This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police and New South Wales Police Force, Queensland Police Service and Victoria Police. Editor’s note: Vision from the arrests is available via Hightail A well-known criminal marketplace offering access to stolen account credentials and compromised device information has been shut down following an international investigation led…
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A Visual Journey Through Computer Setups Revealed by Recent Cybercrime Raids
RealHackHistory writes: First an admission by me, I’m not a hardware nerd. I know my way around PCs, can swap out parts as needed and can tell a MacBook from a Chrome Book but if you are expecting an exacting breakdown of the computers or tech we’re going to be looking at here you may…
7×7 Dental Implant & Oral Surgery alleged victim of Abyss ransomware group
A leak site called “Abyss” recently added 7×7 Dental Implant & Oral Surgery Specialists of San Francisco (7×7) to their site and claimed to have 114 GB of the dental practice’s files. A file tree showing 2,891 directories and 63,557 files was posted as proof of claim. Some of the filenames suggest business-related internal documents,…
Microsoft leads effort to disrupt illicit use of Cobalt Strike, a dangerous hacking tool in the wrong hands
Elias Groll and AJ Vicens report: Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit, cybersecurity firm Fortra and the Health Information Sharing & Analysis Center announced legal action Thursday to seize domains related to criminal activity involving cracked copies of the security testing application Cobalt Strike, which has become a favorite tool for cybercriminals to carry out attacks around…
Sentiment recovers $870K after negotiations with hacker
Ezra Reguerra reports: Lending protocol Sentiment has managed to recover the stolen funds from the recent hack by offering the hacker a bounty worth $95,000. In an on-chain transaction on the Arbitrum blockchain, Sentiment sent a message to the hacker offering $95,000 if the hacker returned the funds by April 6, urging the hacker to “do the…
Ransomware Attack at NJ County Police Department Locks Up Criminal Investigative Files
Jonathan Dienst reports: The Camden County Police Department experienced a ransomware attack that has been locking many criminal investigative files and day-to-day internal administration abilities, several law enforcement officials said. Investigators said the attack started in the middle of March and technicians continue working to try to get all systems back up and running. Read more at NBC.