Admin of DDoS-For-Hire Service “DownThem” Gets 2 Years Prison Sentence

By Waqas Matthew Gatrel was arrested after an extensive crackdown by the FBI and other agencies against 15 booter service… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Admin of DDoS-For-Hire Service "DownThem" Gets 2 Years Prison Sentence...

Karakurt extortion group: Threat profile

The FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation, together with CISA Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and other federal agencies, recently released a joint cybersecurity advisory CSA about the Karakurt data extortion group also known as Karakurt Team and Karakurt Lair. Like RansomHouse,...

Network Providers and Devices targeted by Chinese state-sponsored actors

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The National Security Agency NSA, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI have released a joint advisory to make organizations in the...

SSNDOB Cybercrime Marketplace Seized in Intl. Coordinated Operation

By Waqas The FBI teamed up with European law enforcement authorities to dismantle the marketplace but couldnt arrest its administrators.… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: SSNDOB Cybercrime Marketplace Seized in Intl. Coordinated Operation...

People’s Republic of China State-Sponsored Cyber Actors Exploit Network Providers and Devices

CISA, the National Security Agency NSA, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA to provide information on ways in which People’s Republic of China PRC state-sponsored cyber actors continue to exploit publicly known vulnerabilities in order to...

FBI warns of scammers soliciting donations for Ukraine

The FBI recently issued an announcement about a fraudulent scheme that proves there is no low thats too low for scammers. "Criminal actors are taking advantage of the crisis in Ukraine by posing as Ukrainian entities needing humanitarian aid or developing fundraising efforts, including monetary a...

FBI Seizes WeLeakInfo, IPStress and OVH-Booter Cybercrime Portals

By Waqas The U.S. Department of Justice DoJ confirmed seizing three domains used by cybercriminals to sell stolen personal data… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: FBI Seizes WeLeakInfo, IPStress and OVH-Booter Cybercrime Portals...

DOJ Seizes 3 Web Domains Used to Sell Stolen Data and DDoS Services

The U.S. Department of Justice DoJ on Wednesday announced the seizure of three domains used by cybercriminals to trade stolen personal information and facilitate distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks for hire. This includes weleakinfo.to, ipstress.in, and ovh-booter.com, the first of which...

Karakurt Data Extortion Group

CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, the Department of Treasury, and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network FinCEN have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA to provide information on the Karakurt data extortion group. Karakurt actors steal data and threaten to auction it off or...

FBI warns of education sector credentials on dark web forums

The FBI is warning academics to be on their guard, as an embattled education sector continues to experience attacks and breaches, with data spilling onto the so-called dark web. The government agencys Private Industry Notification PDF cites US academic credentials up for grabs from a variety of...

Hackers Selling US Colleges VPN Credentials on Russian Forums- FBI

By Waqas The network credentials and VPN access information were mainly acquired through ransomware, spear-phishing, and other cyberattacks. According to… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers Selling US Colleges VPN Credentials on Russian Forums- FBI...

FBI Warns About Hackers Selling VPN Credentials for U.S. College Networks

Network credentials and virtual private network VPN access for colleges and universities based in the U.S. are being advertised for sale on underground and public criminal marketplaces. "This exposure of sensitive credential and network access information, especially privileged user accounts, cou...

The BlackByte ransomware group is striking users all over the globe

News summary Cisco Talos has been monitoring the BlackByte Ransomware Group for several months, infecting victims all over the world, from North America to Colombia, Netherlands, China, Mexico and Vietnam.The FBI released a joint cybersecurity advisory in February 2022 warning about this group,...

U.S. Warns Against North Korean Hackers Posing as IT Freelancers

Highly skilled software and mobile app developers from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea DPRK are posing as "non-DPRK nationals" in hopes of landing freelance employment in an attempt to enable the regime's malicious cyber intrusions. That's according to a joint advisory from the U.S...

Attacks on Managed Service Providers Expected to Increase

CISA, NSA, FBI, and similar organizations in the other Five Eyes countries are warning that attacks on MSPs--as a vector to their customers--are likely to increase. No details about what this prediction is based on. Makes sense, though. The SolarWinds attack was incredibly successful for the...

DEA Investigating Breach of Law Enforcement Data Portal

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration DEA says it is investigating reports that hackers gained unauthorized access to an agency portal that taps into 16 different federal law enforcement databases. KrebsOnSecurity has learned the alleged compromise is tied to a cybercrime and online harassment...

Protecting Against Cyber Threats to Managed Service Providers and their Customers

Summary Tactical actions for MSPs and their customers to take today: • Identify and disable accounts that are no longer in use. • Enforce MFA on MSP accounts that access the customer environment and monitor for unexplained failed authentication. • Ensure MSP-customer contracts transparently...

FBI: Rise in Business Email-based Attacks a $43B Headache

The FBI warned the global cost of business email compromise BEC attacks is $43 billion for the time period of June 2016 and December 2021. According to FBI report, 241,206 complaints were lodged by the agency’s Internet Crime Center IC3. BEC or email account compromise EAC are an advanced scammin...

The $43 billion Business Email Compromise threat

The FBI has released a public service announcement regarding the ever-present threat of Business Email Compromise BEC. This comes hot on the heels of an earlier release from the Las Vegas FBI department in April. Losses continue to mount, and were currently facing a scam racking up domestic and...

Ransomware Insights from the FBI’s 2021 Internet Crime Report

The FBI has published its annual report on Internet crime. Qualys has analyzed its trends and statistics. In this post, we review our findings, especially with regards to the prevalence of Ransomware, and our recommendations for actions that enterprises should take to mitigate their risk. Every...