At some point within the past 24 hours, the dedicated ransomware leak site operated by NetWalker ransomware threat actors was seized by law enforcement. The notice says that it was seized by the FBI in coordination with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida, the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section of…
Deepfakes Expose Cracks in Virtual ID Verification
One of the things I have come to understand from reading research reports from GeminiAdvisory.io is that criminals are quite nimble and creative as conditions change, the market changes, or new security protocols are adopted. So now that financial institutions, cryptocurrency exchanges, and businesses deploy more sophisticated techniques to verify identity virtually, how are criminals…
Emotet botnet goes offline as cops seize servers
Alex Scroxton reports: The Emotet botnet, one of the most widespread and dangerous cyber threats in operation today, has been forced offline in an international law enforcement operation by police on both sides of the Atlantic. The botnet’s infrastructure was taken down from the inside after being seized earlier this week in the Europol-coordinated operation….
Ukraine says exposes group of international banking hackers
Reuters reports: Ukrainian law enforcement bodies have exposed a group of hackers who interfered in the servers of European and the U.S. banks that caused a total loss of $2.5 billion, Ukrainian prosecutors said on Wednesday. It said hackers from Ukraine used a malicious software, designed to steal personal data like passwords, logins, payment data from servers of private and state banks in…
IRS Agent Charged with Identity Theft and Wire Fraud
A 10-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Bryan Cho, also known as “Yong Hee Cho,” with possession of a fake foreign passport; aggravated identity theft; making false statements during a background check and wire fraud in connection with the purchase of an Upper East Side co-op apartment. Cho was arrested this…
Beware of this active UK NHS COVID-19 vaccination phishing attack
Lawrence Abrams reports: A very active phishing campaign is underway pretending to be from the UK’s National Health Service (NHS), alerting recipients that they are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Today, numerous Twitter users began reporting that they received this phishing email, with some being in the right age group to be eligible and…