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How fraudsters exploited our fears during the pandemic
There are a few basic psychological tricks that phishing attacks and phone scams attempt to use against us – and the pandemic has provided the perfect environment for them.
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How Bitcoin Has Fueled Ransomware Attacks
The problem has long plagued bank robbers and drug smugglers: how to transport and hide huge sums of ill-gotten gains without getting caught? In the past few years, ransomware hackers have found an almost perfect solution — cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. It's fast. It's easy. Best of all, it's largely anonymous and hard to trace.
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FBI and Australian Federal Police encrypted app trap ensnares hundreds of criminal suspects
It was supposed to be the underworld's impenetrable communication tool, a digital safe space to plot crimes ranging from drug trafficking to murder away from the prying eyes of the law. But for nearly three years, an encrypted app used by criminals was covertly monitored by the FBI and Australia's Federal Police (AFP) -- leading to hundreds of arrests and tens of millions of dollars in asset seizures, authorities revealed on Tuesday.
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Underworld figures nabbed in massive sting involving AFP and FBI using encrypted app
More than 100 members of Australia's mafia and bikie underworld have been arrested in the nation's biggest-ever crime sting, police say.
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How ransomware hackers came for Americans’ beef
Virtually no mandatory cybersecurity rules govern the millions of food and agriculture businesses that account for about a fifth of the U.S. economy. And now, the risk has become real.
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US charges Latvian for helping develop the Trickbot malware
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced today that a Latvian national was charged for her alleged role as a malware developer in the Trickbot transnational cybercrime organization. Alla Witte (aka Max) was charged with 19 counts of a 47-count indictment after being arrested on February 6 in Miami, Florida.
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Ransomware attacks are closing schools, delaying chemotherapy and derailing everyday life
After years of warnings, the impact of ransomware finally hits home for regular people.
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Want to Stop Ransomware Attacks? Ban Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies.
Hackers extorted millions from Colonial Pipeline, and now they’ve struck the meatpacking giant JBS. There’s one clear way to prevent future attacks.
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Ransomware: Should paying hacker ransoms be illegal?
A cyber-crime spree wreaking havoc around the world has reignited calls for governments to ban ransom payments to hackers. Ransomware criminals are holding computer systems hostage on a daily basis, demanding large payments from victims to restore order.
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Russian criminal group suspected in Colonial pipeline ransomware attack
The group, known as DarkSide, is relatively new, but it has a sophisticated approach to extortion, sources said.
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Apple’s Ransomware Mess Is the Future of Online Extortion
On the day Apple was set to announce a slew of new products at its Spring Loaded event, a leak appeared from an unexpected quarter. The notorious ransomware gang REvil said they had stolen data and schematics from Apple supplier Quanta Computer about unreleased products, and that they would sell the data to the highest bidder if they didn’t get a $50 million payment. As proof, they released a cache of documents about upcoming, unreleased MacBook Pros. They've since added iMac schematics to the pile.
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Court Permits FBI to Hack Computers Around the US so It Can Eradicate a Hack
This week, the Justice Department announced that it had given the FBI permission to run a court-authorized operation to copy and remove malicious web shells from hundreds of vulnerable computers in the United States. These vulnerable computers were running on-premises versions of Microsoft Exchange Server software that had been exploited by hacking groups through January and February 2021.
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More Mac malware was detected last year than ever before
There has been a significant increase in the amount of malware targeting macOS devices over the past 12 months, new research has claimed. A report from Atlas VPN found that the development of macOS malware surged by 1,092% in 2020 as hackers increasingly targeting Apple's computing devices, including the all-new M1 Macs.
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FCC fines Texas-based telemarketers record-setting $225 million for robocalls
The Federal Communications Commission levied a record fine of $225 million on two Texas-based telemarketing companies for ‘spoofed’ robocalls, the agency said Wednesday. Rising Eagle and JSquared Telecom were slapped with the fine after placing close to one billion robocalls in 2019 to falsely sell short-term health insurance plans.
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Teen responsible for major Twitter hack to serve three years in prison
A teenager responsible for masterminding a massive bitcoin scam last year that involved hacking Twitter accounts for various politicians and other high-profile figures has been sentenced to three years in prison.
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Facebook sextortionist sentenced to 75 years in prison
Buster Hernandez has been sentenced to 75 years in federal prison. Better known by his online alias of "BrianKil," Hernandez spent years harassing and terrorizing hundreds of girls, some as young as 12-years-old. He would extort them for nude pictures and videos, threatening to rape and kill them if they didn't comply with his demands.
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U.S. cyber agency says SolarWinds hackers are 'impacting' state, local governments
The U.S. cybersecurity agency said on Wednesday that a sprawling cyber espionage campaign made public earlier this month is affecting state and local governments, although it released few additional details.
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A Massive Fraud Operation Stole Millions From Online Bank Accounts
The crooks used emulators to mimic the phones of more than 16,000 customers whose mobile bank accounts had been compromised.
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Smart doorbells 'easy target for hackers' study finds
UK watchdog Which says consumers are at risk of having their home networks compromised.
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Rising threat of data breaches among enterprises drives growth in network security revenue
Key factors leading to the growth of network security market revenue in the Asia Pacific region includes instances of ransomware attacks, targeted attacks and phishing.
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