Cyber Crime
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24Torrent uploader CracksNow caught distributing GrandCrab ransomware
Famous Uploader CracksNow Banned from Torrents for Distributing GrandCrab Ransomware. CracksNow is a prominent software uploader who appears regularly on torrent sites....
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Malta’s leading bank resumes operations after cyberheist‑induced shutdown
Bank of Valetta, which went dark for a day after the fraudulent transfers of €13 million, is now looking to get the...
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Email service provider loses 2 decades worth of data due to hack attack
Famed secure email service provider VFEmail has become a victim of a hack attack by an unknown cybercriminal. The company claims that...
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U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee’s Resolve In Anti-CyberCrime Efforts
The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee held a hearing about U.S. cyber threats and risks last January 29 where intelligence agencies provided information...
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APT39 Iranian Cyber Espionage Team, Active In The Wild Again
The infamous APT39, the alleged Iran-funded cyber espionage team has been identified by FireEye as actively targeting Europe, USA, Australia, South Korea...
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Ethical hacker may get 8 years in prison for reporting flaws in Magyar Telekom
Hungary’s Prosecution Service has accused an ethical hacker and computer specialist of infiltrating the Magyar Telekom database. The office found him involved...
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How to Ensure Protection Against ATM Jackpotting
Of late, cybercriminals have been showing an increasing trend to target ATMs, all across the world. They employ different methods to target...
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Cybercrime black markets: Dark web services and their prices
A closer look at cybercrime as a service on the dark web
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Authorities shut down xDedic marketplace for selling hacked servers
The domain for xDedic has been seized as well. In a joint operation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and authorities from several...
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Pilot Implementation Consumer Data Rights of Australia Will Be Under The Microscope
The Australian Banking Association (ABA) is fighting back a stipulation in the proposed Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) contained in the Consumer Data...
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New ransomware steals PayPal data with phishing link in ransom note
Ransomware is a reality and threat actors are using it quite avidly and frequently nowadays in order to make easy money. According...
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What makes a cybercriminal?
Forget balaclavas or hoodies; these cybercriminals are hiding in plain sight
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Man whose DDoS attacks took down entire country’s Internet jailed
A court in London has sentenced a British and Israeli cyber criminal Daniel Kaye aka “BestBuy and Popopret” to two years and eight...
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Anonymous hacker jailed for 10 years over hospital DDoS attacks
He conducted those DDoS attacks for #OpJustina back in 2014. In April 2014, Martin Gottesfeld (34) from Massachusetts claimed his affiliation with the online...
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Kaspersky tipped off US about the contractor who stole NSA data
According to a report published by Politico, Kaspersky Lab helped the National Security Agency (NSA) identify the contractor who stole classified NSA...
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WhatsApp Gold Scam is Back with Malware Payload
In social media, the emergence of fake news and fake apps isn’t uncommon as thousands of these hoaxes keep circulating around the...
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Hackers steal Bitcoin worth $750,000 by hacking Electrum wallets
This year we have seen an unprecedented rise in malware attacks against cryptocurrency wallets whereas cryptomining incidents have increased by 4,000%, reports...
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Holiday and Christmas scams users should be aware of
“It’s that time of the year again” when Holiday and Christmas scams target users around the world since millions of people are celebrating and buying...
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Authorities seize 15 popular DDoS-for-hire websites
Authorities have seized and shut down 15 popular DDoS-for-hire websites used by cybercriminals for revenge and DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks...
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New email extortion scam warns “Pay $4,000 or a hitman is coming for you”
In a new extortion scam, a cybercriminal is sending threatening emails to unsuspecting users asking them to pay a whopping $4,000 in...
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Wicked scammers steal $1 million from Save the Children charity
Another day, another email scam – This time, wicked scammers have stolen over $1,000,000 from Save the Children, an international non-governmental organization based in...
