ExCobalt Cyber Gang Targets Russian Sectors with New GoRed Backdoor

Russian organizations have been targeted by a cybercrime gang called ExCobalt using a previously unknown Golang-based backdoor known as GoRed. "ExCobalt focuses on cyber espionage and includes several members active since at least 2016 and presumably once part of the notorious Cobalt Gang,"...

New Pierogi++ Malware by Gaza Cyber Gang Targeting Palestinian Entities

A pro-Hamas threat actor known as Gaza Cyber Gang is targeting Palestinian entities using an updated version of a backdoor dubbed Pierogi. The findings come from SentinelOne, which has given the malware the name Pierogi++ owing to the fact that it's implemented in the C++ programming language...

How to Fight Business Email Compromise (BEC) with Email Authentication?

An ever-evolving and rampant form of cybercrime that targets emails as the potential medium to conduct fraud is known as Business Email Compromise. Targeting commercial, government as well as non-profit organizations, BEC can lead to huge amounts of data loss, security breach, and compromised...

Alleged Mastermind Behind Carbanak Crime Gang Arrested

The suspected mastermind behind the Carbanak criminal gang, which is notorious for stealing as much as $1 billion from more than 100 financial institutions in a string of attacks, has been apprehended, according to the Spanish National Police. According to the European Union Agency for Law...

SpyEye Trojan stole $3.2 million from US victims,Android users will be next target !

SpyEye Trojan stole $3.2 million from US victims,Android users will be next target ! A Russian cybergang headed by a mysterious ringleader called 'Soldier' were able to steal $3.2 million £2 million from US citizens earlier this year using the SpyEye-Zeus data-stealing Trojan, security company...

Cyber Gang War: Korean Crime Duo Nabbed for Web Attacks !

Several members of a Korean crime gang were arrested this past Sunday Jan. 9 for hiring hackers to launch distributed denial-of-service attacks DDoS against gaming sites owned by rival gangsters. The Korea Times reports four members of a crime gang based in Incheon, South Korea hired a hacker,...

Black Energy Tool Used in Citigroup Hack

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing a computer-security breach targeting Citigroup Inc. that resulted in a theft of tens of millions of dollars by computer hackers who appear linked to a Russian cyber gang, according to government officials. Read the full article. Wall Street Journal...