There’s an update to an incident previously reported on this site in August: Dec. 13 – U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell today sentenced Vickie Lorenzo Bryant (39, Plant City) to four years in federal prison for access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. He pleaded guilty on August 23, 2016. According to court documents, in…
Bulgarian Charged with GozNym Malware Attacks in the U.S.
Dec. 12 – A Bulgarian man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh in connection with a sophisticated malware package known as GozNym, designed to steal banking credentials and other confidential personal information from infected computers. The six-count indictment, returned on Oct. 4, 2016, and unsealed today, named Krasimir Nikolov, age 44,…
North Miami Resident Sentenced for Possessing 2,434 Stolen Identities
A North Miami resident was sentenced yesterday to 47 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for possessing 2,434 stolen identities. Camelin Junior Desrosiers, 28, previously pled guilty to one count of possession of fifteen or more unauthorized access devices, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1029(a)(3),…
Cybercriminals can use leaked pager data to set up victims
Doug Olenick reports: While cartoon crime fighter Kim Possible may be the last character, real or unreal, to regularly use a pager/beeper, Trend Micro is still finding these somewhat old-fashion communication devices that are still in use leak wide variety of private information potentially opening up the users for a conventional cyberattack. The fact is pagers…
Turkey’s Akbank faces $4 million hit from attempted SWIFT cyber heist
Reuters reports: Hackers targeted Turkey’s Akbank via the SWIFT global money transfer system in an attack which the bank said had not compromised customer data but would cost it up to $4 million. Banks globally face a growing threat from cyber attacks, more of which have succeeded since February’s $81 million heist from the Bangladesh…
National Australia Bank email gaffe sends 60,000 overseas customers’ banking details to wrong email
ABC reports: National Australia Bank (NAB) has accidentally sent the account details belonging to 60,000 overseas customers to an incorrect email address. NAB wrote to all the account holders involved, telling them the emails included information such as their name, address, email, BSB and account numbers, but it did not include any passwords. Read more…