Operation SpecTor: $53.4 Million Seized, 288 Vendors Arrested in Dark Web Drug Bust

An international law enforcement operation has resulted in the arrest of 288 vendors who are believed to be involved in drug trafficking on the dark web, adding to a long list of criminal enterprises that have been shuttered in recent years. The effort, codenamed Operation SpecTor, also saw the...

Threat Source newsletter (Jan. 23, 2020)

Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s Threat Source newsletter — the perfect place to get caught up on all things Talos from the past week. Despite tensions starting to fizzle between the U.S. and Iran, people are still worried about cyber conflict. What would that even look...

Secret Service: Theft Rings Turn to Fuze Cards

Street thieves who specialize in cashing out stolen credit and debit cards increasingly are hedging their chances of getting caught carrying multiple counterfeit cards by relying on Fuze Cards, a smartcard technology that allows users to store dozens of cards on a single device, the U.S. Secret...

Skyrocketing Bitcoin Fees Hit Carders in Wallet

Critics of unregulated virtual currencies like Bitcoin have long argued that the core utility of these payment systems lies in facilitating illicit commerce, such as buying drugs or stolen credit cards and identities. But recent spikes in the price of Bitcoin -- and the fees associated with movin...

Why Is North Korea So Interested in Bitcoin?

In 2016 we began observing actors we believe to be North Korean utilizing their intrusion capabilities to conduct cyber crime, targeting banks and the global financial system. This marked a departure from previously observed activity of North Korean actors employing cyber espionage for traditiona...

Operations of a Brazilian Payment Card Fraud Group

Introduction Brazil has been designated a major hub for financially motivated eCrime threat activity. Brazilian threat actors are targeting domestic and foreign entities and individuals, with frequent targeting of U.S. assets. The country routinely places in "Top Five" lists of various global cyb...

Operations of a Brazilian Payment Card Fraud Group

Introduction Brazil has been designated a major hub for financially motivated eCrime threat activity. Brazilian threat actors are targeting domestic and foreign entities and individuals, with frequent targeting of U.S. assets. The country routinely places in "Top Five" lists of various global cyb...

'Bitcoin is Now Officially a Commodity' — US Regulator Declared

Bitcoins are making their way, in Bits and Pieces. In a recent report The Hacker News THN had mentioned about banks adopting the Blockchain Technology from Bitcoins; to create a safe and secure distributed ledger. Now, last week U.S. Commodity Future Trading Commission CFTC, has added Bitcoins an...

Pony Botnet Steals $200,000, 700,000 Usernames, Passwords

Attackers leveraged a Pony botnet controller to not only siphon away a large batch of account credentials but also to make off with over $200,000 in Bitcoin and other virtual currencies over a four month span, according to researchers this week. It’s the second high profile instance of the Pony...

Pony Botnet steals $220,000 from multiple Digital Wallets

Are you the one of the Digital Currency Holder? PONY is after You. A Group of cyber criminals has used hundreds of thousands of infected computers of the digital currency holders to filch approximately $220,000 worth of Bitcoins and other virtual currencies. The researchers at the security firm,...

Bitcoin Wallets on Android Vulnerable to Theft

Bitcoin wallets on the Android platform are vulnerable to theft after a vulnerability was discovered that could allow an attacker to guess a private key used to secure transactions involving the virtual currency. A post to a Bitcoin forum over the weekend pointed to a report of one address having...