Cybercrime
Almost a quarter of internet users may experience cyberstalking by 2025 – report
Much of our lives are spent online, and alongside the freedom the online world brings, it also leaves us vulnerable to various threats. One of these threats is cyberstalking, which could affect nearly a quarter of internet users by 2025.
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Computer engineer hacks own employer, demands $750K ransom
A company’s primary computer engineer launched a cyberattack that attempted to extort $750,000 out of the firm.
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US Army soldier conspired with Chinese Government agent to deliver top-secret information
A US Army solider and intelligence analyst pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense information, alongside other related charges.
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Scammer transformed ads into malware
A prolific malvertising scammer has made his first appearance in court after being extradited to the US from Poland.
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FBI dismantles Radar/Dispossessor ransomware gang
The Cleveland Division of the FBI has disrupted the ransomware gang Radar/Dispossessor by dismantling its various servers and domains.
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Gang targeting Instagram accounts busted in Ukraine
A gang of cybercriminals who used brute force attacks to hijack other peoples’ Instagram accounts has been busted in Ukraine. The suspects face up to 15 years in prison.
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$10M bounty for information on CyberAv3ngers
The US Department of State’s Rewards for Justice program intends to award $10 million to individuals whose information leads to the identification and location of anyone linked to the cybercrime gang CyberAv3ngers.
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Tennessee man builds laptop farm to help North Korea
Knoot has allegedly been running a complex scheme for years, funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars to foreign actors, namely, North Korea.
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Black Hat USA 2024: Breaking Bad for outlaws as police put fear of God into them
Cyber gangs are out of control. Sadly, very few of these crooks are likely to end up in handcuffs since they’re so good at playing hide-and-seek with law enforcement.
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Notes from Black Hat USA 2024: “I hate to report it, but the Russian underground is as strong as ever”
Cut off one head, and two more take its place. It might seem that fighting cybercriminals is an uphill battle. But one expert we met at the Black Hat USA 2024 in Las Vegas appears hopeful.
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Cyber predator locked up for hacking into Snapchat to steal explicit images
A 25-year-old Pennsylvanian man has pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud after he hacked into the Snapchat accounts of women from his former high school.
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Scammer boasts about Telegram, Instagram, and TikTok account takeovers on podcast, sparks FBI investigation
Idriss Qibaa, the alleged owner of Unlocked4life, a service that takes control of social media accounts, went on the ‘No Jumper’ podcast to brag about extorting users. Qibaa was immediately investigated by law enforcement and is facing federal charges.
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Record-breaking $75M ransom paid to Dark Angels gang
An undisclosed victim has paid $75 million to the Dark Angels ransomware group, which is nearly double the amount of the highest publicly known ransomware payout.
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Online sadist “Rabid” guilty of child exploitation, faces decades in prison
A member of the online group ‘764,’ a decentralized network that targets children and forces them to engage in self-harming and pornographic activity, has pleaded guilty to sexually exploiting a child
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BreachForums leak lets hackers attack each other
In a twist of irony, private details of the original BreachForums website users, collected by its now-sentenced admin, Conor Fitzpatrick, were leaked online, giving hackers a taste of their own medicine.
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The biggest hacker alliance so far is determined to target NATO
Over 50 hacktivist gangs declare that they have joined the biggest cybercrime alliance with the sole purpose of attacking NATO, Europe, Ukraine, and Israel.
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Illegal gambling and slavery kingpins funneled millions to European football clubs
A Chinese cybercrime syndicate running a trillion-dollar illegal gambling business and responsible for human trafficking in Southeast Asia has sponsored European football clubs to promote unlawful gambling sites, a new report exposes.
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UK arrests MGM Resorts hack-linked 17-year-old
West Midlands Police arrested a Walsall resident suspected of targeting large organizations with ransomware.
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Jail time for operators of DDoS service used to crash thousands of devices
The men responsible for running Astrostress.com, a DDoS-as-a-service website, will face prison time after their service was used to impair thousands of victims' devices via DDoS attacks.
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Disney‘s internal Slack containing unreleased projects leaked – hackers
A hacktivist group claims to have stolen over one terabyte of data from Disney’s internal Slack channels, which were used by the mega conglomerates’ developers.
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