Mikael Thalen reports: A popular Anonymous Twitter account spread unsubstantiated claims regarding hackers on Monday that eventually made their way into the feed of a sitting U.S. congressman. The account which helped spread the allegation, @YourAnonCentral, tweeted out an image of a map purporting to show a significant distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attack underway against much of…
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FBI Takes Down a Russian-Based Hacker Platform; Arrests Suspected Russian Site Administrator
First they arrested the suspected administrator on March 7. Today, they shut down the platform. From DOJ: A Russian-based cyber platform known as DEER.IO was shut down by the FBI today, and its suspected administrator – alleged Russian hacker Kirill Victorovich Firsov – was arrested and charged with crimes related to the hacking of U.S….
COVID-19 Cybersecurity Advice: FTC, NIST, and CISA Release Guidance on Secure Teleworking and Critical Infrastructure Jobs
Ashden Fein, Trisha Anderson, Libbie Canter and Caleb Skeath of Covington & Burling write: In response to the drastic increase of U.S. employees working remotely, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) have both issued guidance for employers and employees on best practices for teleworking securely. …
The Cyber Intelligence Analyst’s Cookbook
There’s a new — and free — OSINT resource from Open Source Researchers that I want to let you all know about: The Cyber Intelligence Analyst’s Cookbook Volume 1 : A primer for Open Source Intelligence Collection and Applied Research An excerpt from the Preface: Anyways, I started with this brain dump of my process…
FBI arrests Russian behind Deer.io, a Shopify-like platform for cybercrime
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The FBI has arrested a Russian national believed to be behind Deer.io, a Shopify-like platform that hosts online stores where hackers advertise and sell hacked accounts and stolen user information. The suspect, named Kirill Victorovich Firsov, was arrested on Saturday, March 7, at the John F. Kennedy Airport, in New York, according…
Chrome 80 update cripples top cybercrime marketplace
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A small change in the Google Chrome 80 browser has had a devastating effect on one of today’s top cybercrime marketplaces. According to new research shared with ZDNet this week by threat intelligence firm KELA, the Genesis Store is currently going through a rough patch, seeing a 35% drop in the number of hacked…