Security News

Crypto scams rake in $5.6B a year for cyberscum lowlifes, FBI says
2024-09-10 14:29

Elderly people report the greatest losses The FBI just dropped its annual report examining the costs of crypto-related cybercrime, painting a predictably grim picture as total losses in the US...

FBI Cracks Down on Dark Web Marketplace Managed by Russian and Kazakh Nationals
2024-09-07 07:10

Two men have been indicted in the U.S. for their alleged involvement in managing a dark web marketplace called WWH Club that specializes in the sale of sensitive personal and financial...

North Korean scammers plan wave of stealth attacks on crypto companies, FBI warns
2024-09-05 01:17

Feds warn of 'highly tailored, difficult-to-detect social engineering campaigns' The FBI has warned that North Korean operatives are plotting "complex and elaborate" social engineering attacks...

FBI warns crypto firms of aggressive social engineering attacks
2024-09-03 17:43

The FBI warns of North Korean hackers aggressively targeting cryptocurrency companies and their employees in sophisticated social engineering attacks, aiming to deploy malware that steals their...

FBI: RansomHub ransomware breached 210 victims since February
2024-08-29 18:48

​Since surfacing in February 2024, RansomHub ransomware affiliates have breached over 200 victims from a wide range of critical U.S. infrastructure sectors. [...]

Watchdog warns FBI is sloppy on secure data storage and destruction
2024-08-26 19:15

National security data up for grabs, Office of the Inspector General finds The FBI has made serious slip-ups in how it processes and destroys electronic storage media seized as part of...

Audit finds notable security gaps in FBI's storage media management
2024-08-25 14:14

An audit from the Department of Justice's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) identified "significant weaknesses" in FBI's inventory management and disposal of electronic storage media...

FBI Shuts Down Dispossessor Ransomware Group's Servers Across U.S., U.K., and Germany
2024-08-13 09:04

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation on Monday announced the disruption of online infrastructure associated with a nascent ransomware group called Dispossessor. "Since its inception in August 2023, Radar/Dispossessor has quickly developed into an internationally impactful ransomware group, targeting and attacking small-to-mid-sized businesses and organizations from the production, development, education, healthcare, financial services, and transportation sectors," the FBI said in a statement.

FBI disrupts the Dispossessor ransomware operation, seizes servers
2024-08-12 21:48

The FBI announced on Monday that it seized the servers and websites of the Radar/Dispossessor ransomware operation following a joint international investigation. [...]

FBI and CISA Warn of BlackSuit Ransomware That Demands Up to $500 Million
2024-08-08 06:13

The ransomware strain known as BlackSuit has demanded as much as $500 million in ransoms to date, with one individual ransom demand hitting $60 million. Attacks involving ransomware have targeted several critical infrastructure sectors spanning commercial facilities, healthcare and public health, government facilities, and critical manufacturing.