit was filed in late December but was not made public until last Friday, when the initial sealed filings were revealed.…
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Microsoft Sues Hacking Group Exploiting Azure AI for Harmful Content Creation
Microsoft has revealed that it’s pursuing legal action against a “foreign-based threatactor group” for operating a hacking-as-a-service infrastructure to intentionally get around the safety controls of its generative artificial intelligence (AI) services and produce offensive and harmful content.The tech giant’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) said it has observed the threat actors “develop First seen on…
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Hackers Brute Force Your Passwords?
Cybercrimes have always existed as a result of internet usage in our society. Traversing the wide web, hackers are trying to exploit any nooks and crannies in the system. While many new types of crimes are arising on the internet, brute-force attacks are still the most common. Based on recent research, they have grown from…
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792 Syndicate Suspects Arrested in Massive Crypto and Romance Scam: The Rise of Cybercrime as a Corporate Enterprise
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) recently executed a landmark operation in Lagos, Nigeria, arresting 792 suspects for their alleged involvement in a cryptocurrency investment fraud and romance scam. The raid, conducted at an imposing seven-storey building in Victoria Island, sheds light on the systematic infrastructure and advanced methods employed by these fraud networks…
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Nigeria Cracks Down on Cryptocurrency Investment Fraud and Romance Scams
The suspects were apprehended in a surprise operation at their hideout in Lagos following intelligence received by Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/nigeria-cracks-down-cryptocurrency/
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Next-gen cybercrime: The need for collaboration in 2025
Tags: ai, attack, awareness, cloud, crime, crimes, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, defense, exploit, framework, group, healthcare, infrastructure, intelligence, risk, service, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, training, vulnerabilityCybercrime is a relentless and evolving threat to organizations worldwide. However, with the right insights, we can significantly enhance our security, mitigate risks, and stay ahead of these criminals.FortiGuard Labs’ Cyberthreat Predictions for 2025 report is designed to provide exactly these insights. It identifies emerging threat trends for the coming year and offers actionable guidance…
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Cybercrime techniques leveraged for child-targeted crimes
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/cybercrime-techniques-leveraged-for-child-targeted-crimes
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European law enforcement breaks high-end encryption app used by suspects
Tags: awareness, backdoor, ciso, communications, computing, crime, crimes, cryptography, data, defense, encryption, endpoint, exploit, flaw, group, hacker, infrastructure, international, jobs, law, malware, monitoring, service, technology, threat, tool, vulnerabilityA group of European law enforcement agencies were able to crack a high-level encryption app that a group of suspects created to avoid law enforcement monitoring, according to a statement issued Tuesday by Europol. Europol, understandably, did not provide any specifics about how they broke the app, but encryption experts said that the most likely method…
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Notorious ransomware developer charged with computer crimes in Russia
Mikhail Matveev, better known as Wazawaka, was in court last week. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/mikhail-matveev-wazawaka-russia-charges/
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$400M seized, 5,500 arrested in global operation targeting cyber fraud
A coordinated international operation involving law enforcement agencies from 40 countries led to the arrest of over 5,500 individuals linked to financial crimes and the … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/12/02/haechi-v-interpol-global-operation-targeting-cyber-fraud/
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INTERPOL Arrests 5,500 in Global Cybercrime Crackdown, Seizes Over $400 Million
A global law enforcement operation has led to the arrest of more than 5,500 suspects involved in financial crimes and the seizure of more than $400 million in virtual assets and government-backed currencies.The coordinated exercise saw the participation of authorities from 40 countries, territories, and regions as part of the latest wave of Operation HAECHI-V,…
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CyFI: An Essential Paradigm for Financial Crimes Compliance and Risk Management in the 21st Century
First seen on resecurity.com Jump to article: www.resecurity.com/blog/article/cyfi-an-essential-paradigm-for-financial-crimes-compliance-and-risk-management-in-the-21st-century
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UK Justice System Failing Cybercrime Victims, Cyber Helpline Finds
A report from the charity the Cyber Helpline found that 98% of cyber enabled crimes result in no further action from the police or justice system First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/uk-justice-cybercrime-victims/
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FBI pierces ‘anonymity’ of cryptocurrency, secret domain registrars in Scattered Spider probe
The US Justice Department on Wednesday announced the arrest of five suspected members of the notorious Scattered Spider phishing crew, but the most interesting part of the case was a US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) document detailing how easily the feds were able to track the phishers’ movements and activities. In recent years, services that push…
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Microsoft Takes Down >>ONNX<< Phishing-as-a-Service Operation
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) has struck a significant blow against the cybercrime supply chain, seizing 240 fraudulent websites and disrupting a major player in the >>Phishing-as-a-Service
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240+ Domains Used By PhaaS Platform ONNX Seized by Microsoft
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) has disrupted a significant phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) operation run by Egypt-based cybercriminal Abanoub Nady, known online as >>MRxC0DER.>do-it-yourself>ONNX
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Microsoft, Meta, and DOJ Disrupt Global Cybercrime and Fraudulent Networks
Meta Platforms, Microsoft, and the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) have announced independent actions to tackle cybercrime and disrupt services that enable scams, fraud, and phishing attacks.To that end, Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) said it seized 240 fraudulent websites associated with an Egypt-based cybercrime facilitator named Abanoub Nady (aka MRxC0DER and mrxc0derii), who First…
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Microsoft disrupts ONNX phishing-as-a-service infrastructure
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) has seized 240 domains used by customers of ONNX, a phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform, to target companies and individuals across the United States and worldwide since at least 2017. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-disrupts-onnx-phishing-as-a-service-infrastructure/
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Five Charged in Scattered Spider Case
Five men have been indicted in connection with crimes committed by the Scattered Spider group First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/five-charged-in-scattered-spider/
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Assessing Banking Product Risks to Improve KYC Programs
Trapets CEO Gabriella Bussien on Why Banks Need to Fine-Tune, Automate KYC Processes. KYC protocols traditionally focus on account-level verification, but examining KYC at the product level can help banks assess risk more accurately. Asking targeted questions based on product risk enables institutions to detect potential financial crimes, said Gabriella Bussien, CEO of Trapets. First…
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How west Africa’s online fraudsters moved into sextortion
With ‘hustle kingdoms’ teaching young people the tricks of the trade, there has been a surge in blackmailing crimes <ul><li><a href=htt… First seen on theguardian.com Jump to article: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/21/how-west-africas-online-fraudsters-moved-into-sextortion
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Hacker pleads guilty after arriving on plane from Ukraine with a laptop crammed full of stolen credit card details
A man from New York City has admitted to computer hacking and associated crimes after being caught with a laptop containing hundreds of thousands of s… First seen on bitdefender.com Jump to article: www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/hacker-pleads-guilty-after-arriving-on-plane-from-ukraine-with-a-laptop-crammed-full-of-stolen-credit-card-details/
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CEO Durov Says Telegram Will Provide More Data to Governments
The CEO of controversial messaging app Telegram says it will now make information about users suspected of crimes more easily available to law enforce… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2024/09/ceo-durov-says-telegram-will-provide-more-data-to-governments/
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Microsoft Bing Copilot accuses reporter of crimes he covered
First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2024/08/26/microsoft_bing_copilot_ai_halluciation/
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Alleged ‘Maniac Murder Cult’ Leader Indicted Over Plot to Kill Jews
US prosecutors have charged Michail Chkhikvishvili, also known as Commander Butcher, with a litany of crimes, including alleged attempts to poison Jew… First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/commander-butcher-maniac-murder-cult-arrested/