Cybercrime Botnet Disrupted by FBI Still Used by Russian Spies, Cybercriminals A botnet dismantled in January and used by Russia-linked APT28 consisted of more than just Ubiquiti Edge OS routers. Ionut ArghireMay 3, 2024
Cybercrime Ukrainian REvil Ransomware Affiliate Gets 13 Years in US Prison Yaroslav Vasinskyi was sentenced to 13 years and seven months in prison for his alleged role in the REvil ransomware operation. Ionut ArghireMay 3, 2024
Cybercrime Verizon DBIR 2024 Shows Surge in Vulnerability Exploitation, Confirmed Data Breaches Verizon’s 2024 DBIR shows that vulnerability exploitation increased three times and confirmed data breaches doubled compared to the previous year. Eduard KovacsMay 2, 2024
Cybercrime Finnish Hacker Gets Prison for Accessing Thousands of Psychotherapy Records and Demanding Ransoms In February 2023, French police arrested well-known Finnish hacker Aleksanteri Kivimäki, who was living under a false identity near Paris. He was deported to... Associated PressApril 30, 2024
Cybercrime Critical WordPress Automatic Plugin Vulnerability Exploited to Inject Backdoors A vulnerability in the WordPress Automatic plugin is being exploited to inject backdoors and web shells into websites. Ionut ArghireApril 26, 2024
Cybercrime Cannes Hospital Cancels Medical Procedures Following Cyberattack Cannes Hospital Centre – Simone Veil cancels medical procedures after shutting down systems in response to a cyberattack. Ionut ArghireApril 22, 2024
Cybercrime Frontier Communications Shuts Down Systems Following Cyberattack Telecom giant Frontier shuts down systems to contain a cyberattack that led to personal information compromise. Ionut ArghireApril 19, 2024
Cybercrime Phishing Platform LabHost Shut Down by Law Enforcement LabHost, a major phishing-as-a-service platform, has been shut down as part of a major law enforcement operation. Eduard KovacsApril 18, 2024
Cybercrime Cryptojacker Arrested, Charged for Defrauding Cloud Providers of $3.5 Million Charles O. Parks III was arrested and charged with defrauding two cloud-services providers of $3.5 million. Ionut ArghireApril 16, 2024
Cybercrime Two People Arrested in Australia and US for Development and Sale of Hive RAT Authorities in Australia and the US have arrested and charged two individuals for developing and selling the Hive RAT. Ionut ArghireApril 15, 2024
Cybercrime Former Security Engineer Sentenced to Prison for Hacking Crypto Exchanges Former security engineer Shakeeb Ahmed was sentenced to prison for hacking and defrauding cryptocurrency exchanges. Ionut ArghireApril 15, 2024
Cybercrime RubyCarp: Insights Into the Longevity of a Romanian Cybercriminal Gang Operational for at least ten years, RubyCarp has its own botnet, its own tools, and its own community of users that concentrate on cryptomining... Kevin TownsendApril 12, 2024