Ukrainian Authorities Arrested Phishing Gang That Stole 100 Million UAH

The Cyber Police of Ukraine last week disclosed that it apprehended nine members of a criminal gang that embezzled 100 million hryvnias via hundreds of phishing sites that claimed to offer financial assistance to Ukrainian citizens as part of a campaign aimed at capitalizing on the ongoing...

FBI Had the REvil Decryption Key

The Washington Post reports that the FBI had a decryption key for the REvil ransomware, but didnt pass it along to victims because it would have disrupted an ongoing operation. The key was obtained through access to the servers of the Russia-based criminal gang behind the July attack. Deploying i...

Avaddon Ransomware Gang Evaporates Amid Global Crackdowns

Ransomware group Avaddon has decided to shutter its criminal enterprise after landing in the crosshairs of law-enforcement agencies in the U.S. and Australia. Avaddon, a prolific ransomware-as-a-service RaaS provider, released its decryption keys to BleepingComputer — 2,934 in total — with each k...

How Did Facebook Beat a Federal Wiretap Demand?

This is interesting: Facebook Inc. in 2018 beat back federal prosecutors seeking to wiretap its encrypted Messenger app. Now the American Civil Liberties Union is seeking to find out how. The entire proceeding was confidential, with only the result leaking to the press. Lawyers for the ACLU and t...

AT&T Faces $224M Legal Challenge Over SIM-Jacking Rings

Cryptocurrency investor and Dogecoin founder Michael Terpin has filed a $223.8 million lawsuit against AT&T, alleging the mobile phone giant turned a blind eye to SIM fraud. Terpin alleges that more than 3 million cryptocurrency tokens worth $24 million were lifted from his digital wallet at an...

Police Arrest Man Potentially Linked to Group Threatening to Wipe Millions Of iPhones

The British authority has reportedly arrested a 20-years-old young man – potentially one of the member of a cyber criminal gang 'Turkish Crime Family' who threatened Apple last week to remotely wipe data from millions of iOS devices unless Apple pays a ransom of $75,000. The UK's National Crime...

Fraudsters Stole ¥1.4 Billion from 1,400 Japanese ATMs in Just 3 Hours

In an era where major data hacks are on the rise, it is no surprise breaches on individuals are also up. In just three hours, over 100 criminals managed to steal ¥1.4 Billion approx. US$12.7 Million from around 1,400 ATMs placed in small convenience stores across Japan. The heist took place on Ma...

Creator of MegalodonHTTP DDoS Botnet Arrested

Last month, the Norway police arrested five hackers accused of running the MegalodonHTTP Remote Access Trojan RAT. The arrests came as part of the joint operation between Norway’s Kripos National Criminal Investigation Service and Europol, codenamed "OP Falling sTAR." According to the United Stat...

CryptoWall Ransomware Earns $1.1M, Encrypts 5 Billion Files

CryptoWall is a million-dollar business. The file-encrypting ransomware has netted the criminal gang responsible for its development and dispersal, more than $1.1 million in the six months it’s been in the wild, researchers at Dell SecureWorks’ Counter Threat Unit said in a report this week. The...

Warning ! Facebook virus Zeus targets bank accounts

The infamous Zeus malware has once again resurfaced as per Symantec and is capable of draining your bank accounts. Zeus propagates through phishing messages that originate from an account that has been phished. Such a phished account will then start automatically sending messages to friends with...