The following is a Google translation: The Municipality of Balneário Camboriú is on Wednesday (27) without online services due to a cyber attack by Ransomware, which is a type of harmful software that restricts access to the infected system with a kind of block and charges a ransom for that access can be restored. The…
Cypriot Hacker Pleads Guilty to Data Theft, Extortion
A Cypriot national who was extradited to the U.S. this past summer has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud and to obtaining information from a protected computer. Prajeet Nair reports: Joshua Polloso Epifaniou, 21, of Nicosia, Cyprus, pleaded guilty this week to computer fraud conspiracy and obtaining information from a protected computer. He faces…
Citrix Employees Secure $2.3 Million Settlement for Data Breach
Porter Wells reports: Citrix Systems Inc.‘s $2.275 million settlement offer to a class of current and former employees whose data was compromised by hackers over a five-month period earned a Florida federal judge’s initial approval. Judge Ron K. Altman preliminarily approved the class’s unopposed motion to approve the settlement terms Tuesday for the U.S. District Court for…
NetWalker ransomware leak site seized (UPDATE2)
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….