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US Treasury says NFTs 'highly susceptible' to fraud, but ignored by high-tier criminals
2024-05-30 21:47

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US dismantles 911 S5 botnet used for cyberattacks, arrests admin
2024-05-29 17:14

The U.S. Justice Department and international partners dismantled the 911 S5 proxy botnet and arrested 35-year-old Chinese national YunHe Wang, its administrator. The VPN apps that added compromised devices to the 911 S5 residential proxy service include MaskVPN, DewVPN, PaladinVPN, ProxyGate, ShieldVPN, and ShineVPN. Between 2014 and July 2022, they created a network of millions of residential Windows computers worldwide linked to more than 19 million unique IP addresses, including 613,841 IP addresses in the United States.

2.8M US folks learn their personal info was swiped months ago in Sav-Rx IT heist
2024-05-28 22:20

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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.

Russian indicted for selling access to US corporate networks
2024-05-28 18:32

A 31-year-old Russian national named Evgeniy Doroshenko has been indicted for wire and computer fraud in the United States for allegedly acting as an "Initial access broker" from February 2019 to May 2024. An initial access broker is a threat actor who breaches corporate networks and then sells that access to other threat actors, who commonly use the access to conduct data theft or ransomware attacks.

Cencora data breach exposes US patient info from 11 drug companies
2024-05-24 15:44

Some of the largest drug companies in the world have disclosed data breaches due to a February 2024 cyberattack at Cencora, whom they partner with for pharmaceutical and business services. In February 2024, Cencora disclosed a data breach in a Form 8-K filing with the SEC, stating that unauthorized parties gained access to its information systems and exfiltrated personal data.

Cencora data breach exposes US patient info from 8 drug companies
2024-05-24 15:44

Some of the largest drug companies in the world have disclosed data breaches due to a February 2024 cyberattack at Cencora, whom they partner with for pharmaceutical and business services. In February 2024, Cencora disclosed a data breach in a Form 8-K filing with the SEC, stating that unauthorized parties gained access to its information systems and exfiltrated personal data.

US retailers under attack by gift card-thieving cyber gang
2024-05-24 10:50

Earlier this month, the FBI published a private industry notification about Storm-0539, a Morocco-based cyber criminal group that specializes in compromising retailers and creating fraudulent gift cards. "Storm-0539's skill at compromising and creating cloud-based attack infrastructure lets them avoid common upfront costs," Microsoft's analysts noted.

Go after UnitedHealth, not us, 100+ medical groups urge Uncle Sam
2024-05-22 22:05

Why should we get its paperwork? More than 100 medical industry groups have asked the Feds to make UnitedHealth Group, not them, go through the rigmarole of notifying everyone about the Change...