Security News

Greasy Opal's CAPTCHA solver still serving cybercrime after 16 years
2024-08-23 13:00

A developer that researchers now track as Greasy Opal, operating as a seemingly legitimate business, has been fueling the cybercrime-as-a-service industry with a tool that bypasses account...

Latvian Hacker Extradited to U.S. for Role in Karakurt Cybercrime Group
2024-08-23 04:38

A 33-year-old Latvian national living in Moscow, Russia, has been charged in the U.S. for allegedly stealing data, extorting victims, and laundering ransom payments since August 2021. Deniss...

Cisco calls for United Nations to revisit cyber crime Convention
2024-08-22 06:32

Echoes human rights groups' concerns that it could suppress free speech and more Networking giant Cisco has suggested the United Nations' first-ever convention against cyber crime is dangerously...

Researchers Uncover New Infrastructure Tied to FIN7 Cybercrime Group
2024-08-19 05:43

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered new infrastructure linked to a financially motivated threat actor known as FIN7. The two clusters of potential FIN7 activity "indicate communications...

Belarusian-Ukrainian Hacker Extradited to U.S. for Ransomware and Cybercrime Charges
2024-08-14 12:02

A coalition of law enforcement agencies coordinated by the U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA) has led to the arrest and extradition of a Belarussian and Ukrainian dual-national believed to be...

The UN unanimously agrees that cybercrime is bad, mkay?
2024-08-12 02:30

"Governments may argue that the treaty leaves room to refuse requests for mutual legal assistance where there are substantial grounds to believe that the request has been made to prosecute or punish a person based on their sex, race, language, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, or political opinions," warned Human Rights Watch. British defence supplier Rolls-Royce Submarines has admitted that its staff intranet software was built by Russian and Belarusian coders - posing something of a security challenge.

Record-breaking $75 million ransom paid to cybercrime group
2024-08-02 04:00

Ransomware attacks have reached new heights of ambition and audacity over the past year, marked by a notable surge in extortion attacks, according to a Zscaler. The findings from the report uncovered a record-breaking ransom payment of $75 million to the Dark Angels ransomware group, which is nearly double the highest publicly known ransomware payout, and an overall 18% increase in ransomware attacks year-over-year.

This AI-Powered Cybercrime Service Bundles Phishing Kits with Malicious Android Apps
2024-07-26 13:17

A Spanish-speaking cybercrime group named GXC Team has been observed bundling phishing kits with malicious Android applications, taking malware-as-a-service offerings to the next level. The phishing kit is priced anywhere between $150 and $900 a month, whereas the bundle including the phishing kit and Android malware is available on a subscription basis for about $500 per month.

Experts Uncover Chinese Cybercrime Network Behind Gambling and Human Trafficking
2024-07-22 13:05

The relationship between various TDSs and DNS associated with Vigorish Viper and the final landing experience for the user A Chinese organized crime syndicate with links to money laundering and...

17-Year-Old Linked to Scattered Spider Cybercrime Syndicate Arrested in U.K.
2024-07-20 04:28

Law enforcement officials in the U.K. have arrested a 17-year-old boy from Walsall who is suspected to be a member of the notorious Scattered Spider cybercrime syndicate. The teen's arrest, carried out in coordination with the U.K. National Crime Agency and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, comes a little over a month after another 22-year-old member of the e-crime syndicate from the U.K. was apprehended in Spain.