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The Indian government says it rescued and repatriated 250 citizens who sought jobs in Cambodia, only to be forced into conducting cybercrime once they arrived. India Today reports that there are at least 5,000 more held captive in Cambodia and forced to launch scams that have generated nearly $60,000,000 in the last six months.
The Indian government said it has rescued and repatriated about 250 citizens in Cambodia who were held captive and coerced into running cyber scams. The Indian nationals "were lured with...
The average malware detections rose 80% from the previous quarter, illustrating a substantial volume of malware threats arriving at the network perimeter. Geographically, most of the increased malware instances affected the Americas and Asia-Pacific.
Cybercriminals are selling custom Raspberry Pi software called 'GEOBOX' on Telegram, which allows inexperienced hackers to convert the mini-computers into anonymous cyberattack tools. GEOBOX is sold on Telegram channels for a subscription of $80 per month or $700 for a lifetime license, payable in cryptocurrency.
A cyberattacker and extortionist of a medical center has pleaded guilty to federal computer fraud and abuse charges in the US. Robert Purbeck, adopting the aliases "Lifelock" and "Studmaster" during his time as a cybercriminal, according to the Department of Justice, stole personal data belonging to more than 132,000 people. In one incident described by the DoJ following his 2021 indictment [PDF], Purbeck was said to have targeted a Florida orthodontist and threatened to sell his child's personal information unless they paid a ransom.
The Cybercrime Atlas, a massive undertaking that aims to disrupt cybercriminals across the globe, enters its operational phase in 2024, two years after organizers laid the groundwork at the RSA Conference. "One of the main questions was, is it actually possible, with companies stepping in to invest resources in this type of research? And it became very clear that yes, companies can work together, they are very eager to create this type of knowledge base and to be part of such processes," Tal Goldstein, the WEF Centre for Cybersecurity's head of strategy, told The Register.
The Russian-speaking cybercrime group called RedCurl is leveraging a legitimate Microsoft Windows component called the Program Compatibility Assistant (PCA) to execute malicious commands. “The...
There's yet another group of miscreants out there hijacking insecure Ivanti devices: A new, financially motivated gang dubbed Magnet Goblin has emerged from the shadowy digital depths with a knack for rapidly exploiting newly disclosed vulnerabilities before vendors have issued a fix. The cybercrime crew has targeted US medical, manufacturing, and energy-sector organizations, according to Check Point, which said it spotted Magnet Goblin abusing security holes in Ivanti's code to break into networks back in January just one day after a proof-of-concept, or PoC, exploit was made public.
The Düsseldorf Police in Germany have seized Crimemarket, a massive German-speaking illicit trading platform with over 180,000 users, arresting six people, including one of its operators. Known as Crimemarket, it was the largest cybercrime market in the country and a hub for trading illegal drugs, narcotics, and cybercrime services, while it also hosted tutorials/guides for conducting various crimes.
The Düsseldorf Police in Germany have seized Crimemarket, the largest German-speaking illicit trading platform on the internet, arresting six people, including one of its operators. "In a concerted campaign, investigators across Germany and abroad took action against the largest German-speaking criminal trading platform on the Internet on Thursday evening," reads a machine-translated announcement.