The SilentFade group used malware to buy ads on behalf of the hacked users.
At the Virus Bulletin 2020 security conference, Facebook security team members revealed details of one of the most sophisticated malware campaigns ever to target Facebook users. The cybercriminal group, dubbed...
Nikulin will be credited with the four years he has already spent in prison.
The federal court for the Northern District of California sentenced Russian citizen Yevgeny Nikulin, accused in the United States of cybercrimes, to 88 months in prison (approximately 7 years and 4 months). The...
For the past year, a site called Privnotes.com has been impersonating Privnote.com, a legitimate, free service that offers private, encrypted messages which self-destruct automatically after they are read. Until recently, I couldn’t quite work out what Privnotes was up to, but today it became...
Cyber fraudsters use a devilish cocktail of social engineering, SIM swapping and remote access software. Using this kit, attackers devastate users' bank accounts.
In total, the victims of the criminals, of whom there are only three to date, lost more than $ 350,000. In all cases, identical...
Much to the disappointment of the cybersecurity community, Pastebin has two features that will make it harder to combat malicious code on the site.
The popular site Pastebin, where users can exchange small snippets of text, has two new features that, according to information security...
The court ordered the man to pay a fine of 8500 hryvnias for spreading computer viruses. The judgment, published in the Unified State Register, was made by the Komsomolsk City Court of the Poltava Region.
During the trial, it was established that in August 2019, the defendant found and...
The group is responsible for ransomware and malware attacks, SIM swapping, extortion with threats of explosion, etc.
Polish law enforcement officers arrested four alleged members of a hacker super-group that is actively involved in various cybercriminal activities. The group is responsible for...
Dogs can smell smartphones, microSD cards, etc., which can serve as evidence in criminal investigations.
New times dictate new conditions - US law enforcement agencies are now training their service dogs to find not only drugs and weapons, but also electronic devices.
According to the Star...
The Elasticsearch server was in the public domain on the web from 10 to 16 September.
Security researcher Ata Hakcil of WizCase discovered an unsecured Microsoft-owned Elasticsearch server that contained over 6.5 TB of log files with 13 billion entries retrieved from the Bing Mobile search...
Reportedly, employees of the Cyber Police Department revealed that an unidentified person, by brute-forcing passwords, systematically obtained access to the accounts of users of a number of online trading platforms. This gave him access to payment cards and Paypal accounts of users, the funds...
American authorities announced the sentencing of 39-year-old Nathan Francis Wyatt, a former member of the notorious hacker group The Dark Overlord (TDO).
According to law enforcement officials, since 2016, Wyatt has been a member of the TDO, and these were the "golden years" for the group, when...
As a result of cyberattacks, the total losses of American citizens and companies amounted to $ 16.8 million.
Two Russian citizens are included in the American sanctions list, the US Treasury reported on September 16.
Today, in coordination with the US Department of Justice and the...
Several domains linked to the pirate site Pirate Bay went public this month after their owner failed to renew their registrations. Piratebay.org sold at Dropcatch for $ 50,000 and is now pending auction on ThePiratebay.com.
In 2012, the site itself switched from its own domain ThePiratebay.org...
Secret services are behind most of the cyberattacks, but some were carried out by hackers hungry for profit.
Chinese hackers have stolen confidential data from Spanish research centers working to create a vaccine against COVID-19, according to Spanish edition elpais.com. According to the...
An Australian bank manager stole more than $ 4 million from clients, which he then spent on expensive cars and designer watches. In court, he explained this act with a desire to impress his girlfriend, writes the Daily Mail.
According to the investigation, 39-year-old Andy Lee from 2015 to 2019...
Three Iranian citizens are accused of hacking satellite and aerospace companies.
The US authorities have charged three Iranian citizens with hacking into American satellite and aerospace companies. Said Purkarim Arabi, Muhammad Reza Espargam and Muhammad Bayati are accused of organizing and...