Security News

Hackers breached International Criminal Court’s systems last week
2023-09-19 20:24

The International Criminal Court disclosed a cyberattack on Tuesday after discovering last week that its systems had been breached. "At the end of last week, the International Criminal Court's services detected anomalous activity affecting its information systems," the ICC said.

Criminal IP Elevates Payment Security with PCI DSS Level 1 Certification
2023-09-14 14:02

AI Spera is pleased to announce its attainment of the highest global compliance certification level, PCI DSS Level 1 for Criminal IP, its in-house developed and serviced Cyber Threat Intelligence search engine. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard is a global information security standard designed to safeguard card payment information and transactions.

Tornado Cash 'laundered over $1B' in criminal crypto-coins
2023-08-23 22:45

Two founders of Tornado Cash were formally accused by US prosecutors today of laundering more than $1 billion in criminal proceeds through their cryptocurrency mixer. As a cryptocurrency mixer, Tornado Cash is appealing to cybercriminals as it offers to provide them a degree of anonymity.

Criminals go full Viking on CloudNordic, wipe all servers and customer data
2023-08-23 07:26

CloudNordic has told customers to consider all of their data lost following a ransomware infection that encrypted the large Danish cloud provider's servers and "Paralyzed CloudNordic completely," according to the IT outfit's online confession. While none of this is good news to organizations that have now lost all of their website and email data, CloudNordic does offer a slight silver lining: the biz doesn't believe that the criminals exfiltrated any information before encrypting the systems.

Criminal IP Teams Up with PolySwarm to Strengthen Threat Detection
2023-08-14 14:02

This collaborative endeavor has now welcomed a new addition - the Cyber Threat Intelligence search engine Criminal IP - into PolySwarm's expansive detection engine network. Criminal IP's expertise is set to amplify the aggregation and validation of critical threat data.

The ransomware rollercoaster continues as criminals advance their business models
2023-08-09 03:00

Ransomware shows no signs of slowing, with ransomware activity ending 13 times higher than at the start of 2023 as a proportion of all malware detections, according to Fortinet. FortiGuard Labs has documented substantial spikes in ransomware variant growth in recent years, largely fueled by the adoption of Ransomware-as-a-Service.

New Malware Campaign Targets Inexperienced Cyber Criminals with OpenBullet Configs
2023-08-07 15:57

A new malware campaign has been observed making use of malicious OpenBullet configuration files to target inexperienced cyber criminals with the goal of delivering a remote access trojan capable of stealing sensitive information. OpenBullet is a legitimate open-source pen testing tool used for automating credential stuffing attacks.

Criminal IP and Tines Forge Powerful Tech Alliance
2023-07-14 14:01

Criminal IP, a leading Cyber Threat Intelligence search engine, has formed a powerful alliance with Tines, a renowned provider of no-code automation solutions. Explore Stories with Criminal IP API. Users can accelerate their automation efforts and address common use cases by accessing the Tines Story Library.

Dublin Airport staff pay data 'compromised' by criminals
2023-07-03 15:14

It's an awkward Monday for Dublin Airport after pay and benefits details for some 2,000 staff were apparently "Compromised" following a recent attack on professional service provider Aon. Victims of the criminals exploiting the MOVEit flaws include multiple US government agencies, Ofcom, the BBC, British Airways and Aer Lingus.

Criminal IP Unveils Bug Bounty Program to Boost User Safety, Security
2023-06-29 14:02

Criminal IP, an OSINT-based CTI search engine provided by AI SPERA, has recently announced the introduction of a bug bounty program aimed at strengthening the safety of its services and protecting its users. The bug bounty program introduced by Criminal IP encourages security researchers to identify and report potentially exploitable vulnerabilities within its systems.