FBI, Europol take down a VPN service aimed at criminals

Posted on 26/12/2020 by Engadget

Virtual private networks are often forces for good that keep your data secure, but how that service is offered appears to matter to law enforcement. TorrentFreak reports that the FBI and Europol worked together to shut down Safe-Inet (also known as I...

Alleged Twitter hacker was previously caught stealing a fortune in Bitcoin

Posted on 03/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Graham Ivan Clark, the alleged 17-year-old “mastermind” behind the massive Twitter breach that compromised high-profile accounts, like those belonging to Joe Biden and Elon Musk, got caught stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Bitcoins...

Malware writer pleads guilty to helping $568 million cybercrime ring

Posted on 02/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Another key member of the massive Infraud cybercrime ring is likely heading to prison. Software writer Valerian Chiochiu has pleaded guilty to RICO conspiracy for helping Infraud Organization develop and use FastPOS malware that helped the group stea...

Russian behind elite cybercrime forum sentenced to 9 years in prison

Posted on 26/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

A particularly successful Russian hacker is about to serve time behind bars in the US. A federal judge has sentenced Aleksei Burkov, the operator of an elite cybercrime forum, to nine years in prison after pleading guilty in January to two device fra...

Google says government-backed groups are using COVID-19 to spread scams

Posted on 22/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Dozens of government-backed groups are using COVID-19 themes as lures for phishing and malware scams, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) warned today. One campaign sent fake messages from fast food chains to US government employees. That phishing a...

FBI sees cybercrime reports increase fourfold during COVID-19 outbreak

Posted on 20/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Instances of cybercrime appear to have jumped by as much as 300 percent since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the FBI. The bureau’s Internet Crime Complain Center (IC3) said last week that it’s now receiving between 3,000 and...

Microsoft makes its advanced account protection free for healthcare workers

Posted on 14/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

As if fighting the coronavirus pandemic weren’t challenging enough, cybercriminals are making things more difficult for healthcare providers and humanitarian groups. Attacks have already delayed COVID-19 testing and limited access to related healthca...

Microsoft disrupts a botnet that infected 9 million computers

Posted on 10/03/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Today, Microsoft and partners from 35 countries took steps to disrupt a botnet behind the world's largest cybercrime network. The botnet, Necurs, has infected an estimated nine million computers worldwide, and it's one of the largest spam email netwo...

Three people sentenced for running $100 million malware crime network

Posted on 23/12/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

The takedown of a massive malware crime network is now leading to consequences for some of its alleged participants. The US and the country of Georgia have sentenced three people for their roles in using GozNym malware to steal upwards of $100 milli...

Visa warns that hackers are scraping card details at gas pumps

Posted on 16/12/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

Cybercrime groups are actively exploiting a weakness in gas station point-of-sale (POS) networks to steal credit card data, Visa has revealed. The company's fraud disruption teams are investigating several incidents in which a hacking group known as...

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