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The FBI's Cyber Division said in a private industry notification issued earlier this week that ransomware gangs have hit several tribal-owned casinos, taking down their systems and disabling connected systems. Limited cyber investigative capabilities and law enforcement resources are likely some of the reasons behind ransomware groups' seeing US tribes as desirable targets, according to the FBI. Ransomware gangs that coordinated attacks against tribal communities include REvil, Bitpaymer, Ryuk, Conti, Snatch, and Cuba.
Spammers are abusing affiliate programs to promote online casinos, such as Raging Bull Casino, Sports and Casino, Ducky Luck, and Royal Ace Casino, with misleading emails. To refer users, the affiliates will create specially crafted URLs that contain an affiliates ID or drops a cookie that allows the casino to give them credit when a referral registers a new account.
Spammers are abusing affiliate programs to promote online casinos, such as Raging Bull Casino, Sports and Casino, Ducky Luck, and Royal Ace Casino, with misleading emails. To refer users, the affiliates will create specially crafted URLs that contain an affiliates ID or drops a cookie that allows the casino to give them credit when a referral registers a new account.
A kids' game called "Jungle Run" that, until recently, was available in the Apple App store, was secretly a cryptocurrency-funded casino set up to scam people out of money. His latest discovery was that Jungle Run, which was marketed in the App Store as a game for ages 4+, transformed into a crypto-funded casino when he set his VPN to Turkey.
Internet-connected technology, also known as the Internet of Things (IoT), is now part of daily life, with smart assistants like Siri and Alexa to cars, watches, toasters, fridges, thermostats,...
The infamous North Korean hacking group known as Lazarus is responsible for attacking an online casino in Central America, along with various other targets, ESET says. The Lazarus Group has been...
Attackers used a vulnerability in an Internet-connected fish tank to successfully penetrate a casino's network. BoingBoing post....
A high-tech, internet-connected fish tank in a North American casino has been used to exfiltrate data from the company’s network. Smart drawing pads used in an architectural firm were part of a...
A string of data thefts targeting North American mining companies and casinos are extorting as much as $620,000 from victims.
