Catalin Cimpanu reports: .. in a report published today and shared with ZDNet, the security team at KPN, a Dutch telecommunications provider, said it was able to sinkhole and intercept the communications between REvil-infected computers and the REvil ransomware’s command-and-control (C&C) servers. KPN researchers say this allowed them to obtain unique insights into the operations of the…
Category: Of Note
Magecart gang arrested in Indonesia
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Interpol and Indonesian police have arrested three men on suspicion of being part of a cybercrime group engaged in Magecart attacks. […] The suspects were only identified by their initials: ANF (27 years), K (35 years), and N (23 years), from he regions of Jakarta and Yogyakarta. Read more on ZDNet.
Chasing Soccer’s Secrets, Hacker Found Those of Africa’s Richest Woman, Too
Tariq Panja reports: The Portuguese fan was looking for soccer’s secrets when he began hacking into the legal and financial networks supporting the game’s multibillion-dollar industry five years ago. For years, he plundered internal documents and secret agreements, unmasking questionable practices — and even criminality — by lawyers and players and teams, and then published…
FBI breach notice rules lauded by states, but some want more
Derek B. Johnson reports: A new FBI policy raises the question about who are the true victims of election systems breaches: local officials who supervise elections or the voters and candidates who depend on a trustworthy ballot? Under a recent policy change, the FBI will notify states if local election systems are hacked, but some…
Russian National Pleads Guilty to Running Online Criminal Marketplace
Press release from DOJ, January 23. Previous coverage on this threat actor on this site can be found here and here. Russian National Pleads Guilty to Running Online Criminal Marketplace A Russian national pleaded guilty today to charges related to his operation of two websites devoted to the facilitation of payment card fraud, computer hacking…
Canadian teen calls cops after fake ID doesn’t arrive
OK, I think this one may win my headlines today. Stephen Sorace reports: A Canadian teen’s bizarre call to police on Tuesday to report that the fake ID they ordered online never arrived has authorities stepping up efforts to warn of potential identity theft scams. Const. Ed Sanchuk, of the Ontario Provincial Police, West Region, shared in a video message Wednesday that an unnamed Norfolk…