On a single day in May, 108 Los Angeles County employees fell for a phishing attack that affected approximately 756,000 individuals. Here is the press release issued Dec. 16 from the County of Los Angeles Chief Executive Office: The County of Los Angeles today disclosed that it was the victim of a phishing email attack that potentially…
Month: December 2016
Three Romanian nationals indicted in cyber fraud case in which they infected 60,000 computers, sent out 11 million malicious emails and stole at least $4 million
A 21-count indictment was unsealed in which three Romanian nationals were charged for operating a cyber fraud conspiracy in which they infected 60,000 computers, sent out 11 million malicious emails and stole at least $4 million, said U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon and FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony. Bogdan Nicolescu, 34, Tiberiu…
Florida man sentenced to prison for selling medical records stolen from Rotech Healthcare
There’s an update to an incident previously reported on this site in August: Dec. 13 – U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell today sentenced Vickie Lorenzo Bryant (39, Plant City) to four years in federal prison for access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. He pleaded guilty on August 23, 2016. According to court documents, in…
Bulgarian Charged with GozNym Malware Attacks in the U.S.
Dec. 12 – A Bulgarian man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh in connection with a sophisticated malware package known as GozNym, designed to steal banking credentials and other confidential personal information from infected computers. The six-count indictment, returned on Oct. 4, 2016, and unsealed today, named Krasimir Nikolov, age 44,…
North Miami Resident Sentenced for Possessing 2,434 Stolen Identities
A North Miami resident was sentenced yesterday to 47 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for possessing 2,434 stolen identities. Camelin Junior Desrosiers, 28, previously pled guilty to one count of possession of fifteen or more unauthorized access devices, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1029(a)(3),…
Cybercriminals can use leaked pager data to set up victims
Doug Olenick reports: While cartoon crime fighter Kim Possible may be the last character, real or unreal, to regularly use a pager/beeper, Trend Micro is still finding these somewhat old-fashion communication devices that are still in use leak wide variety of private information potentially opening up the users for a conventional cyberattack. The fact is pagers…