Dismantling a Prolific Cybercriminal Empire: REvil Arrests and Reemergence

Dismantling a Prolific Cybercriminal Empire: REvil Arrests and Reemergence By John Fokker · September 29, 2022 We’ve recently seen reports that the REvil ransomware gang is back online after the January 2022 arrests of several its members by Russian authorities claiming to dismantle the group and...

DDoS-for-hire service provider jailed

Matthew Gatrel, a 33-year-old man from St. Charles, Illinois, has been sentenced to two years in prison for running websites that provide powerful distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks against internet users and websites. This sentencing resulted in the seizure of his websites, making the...

Cyberattacks See Fundamental Changes, A Year into COVID-19

COVID-19-related phishing emails, brute-force attacks on remote workers, and a focus on exploiting or abusing collaboration platforms are the hallmarks of cybercriminal enterprise as the coronavirus marks its first anniversary of going global. A year after the COVID-19 crisis was officially...

Cybercriminal Enterprise 'Ringleaders' Stole $55M Via COVID-19 Fraud, Romance Scams

Click to Register U.S. law enforcement arrested six “ringleaders” of a Ghana-based cybercriminal enterprise, who had allegedly launched a slew of money-stealing scams dating back to 2013 that included romance scams, business email compromise attacks and fraud. Seized in the arrests were a slew of...

Activities of a Nigerian Cybercriminal Uncovered

Ever wonder who’s behind one of those Nigerian cyber-crime email campaigns asking you to enter into a shady business deal and how they’re enacted? In a unique profile, researchers pulled back the curtain on such an attack with a report outlining how a Nigerian cybercriminal made hundreds of...

Activities of a Nigerian Cybercriminal Uncovered

Ever wonder who’s behind one of those Nigerian cyber-crime email campaigns asking you to enter into a shady business deal and how they’re enacted? In a unique profile, researchers pulled back the curtain on such an attack with a report outlining how a Nigerian cybercriminal made hundreds of...

Romanian Duo Receives Jailtime For Infecting 400,000 With Malware

A Romanian duo has been sentenced to jailtime for infecting 400,000 computers with malware that stole credentials and financial information, and scammed victims out of millions of dollars. The two Romanian hackers, Bogdan Nicolescu, 37, and Radu Miclaus, 37, were sentenced to 20 years and 18 year...