Tag: Cybercrime

SpaceX bricks thousands of Starlink kits used in scams (Cybernews)

SpaceX reportedly took action against thousands of Starlink devices in Myanmar, where authorities believe a major scam center operates. Starlink is perfect for attackers...

US confirms takedown of BlackSuit ransomware gang that racked up $370 million in ransoms (Jonathan Greig – The Record)

U.S. law enforcement agencies provided new details on an operation that dismantled critical infrastructure used by the BlackSuit ransomware gang after the organization’s leak...

Cyberattack hits France’s third-largest mobile operator, millions of customers affected (Alexander Martin – The Record)

Bouygues Telecom, one of France’s largest telecom companies and its third-largest mobile operator, announced on Wednesday being hit by a cyberattack that compromised the...

British intelligence warns cyber threat to critical infrastructure is increasing (Alexander Martin – The Record)

The threat posed by hackers to critical infrastructure in Britain is increasing, leaving a “widening gap” between the potential for harm and the collective...

‘Critical’ firmware-level vulnerabilities found in laptops commonly used by security specialists (Alexander Martin – The Record)

Security researchers on Tuesday detailed a series of vulnerabilities that could allow hackers to steal sensitive data from devices using Broadcom’s ControlVault, a special...

Vietnamese-speaking hackers appear to be running global data theft operation through Telegram (Daryna Antoniuk – The Record)

Hackers linked to Vietnamese-speaking cybercriminal groups have stolen sensitive data from thousands of victims across the world as part of an ongoing cybercrime campaign...

Europol Arrests XSS Forum Admin in Kyiv After 12-Year Run Operating Cybercrime Marketplace (The Hacker News)

Europol on Monday announced the arrest of the suspected administrator of XSS.is (formerly DaMaGeLaB), a notorious Russian-speaking cybercrime platform. The arrest, which took place in...

Global operation targets NoName057(16) pro-Russian cybercrime network (Europol)

Between 14 and 17 July, a joint international operation, known as Eastwood and coordinated by Europol and Eurojust, targeted the cybercrime network NoName057(16). Law...

‘Everest Group’ Extorts Global Orgs via SAP’s HR Tool (Nate Nelson – Dark Reading)

Extortionist-cum-information broker "Everest Group" has pulled off a swath of attacks against large organizations in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and North America, and...

Indian Police Arrest Cybercrime Gang Copycats of Myanmar Biz Model (Robert Lemos – Dark Reading)

Police in the southeastern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh questioned more than 100 people and arrested 33 suspects as part of a crackdown on...

Southeast Asian provider of ‘infrastructure laundering’ for scams is sanctioned by US (Joe Warminsky – The Record)

A Philippines-based web infrastructure provider is linked to the “majority of virtual currency investment scam websites reported to the FBI,” the U.S. government said...

Fake Bitdefender website used to spread infostealer malware (Daryna Antoniuk – The Record)

Cybercriminals are using a fake Bitdefender antivirus website to spread the VenomRAT malware in a campaign aimed at stealing people’s credentials for financial accounts,...

Ukraine tallies up Russian cyberattacks on local media since start of war (Daryna Antoniuk – The Record)

Russian hackers have carried out more than 200 successful cyberattacks on Ukrainian media outlets since the start of the war three years ago, targeting...

More than $12 million stolen from crypto platform Cork Protocol (Jonathan Greig – The Record)

Hackers stole more than $12 million worth of cryptocurrency from the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Cork Protocol in a Wednesday morning attack. Company co-founder...

Google warns of Vietnam-based hackers using bogus AI video generators to spread malware (Jonathan Greig – The Record)

Fake AI-powered video generators are being used to spread infostealers and other types of malware, Google researchers have found. A group of cybercriminals created...