Cybercrime US Charges 3 Russians for Operating Cryptocurrency Mixers Used by Cybercriminals The US Justice Department has announced charges against three Russians for operating the Blender and Sinbad cryptocurrency mixers. Eduard Kovacs2 days ago
Tracking & Law Enforcement Man Accused of SQL Injection Hacking Gets 69-Month Prison Sentence Vitalii Antonenko has been sentenced to 69 months in prison for hacking, but he is being released as he has been detained since 2019. Eduard KovacsDecember 17, 2024
Cybercrime Rydox Cybercrime Marketplace Disrupted, Administrators Arrested The US announced the takedown of Rydox, a marketplace for stolen personal information, and the arrest of three administrators. Ionut ArghireDecember 13, 2024
Cybercrime Interpol Clamps Down on Cybercrime and Arrests Over 1,000 Suspects in Africa Operation Serengeti targeted criminal suspects in Africa behind ransomware, business email compromise, digital extortion and scams. Associated PressNovember 26, 2024
Tracking & Law Enforcement FBI Warns US Organizations of Fake Emergency Data Requests Made by Cybercriminals The FBI is seeing an increase in threat actors using fake emergency data requests to harvest information from US companies. Ionut ArghireNovember 11, 2024
Cybercrime US Prison Sentences for Nigerian Cybercriminals Surge in Recent Months A significant number of Nigerian cybercriminals have been sent to prison in recent months in the United States, and some of them received lengthy... Eduard KovacsNovember 8, 2024
Cybercrime 22,000 IPs Taken Down in Global Cybercrime Crackdown Over 22,000 malicious IPs were taken down in a law enforcement operation against phishing, infostealers, and ransomware. Ionut ArghireNovember 6, 2024
Cybercrime US Sentences Nigerian to 26 Years in Prison for Stealing Millions Through Phishing Kolade Akinwale Ojelade was sentenced to 26 years in prison in the US for compromising email accounts through phishing and stealing millions. Ionut ArghireNovember 4, 2024
Cloud Security Honeypot Surprise: Researchers Catch Attackers Exposing 15,000 Stolen Credentials in S3 Bucket Sysdig researchers trace a bizarre S3 bucket misconfiguration to EmeraldWhale, exposing 1.5 terabytes of stolen credentials and script. Kevin TownsendOctober 31, 2024
Cybercrime Four REvil Ransomware Group Members Sentenced to Prison in Russia Four members of the REvil ransomware group, arrested in 2022, were last week sentenced to prison by a Russian court. Eduard KovacsOctober 28, 2024
Cybercrime US Offering $2.5 Million Reward for Belarusian Malware Distributor The US government is offering a $2.5 million reward for information leading to the arrest of malware distributor Volodymyr Kadariya. Ionut ArghireAugust 28, 2024
Cybercrime The UN Is Moving to Fight Cybercrime but Privacy Groups Say Human Rights Will Be Violated A global deal on the criminal use of computer technology is moving ahead despite worries it will let governments around the world violate human... Associated PressAugust 12, 2024