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Whodunnit? Cybercrook gets 6 years for ransoming his own employer is a recent case of cyber-extortion that made headlines in the US. The attack can be classified as an inside job because the perpetrator was an ex-senior coder of the organization who had sysadmin powers on the network. The sophisticated cyberattack followed a typical path,…
Facebook parent company Meta recently revealed that it had thwarted the activity of three advanced persistent threat groups (APTs) in South Asia, which were engaged in cyber espionage, as well as six adversarial groups from various global regions engaged in “inauthentic behavior” on Facebook and other social networks. The company’s takedown of these and other…
# In-Depth Report: Russian National Charged for Role in Stolen Credit Card Verification Scheme Federal prosecutors in New York have indicted a Russian national, Denis Gennadievich Kulkov, for running a service to check the status of stolen credit cards. Kulkov is accused of operating Try2Check, a service criminals could use to verify whether stolen credit…
H2: RapperBot Crew’s New Cryptojacking Element Delivers Double Trouble The RapperBot Crew has been known for compromising IoT devices for its distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet malware. However, the group has now expanded its range by adding cryptocurrency mining capabilities to the botnet. According to a report by Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs, the malware campaign has developed…
The US Justice Department continues its crackdown on DDoS-for-hire services On May 8, the US Department of Justice announced the seizure of 13 internet domains that were connected to stressor or booter platforms. These sites offer distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack services for a fee to individuals that want to overload the servers of their targets…
Federal officials are urging more victims to report ransomware attacks to curb cyberattacks. Despite the formation of the Ransomware Task Force two years ago, a coalition of cybersecurity companies, public sector organizations, and federal agencies, ransomware attacks remain a significant challenge, with attacks seemingly becoming more severe and brazen. Cybersecurity stakeholders are concerned about the…
Cybercriminals Are Selling Access to Chinese Surveillance Cameras Introduction Tens of thousands of outdated Hikvision surveillance cameras continue to pose a threat to more than 100 countries around the globe, including the United States. According to recent research, hackers are currently collaborating to exploit the vulnerability in command injection discovered last year but still remains…