Why the extortion of Vastaamo matters far beyond Finland — and how cyber pros are...
Written by Sean Lyngaas Oct 29, 2020 |...
Well-Known Fake ID Vendor Arrested in Germany
German Federal Police arrested a trio suspected of running the “FakeIDDobby” vendor account on several darkweb marketplaces.A press release by the Federal Police Inspection for Combating Crime in Halle...
Arizona-Based Research Chemical Seller Sentenced to Probation
A federal judge sentenced an Arizona man to five years of probation for selling research chemicals online.United States District Judge Arthur J. Schwab sentenced Jeremy Brooks, 31, to five...
Android ransomware authors have a new trick to go with an old shakedown technique
Written by Sean Lyngaas Oct 8, 2020 |...
FBI: Wisconsin Woman Tried to Hire a Hitman on the Darkweb
A Wisconsin woman used a murder-for-hire site on the darkweb to have someone killed, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.On February 8, 2021, Kelly Harper, 37, was charged...
Hydra market’s servers, $25M in bitcoin seized by German police in dark web sting
Written by Joe Warminsky Apr 5, 2022 |...
Ransomware attacks Finalsite, renders 8,000 school sites unreachable for days
A still-unknown ransomware has crippled at least 8,000 school websites after attacking its service provider, Finalsite.
Finalsite, a popular platform for creating school websites, appears to have recovered significant...
How the Trickbot C2 uses rDNS to disguise as a legitimate Australian government service
By Gabor Szathmari
One interesting offshoot of researching .gov.au websites running outside Australia was an odd service running from Russia. How the Service NSW – a website offering government services online – ended...
CNA legal filings lift the curtain on a Phoenix CryptoLocker ransomware attack
According to CNA, the attack started when an employee downloaded a fake browser from a legitimate website.
Two months after fully restoring its systems, CNA Financial, the leading US...
