Nigeria Drops Charges Against Tigran Gambaryan, Jailed Binance Exec and Former IRS Agent

After eight months, one of the US’s most prominent crypto-crime investigators may finally be coming home...

This AI Tool Helped Convict People of Murder. Then Someone Took a Closer Look

Global Intelligence claims its Cybercheck technology can help cops find key evidence to nail a case. But a WIRED investigation reveals the smoking gun often appears far less solid...

LockBit Ransomware and Evil Corp Members Arrested and Sanctioned in Joint Global Effort

A new wave of international law enforcement actions has led to four arrests and the takedown of nine servers linked to the LockBit aka Bitwise Spider ransomware operation, marking the latest salvo against what was once a prolific financially motivated group. This includes the arrest of a suspecte...

Fake Job Applications Deliver Dangerous More_eggs Malware to HR Professionals

A spear-phishing email campaign has been observed targeting recruiters with a JavaScript backdoor called Moreeggs, indicating persistent efforts to single out the sector under the guise of fake job applications. "A sophisticated spear-phishing lure tricked a recruitment officer into downloading a...

Global Crime Hit as Europol Shuts Down Encrypted Chat App Ghost

Europol, alongside global law enforcement, dismantled the encrypted chat app Ghost, widely used by criminal networks for drug…...

17-Year-Old Arrested in Connection with Cyber Attack Affecting Transport for London

British authorities on Thursday announced the arrest of a 17-year-old male in connection with a cyber attack affecting Transport for London TfL. "The 17-year-old male was detained on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offenses in relation to the attack, which was launched on TfL on 1 September," th...

NCA Arrests Teenager in Walsall Over TfL Cyber Attack

A recent National Crime Agency NCA investigation led to the arrest of a teenager in Walsall, England, linked…...

London’s city transport hit by cybersecurity incident [updated]

Transport for London TfL, the citys transport authority, is fighting through an ongoing cyberattack. TfL runs three separate units that arrange transports on Londons surface, underground, and Crossrail transportation systems. It serves some 8 million inhabitants of the London metropolitan area. I...

Owners of 1-Time Passcode Theft Service Plead Guilty

Three men in the United Kingdom have pleaded guilty to operating otp.agency , a once popular online service that helped attackers intercept the one-time passcodes OTPs that many websites require as a second authentication factor in addition to passwords. Launched in November 2019, OTP Agency was ...

U.S. Agencies Warn of Iranian Hacking Group's Ongoing Ransomware Attacks

U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have called out an Iranian hacking group for breaching multiple organizations across the country and coordinating with affiliates to deliver ransomware. The activity has been linked to a threat actor dubbed Pioneer Kitten, which is also known as Fox...

BlackByte Ransomware Exploits VMware ESXi Flaw in Latest Attack Wave

The threat actors behind the BlackByte ransomware group have been observed likely exploiting a recently patched security flaw impacting VMware ESXi hypervisors, while also leveraging various vulnerable drivers to disarm security protections. "The BlackByte ransomware group continues to leverage...

RansomHub Group Deploys New EDR-Killing Tool in Latest Cyber Attacks

A cybercrime group with links to the RansomHub ransomware has been observed using a new tool designed to terminate endpoint detection and response EDR software on compromised hosts, joining the likes of other similar programs like AuKill aka AvNeutralizer and Terminator. The EDR-killing utility h...

UK Shuts Down ‘Russian Coms’ Fraud Platform Defrauding Millions

The UKs National Crime Agency has dismantled Russian Coms, a major fraud platform responsible for global financial losses.…...

Cybercriminals Exploit CrowdStrike Update Mishap to Distribute Remcos RAT Malware

Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, which is facing the heat for causing worldwide IT disruptions by pushing out a flawed update to Windows devices, is now warning that threat actors are exploiting the situation to distribute Remcos RAT to its customers in Latin America under the guise of providing a...

HuiOne Guarantee: The $11 Billion Cybercrime Hub of Southeast Asia

Cryptocurrency analysts have shed light on an online marketplace called HuiOne Guarantee that's widely used by cybercriminals in Southeast Asia, particularly those linked to pig butchering scams. "Merchants on the platform offer technology, data, and money laundering services, and have engaged in...

Inside a Violent Gang's Ruthless Crypto-Stealing Home Invasion Spree

More than a dozen men threatened, assaulted, tortured, or kidnapped 11 victims in likely the worst-ever crypto-focused serial extortion case of its kind in the US...

BlackSuit Ransomware Leaks Kansas City Police Data in Failed Ransom Plot

BlackSuit Ransomware, known as the rebrand of the Conti ransomware gang, has leaked a trove of Kansas City Police data, including evidence records, investigation files, crime scene phones, and much more, after the department refused to pay the ransom...

800 arrests, 40 tons of drugs, and one backdoor, or what a phone startup gave the FBI, with Joseph Cox: Lock and Code S05E12

This week on the Lock and Code podcast… This is a story about how the FBI got everything it wanted. For decades, law enforcement and intelligence agencies across the world have lamented the availability of modern technology that allows suspected criminals to hide their communications from legal...

RHEL 5 : gnutls (Unpatched Vulnerability)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched. - gnutls: Heap read overflow in read-packet.c CVE-2017-5337 - The TLS protocol 1.2 and earlier, as used in...

Police Chiefs Call for Solutions to Access Encrypted Data in Serious Crime Cases

European Police Chiefs said that the complementary partnership between law enforcement agencies and the technology industry is at risk due to end-to-end encryption E2EE. They called on the industry and governments to take urgent action to ensure public safety across social media platforms. "Priva...