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Law enforcement agencies have officially seized control of the notorious BreachForums platform, an online bazaar known for peddling stolen data, for the second time within a year. The website...
The FBI has seized the notorious BreachForums hacking forum used to leak and sell stolen corporate data to other cybercriminals. The seizure occurred on Wednesday morning, soon after the site was used last week to leak data stolen from a Europol law enforcement portal.
The FBI warned retail companies in the United States that a financially motivated hacking group has been targeting employees in their gift card departments in phishing attacks since at least January 2024. Should the hackers succeed in breaching the victim's corporate gift card department, they use compromised employee accounts to generate fraudulent gift cards.
The U.S. government on Thursday published a new cybersecurity advisory warning of North Korean threat actors' attempts to send emails in a manner that makes them appear like they are from...
The FBI is warning of fake verification schemes promoted by fraudsters on online dating platforms that lead to costly recurring subscription charges. The public service announcement explains that contrary to romance scams that often combine investment fraud like "Pig butchering," these verification schemes rely on recurring monthly charges for the victim.
The FBI has warned today that using unlicensed cryptocurrency transfer services can result in financial loss if law enforcement takes down these platforms. This announcement is aimed at crypto transfer platforms not registered as Money Services Businesses and non-compliant with anti-money laundering requirements as mandated by U.S. federal law.
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According to a joint advisory from the FBI, CISA, Europol's European Cybercrime Centre, and the Netherlands' National Cyber Security Centre, the Akira ransomware operation has breached the networks of over 250 organizations and raked in roughly $42 million in ransom payments. "As of January 1, 2024, the ransomware group has impacted over 250 organizations and claimed approximately $42 million in ransomware proceeds," the joint advisory warns.
On Friday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation warned of a massive ongoing wave of SMS phishing attacks targeting Americans with lures regarding unpaid road toll fees. "Since early-March 2024, the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center has received over 2,000 complaints reporting smishing texts representing road toll collection service from at least three states," the FBI explained in a public service announcement published today.