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HuiOne Guarantee: The $11 Billion Cybercrime Hub of Southeast Asia
2024-07-10 07:20

Cryptocurrency analysts have shed light on an online marketplace called HuiOne Guarantee that's widely used by cybercriminals in Southeast Asia, particularly those linked to pig butchering scams. The British blockchain analytics firm said that the marketplace is part of HuiOne Group, a Cambodian conglomerate with links to Cambodia's ruling Hun family and that another HuiOne business, HuiOne International Payments, is actively involved in laundering scam proceeds globally.

Global Police Operation Shuts Down 600 Cybercrime Servers Linked to Cobalt Strike
2024-07-04 03:59

A coordinated law enforcement operation codenamed MORPHEUS has felled close to 600 servers that were used by cybercriminal groups and were part of an attack infrastructure associated with the...

4 FIN9-linked Vietnamese Hackers Indicted in $71M U.S. Cybercrime Spree
2024-06-25 03:52

Four Vietnamese nationals with ties to the FIN9 cybercrime group have been indicted in the U.S. for their involvement in a series of computer intrusions that caused over $71 million in losses to...

Cracking down on cybercrime: Who you gonna call?
2024-06-24 03:00

As cybercrime continues to grow, law enforcement agencies worldwide face increased challenges in safeguarding organizations and individuals. The European Cybercrime Centre was set up by Europol to strengthen the law enforcement response to cybercrime in the EU and thus to help protect European citizens, businesses and governments from online crime.

No summer break for cybercrime: Why educational institutions need better cyber resilience
2024-06-05 04:30

I'm not just talking about cybersecurity education in schools shaping the technical workforce of the future - America's schools themselves are prime targets for cybercrime today. With risks such as student data getting leaked on the dark web, school districts' reputations getting tarnished by ransomware mishandlings, and the potential of any single attack to not only disrupt classes for days or weeks but also threaten the livelihoods of our youth, the stakes are too high to ignore the cyber resiliency of our school system.

US govt sanctions cybercrime gang behind massive 911 S5 botnet
2024-05-28 19:02

The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned a cybercrime network comprising three Chinese nationals and three Thailand-based companies linked to a massive botnet controlling a residential proxy service known as "911 S5.". Researchers at the Canadian University of Sherbrooke revealed almost two years ago, in June 2022, that this illegitimate residential proxy service lured potential victims by offering free VPN services to install malware designed to add their IP addresses to the 911 S5 botnet.

US govt sanctions cybercrime gang behind massive 911 S5 botnet
2024-05-28 19:02

The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned a cybercrime network comprising three Chinese nationals and three Thailand-based companies linked to a massive botnet controlling a residential proxy service known as "911 S5.". Researchers at the Canadian University of Sherbrooke revealed almost two years ago, in June 2022, that this illegitimate residential proxy service lured potential victims by offering free VPN services to install malware designed to add their IP addresses to the 911 S5 botnet.

Take two APIs and call me in the morning: How healthcare research can cure cyber crime
2024-05-28 08:30

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Moroccan Cybercrime Group Steals Up to $100K Daily Through Gift Card Fraud
2024-05-27 12:12

Microsoft is calling attention to a Morocco-based cybercrime group dubbed Storm-0539 that's behind gift card fraud and theft through highly sophisticated email and SMS phishing attacks. "Their...

Week in review: Google fixes yet another Chrome zero-day exploit, YouTube as a cybercrime channel
2024-05-26 08:00

Google fixes yet another Chrome zero-day exploited in the wildFor the eighth time this year, Google has released an emergency update for its Chrome browser that fixes a zero-day vulnerability with an in-the-wild exploit. GitHub fixes maximum severity Enterprise Server auth bypass bugA critical, 10-out-of-10 vulnerability allowing unrestricted access to vulnerable GitHub Enterprise Server instances has been fixed by Microsoft-owned GitHub.