Alleged hacker Anthony Tyler Nashatka, a/k/a “psycho,” appeared today in federal court on charges of conspiracy to commit computer fraud and abuse, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and other charges related to a scheme to defraud victims of at least $1.4 million in cryptocurrency in December of 2017, announced United States Attorney…
Escort forums in Italy and the Netherlands hacked by “InstaKilla,” user data put up for sale
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A Bulgarian hacker has breached two online forums dedicated to sex workers, stolen user information, which he’s now selling on a hacking forum.vv The two forums are EscortForumIt.xxx and Hookers.nl — serving sex workers and customers in Italy and the Netherlands, where prostitution is legal. Read more on ZDNet.
Hook, line and sinker: How I fell victim to phishing attacks – again and again
Charlie Osborne bravely discloses all the ways she fell for phishing attacks — even though she is clearly more knowledgeable and sophisticated than the average person. And if it can happen to her, it can happen to you. Or worse, me. 🙂 Read her article on ZDNet.
Ransomware gang uses iTunes zero-day
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The operators of the BitPaymer ransomware have been spotted using a zero-day in iTunes for Windows as a mechanism to bypass antivirus detection on infected hosts. The attacks and the zero-day were found by cyber-security firm Morphisec on the network of an enterprise in the automotive industry that got hit by BitPaymer…
Dutch Prostitution Site Hookers.nl Hacked — 250,000 Users’ Data Acquired
Thomas Brewster reports: Hackers have obtained the data and personal details of around 250,000 users of the Dutch sex work forum Hookers.nl. The breach was confirmed by a Hookers.nl moderator on Thursday, saying that the forum software supplier, vBulletin, had reported that a vulnerability had allowed an outsider access to site’s database. Read more on…
Singaporean charged in US with identity theft and wire fraud; accused of taking meth, cybercrimes in Singapore
CNA reports: A Singaporean has been charged with 14 counts of wire fraud, access device fraud and identity theft in Seattle, documents released by the US Department of Justice on Wednesday (Oct 9) revealed. Ho Jun Jia, also known as Matthew Ho, 29, operated a scheme to mine cryptocurrencies using stolen computing power and services, obtained with the stolen identity…