Cybercrime Nigerian Man Sentenced to 8 Years in US Prison for $8 Million BEC Scheme Olalekan Jacob Ponle, a Nigerian national living in the UAE, was sentenced to 8 years in a US prison for his role in an... Eduard KovacsJuly 18, 2023
Cybercrime Black Hat Hacker Exposes Real Identity After Infecting Own Computer With Malware A threat actor’s real identity was uncovered after they infected their own computer with an information stealer. Ionut ArghireJuly 18, 2023
Cybercrime Hacker Conversations: Inside the Mind of Daniel Kelley, ex-Blackhat Daniel Kelley was just 18 years old when he was arrested and charged on thirty counts – most infamously for the 2015 hack of... Kevin TownsendJuly 18, 2023
Cybercrime Owner of Cybercrime Website BreachForums Pleads Guilty Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, the owner of the infamous cybercrime website BreachForums, has pleaded guilty in a US court. Ionut ArghireJuly 17, 2023
Cybercrime In Other News: Security Firm Hit by Investor Lawsuit, Satellite Hacking, Cloud Attacks Weekly cybersecurity news roundup that provides a summary of noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar for the week of July 10,... SecurityWeek NewsJuly 14, 2023
Cybercrime Microsoft Revokes Many Signed Drivers Used by Chinese Cybercriminals Microsoft has revoked signed drivers used for post-exploitation activity, in many cases by Chinese cybercriminals. Eduard KovacsJuly 12, 2023
Cybercrime Microsoft Warns of Office Zero-Day Attacks, No Patch Available Patch Tuesday: Microsoft calls attention to a series of zero-day remote code execution attacks hitting its Office productivity suite. Ryan NaraineJuly 11, 2023
Cybercrime Critical Infrastructure Services Firm Ventia Takes Systems Offline Due to Cyberattack Critical infrastructure services provider Ventia has taken some systems offline following a cyberattack. Ionut ArghireJuly 10, 2023
Cybercrime After Zero-Day Attacks, MOVEit Turns to Security Service Packs Facing ransomware zero-days, Progress Software will release regular service packs to help customers mitigate critical security flaws. Ryan NaraineJuly 7, 2023
Cybercrime Former Contractor Employee Charged for Hacking California Water Treatment Facility Former contractor employee charged with hacking for accessing the systems of a water treatment facility in California to delete critical software. Eduard KovacsJuly 7, 2023
Cybercrime Shell Confirms MOVEit-Related Breach After Ransomware Group Leaks Data Shell confirms that employee personal information has been stolen after the Cl0p ransomware group leaked data allegedly stolen from the energy giant. Eduard KovacsJuly 6, 2023
Cybercrime Interpol: Key Member of Major Cybercrime Group Arrested in Africa Law enforcement authorities have arrested a suspected senior member of the French-speaking Opera1er cybercrime group. Ionut ArghireJuly 6, 2023