Arrest, Raids Tied to ‘U-Admin’ Phishing Kit
February 9 2021Cyber cops in Ukraine carried out an arrest and several raids last week in connection with the author of a U-Admin, a software package used to administer what’s being...
Read moreFacebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter this week all took steps to crack down on users involved in trafficking hijacked user accounts across their platforms. The coordinated action seized hundreds...
Read moreValidCC, a dark web bazaar run by a cybercrime group that for more than six years hacked online merchants and sold stolen payment card data, abruptly closed up shop...
Read moreU.K. Arrest in ‘SMS Bandits’ Phishing Service
February 1 2021Authorities in the United Kingdom have arrested a 20-year-old man for allegedly operating an online service for sending high-volume phishing campaigns via mobile text messages. The service, marketed in...
Read moreArrest, Seizures Tied to Netwalker Ransomware
January 27 2021U.S. and Bulgarian authorities this week seized the darkweb site used by the NetWalker ransomware cybercrime group to publish data stolen from its victims. In connection with the seizure,...
Read moreInternational Action Targets Emotet Crimeware
January 27 2021Authorities across Europe on Tuesday said they'd seized control over Emotet, a prolific malware strain and cybercrime-as-service operation. Investigators say the action could help quarantine more than a million...
Read moreDDoS-Guard To Forfeit Internet Space Occupied by Parler
January 21 2021Parler, the beleaguered social network advertised as a "free speech" alternative to Facebook and Twitter, has had a tough month. Apple and Google removed the Parler app from its...
Read moreNew Charges Derail COVID Release for Hacker Who Aided ISIS
January 19 2021A hacker serving a 20-year sentence for stealing personal data on 1,300 U.S. military and government employees and giving it to an Islamic State hacker group in 2015 has...
Read moreJoker’s Stash Carding Market to Call it Quits
January 18 2021Joker's Stash, by some accounts the largest underground shop for selling stolen credit card and identity data, says it's closing up shop effective mid-February 2021. The announcement came on...
Read moreAll Aboard the Pequod!
January 7 2021Like countless others, I frittered away the better part of Jan. 6 doomscrolling and watching television coverage of the horrifying events unfolding in our nation's capital, where a mob...
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