Law Enforcement Aims to Take Down Netwalker Ransomware
The Department of Justice has so far charged one Canadian national and seized nearly $500,000 in relation to Netwalker ransomware.The Department of Justice (DoJ) has announced a coordinated law...
Here is How Easily the Feds Identified a Darkweb Opioid Dealer
Darkweb markets provide drug dealers with an anonymous platform to peddle their wares but cannot account for all forms of human error.A group of federal law enforcement agents regularly...
Costly short squeeze makes Reddit required reading on Wall Street
Dennis Dick, a professional stock trader in Las Vegas, reads the site Seeking Alpha before work and keeps up to the minute throughout the trading day by watching Twitter,...
Cryptocurrency crime drops in 2020 but ‘DeFi’ breaches rise, study finds
Losses from cryptocurrency theft, hacks, and fraud fell 57% last year to $1.9 billion, as market participants boosted security systems, but crime in the ‘decentralized finance’ space continued to...
Mimecast Confirms SolarWinds Hack as List of Security Vendor Victims Snowball
A growing number of cybersecurity vendors like CrowdStrike, Fidelis, FireEye, Malwarebytes, Palo Alto Networks and Qualys are confirming being targeted in the espionage attack.
The Mimecast certificate compromise reported earlier...
LogoKit Simplifies Office 365, SharePoint ‘Login’ Phishing Pages
A phishing kit has been found running on at least 700 domains – and mimicking services via false SharePoint, OneDrive and Office 365 login portals.
A newly-uncovered phishing kit, dubbed...
Cryptojacking malware targeting cloud apps gets new upgrades, worming capability
By:
Derek B. Johnson
A piece of cryptojacking malware with a penchant for targeting the cloud has gotten...
Authorities Seize Dark-Web Site Linked to the Netwalker Ransomware
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
U.S. and Bulgarian authorities this week took control of the dark web site used by the NetWalker ransomware cybercrime group to publish data stolen from its victims.
"We...
Italy CERT Warns of a New Credential Stealing Android Malware
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Researchers have disclosed a new family of Android malware that abuses accessibility services in the device to hijack user credentials and record audio and video.
Dubbed "Oscorp" by...
Europol distributes anti-malware code via the Emotet botnet
The feds seem to have been inside Emotet for longer than first thought – and distributed a benevolent payload.It’s arguably the 21st century’s most stunning law enforcement victory for...
