From the introduction of the report: This is a confidential report prepared by George Frost, General Counsel of Bitstamp Limited (“Bitstamp” or the “the Company”). This report includes information gleaned from Bitstamp’s own records (including contemporaneous emails, forensic evidence and witness interviews), and derived from ongoing investigative reporting provided by the Stroz Friedberg private investigative…
Category: Malware
College student tops Brazilian banking malware creator list
Charlie Osborne reports: A 20-year-old college student living in Brazil has developed and distributed over 100 Trojans tailored to steal financial information worth roughly $300 each, researchers say. The Trend Micro security team says a student from Tocantins, Brazil, has become one of the country’s top banking malware creators. The Computer Science student goes under the alias…
Europol brings down Zeus, SpyEye cybercriminals
The Local reports: Investigators from six different European countries, including Austria, have succeeded in bringing down a cybercriminal group in Ukraine. Europol said that the action, which took place in Ukraine on June 18th and 19th, resulted in five arrests and the confiscation of computer equipment and other devices for further investigation. The high-level cybercriminals…
TN: Manchester Hotel Hospitality first notifies customers of breach IHG knew about months ago
On May 7, this site reported: It seems Six Continents Hotels (InterContinental Hotel Groups) was notified earlier this year by the Secret Service that some of its hotels had suffered a data security breach. One of the hotels IHG subsequently notified was Cities Service (Holiday Inn Express & Suites in Sulphur, Louisiana). IHG alerted them on February…
FBI says crypto ransomware has raked in >$18 million for cybercriminals
Sean Gallagher reports: The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has issued an alert warning businesses and individuals about the continued spread of cryptographic ransomware. This malware encrypts a victim’s files with a key held by criminals on a remote server, and it then extorts money from the victim to recover those files. The biggest threat among…
Expedia warns users about ‘unauthorized access’ of name, phone, email and booking info
Bob Sullivan reports: Some Expedia.com customers are getting emails from the firm warning that a would-be criminal has obtained “unauthorized access … (to) your name, phone number, email address and travel booking.” The details are being used in an attempt to trick customers into sharing even more personal information, the firm says. […] Sarah Gavin, head…