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FBI, CISA, and MS-ISAC warned today of U.S. school districts being increasingly targeted by the Vice Society ransomware group, with more attacks expected after the start of the new school year. "The FBI, CISA, and the MS-ISAC have recently observed Vice Society actors disproportionately targeting the education sector with ransomware attacks," today's joint advisory reads.
The FBI has urged people to be cautious and heavily research a DeFi - decentralized finance - provider before putting your money into it, after more than a billion dollars was stolen from these providers in three months. The FBI wants folks to realize the risks, get professional financial advice if in doubt, and do their homework on the security and general practices of DeFi providers.
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation on Monday warned of cyber criminals increasingly exploiting flaws in decentralized finance platforms to plunder cryptocurrency. "The FBI has observed cyber criminals exploiting vulnerabilities in the smart contracts governing DeFi platforms to steal investors' cryptocurrency," the agency said in a notification.
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is warning investors that cybercriminals are increasingly exploiting security vulnerabilities in Decentralized Finance platforms to steal cryptocurrency. "The FBI has observed cyber criminals exploiting vulnerabilities in the smart contracts governing DeFi platforms to steal investors' cryptocurrency," the federal law enforcement agency said.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation warns of a rising trend of cybercriminals using residential proxies to conduct large-scale credential stuffing attacks without being tracked, flagged, or blocked. Because credential stuffing attacks carry specific characteristics that differentiate them from regular login attempts, websites can easily detect and stop them.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation warned US organizations today that attackers deploying Zeppelin ransomware might encrypt their files multiple times. The two federal agencies also shared tactics, techniques, and procedures and indicators of compromise to help security professionals detect and block attacks using this ransomware strain.
The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the seizure of $500,000 worth of Bitcoin from North Korean hackers who extorted digital payments from several organizations by using a new ransomware strain known as Maui. The DoJ did not disclose where the rest of the payments originated from.
The FBI has warned cryptocurrency owners and would-be owners about a scam involving phony liquidity mining that the bureau says has cost victims more than $70 million in combined losses since 2019. Liquidity mining is an investment strategy that appears to reward investors for contributing some of their crypto assets to a pool, which provides traders the liquidity necessary to conduct transactions.
Federal law enforcement officials this week said they seized about $500,000 that healthcare facilities in the United States paid to the Maui ransomware group. In the case involving the Kansas healthcare facility, the hospital paid the $100,000 ransom but also contacted the FBI, which traced the payment through the blockchain and identified accounts used by money launderers in China who were working with the North Korean-backed ransomware group.
The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the seizure of approximately $500,000 in Bitcoin, paid by American health care providers to the operators of the Maui ransomware strain. At the start of this month, Maui was highlighted by the FBI and CISA as a new North Korean-backed ransomware operation extorting western organizations with encryption attacks.