Cybercrime
Crime-related crypto losses drop from previous month but spike year-over-year
Losses from crypto hacks dropped by 57% compared to September but increased by 114% compared to October 2023.
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Lonely hearts and empty wallets: how one scam artist defrauded his elderly victims
One scam artist helped a group of scammers lured their elderly victims into a love plot by pretending to be US officials. All with the intent to defraud them of millions of dollars.
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Meta and Redline malware servers busted, VIPs outed
The Redline and Meta infostealers’ system, vital to cybercriminals, ruptured in an international push to take down the essential components of the criminal underground ecosystem.
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Hacking with generative AI lands man a prison sentence
A 25-year-old wanted to jump on the ever-so-profitable ransomware bandwagon with the help of ChatGPT-like bots. Instead of making money, he received a prison sentence.
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Massive illegal online gambling crackdown: Interpol coordinates 5,100 arrests in 28 countries
Interpol has busted thousands of illicit football betting websites, scam centers, human trafficking, fraud schemes, and other criminal activities in a massive operation, which led to over 5,100 arrests and the recovery of more than $59 million in unlawful proceeds.
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FBI nabs Alabama crook who hacked SEC’s X account
It took some time, but FBI officials finally arrested an Alabama man in January for hacking the Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account in an attempt to promote bitcoin (BTC).
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Cyber pros infiltrate ransom gang: here’s how they work
Group-IB was able to infiltrate the ransomware-as-a-service group Cicada, gaining access to its affiliate panel to understand its inner workings.
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Employers beware: North Korean hackers could be posing as your latest IT hire
Members of a stealthy North Korean hacking group are applying for IT jobs at companies across the US, UK, and Australia. Once hired, the bad actors steal your company's trade secrets and hold them for ransom, according to a new report by Secureworks released Wednesday.
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Hacktivist group Anonymous Sudan dismantled by FBI, two arrested
Two Sudanese men accused of being the brains behind the hacktivist group known as Anonymous Sudan have been arrested by the US government, leaving the once flourishing DDoS operation in shambles.
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Hacker who faked own death pleads guilty to role in malware scheme
Mark Sokolovsky, 28, has pleaded guilty in federal court after his initial arrest in 2022 for his role in the Raccoon Infostealer, a malware-as-a-service scheme.
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Meow ransomware gang claims Superior Court of California
A batch of sample files reportedly stolen from California’s Superior Court in Sonoma County, some dating back to 2013, have been posted for sale on the Meow ransomware group’s leak site on Tuesday.
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Scammer rings costing victims millions busted by international efforts
An operation spearheaded by Interpol helped thwart two criminal organizations engaging in worldwide phishing and romance scams, which cost victims millions of dollars.
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MoneyGram confirms crooks grabbed customers’ personal and transaction data
MoneyGram, a US financial payment services giant, has confirmed that hackers stole customers’ personal information and transaction data in a large cyberattack at the end of September.
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The FBIs favorite pants-maker exposes users’ payment cards
Popular US tactical equipment brand and retailer 5.11 Tactical has suffered a data breach impacting tens of thousands of its customers.
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“Lack of love” sparks years-long cyberstalking campaign
A self-proclaimed incel will spend over seven years behind bars after stalking two women while at university.
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Royal Mail impersonated in Prince ransomware campaign
Companies in the UK and the US have been targeted in a new campaign impersonating the British postal carrier Royal Mail to deliver ransomware that’s freely available on GitHub.
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Woman ends up in hospital after nude images leaked across social media
Terrell Ashby, otherwise known as “Jason Brandon,” of Williamsburg, Virginia, embarked on a ten-month sextortion campaign, landing one woman in the hospital.
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Feds crack down on Russian crypto exchanges used by ransomware gangs
The US Treasury Department has announced sanctions against several Russian crypto companies – otherwise being used as money laundering fronts for ransomware gangs – including a Russian charged with carrying out millions in transactions.
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Man scams $4M from mostly elderly victims
A federal jury in North Carolina has convicted a leader of a years-long telemarketing scheme that defrauded victims in the United States from a call center in Costa Rica.
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Europol busts massive criminal phishing network, over 480K affected
A giant phishing network that victimized hundreds of thousands has been shut down in Spain and Latin America, resulting in multiple searches and seized items.
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