The United States and the United Kingdom on Thursday announced sanctions against more alleged members of the Russian cybercrime group named Trickbot. Earlier this year, the two countries sanctioned seven Russians for their alleged role in the Trickbot operation, and they have now announced sanctions against 11 additional individuals. The latest sanctions target Andrey Zhuykov, ..
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A wealthy Russian businessman with ties to the Kremlin was sentenced Thursday to nine years in prison for his role in a nearly $100 million stock market cheating scheme that relied on secret earnings information stolen through the hacking of U.S. computer networks. Vladislav Klyushin, who ran a Moscow-based information technology company that did work ..
Ticketing services agency See Tickets has notified more than 300,000 individuals that their payment card data was stolen in a new web skimmer attack. Owned by Vivendi SA, See Tickets provides ticketing services for a broad range of event types, including comedy, festival, lifestyle, and sport, and operates both regional and international websites in North ..
In this edition of Hacker Conversations, SecurityWeek talks to Alex Ionescu, a world-renowned cybersecurity expert who has combined a career as a business executive with that of a security researcher. The goal of Hacker Conversations is to talk to cybersecurity researchers to better understand how they fit into and operate within the cybersecurity ecosphere. Ionescu ..
SecurityWeek is publishing a weekly cybersecurity roundup that provides a concise compilation of noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar. We provide a valuable summary of stories that may not warrant an entire article, but are nonetheless important for a comprehensive understanding of the cybersecurity landscape. Each week, we will curate and present ..
Addio ad una della più grandi botnet malware attive nel panorama internazionale, responsabile di danni per “centinaia di milioni” di dollari a livello globale. Ieri, l’FBI ha annunciato di aver “interrotto e smantellato” con successo il malware Qakbot, identificando oltre 700.000 computer infetti in tutto il mondo, di cui più di 200.000 negli Stati Uniti. ..
Il nuovo crimine informatico emergente? L’uso dell’intelligenza artificiale e del machine learning per compiere truffe, estorsioni e “rapimenti virtuali”. Negli Stati Uniti, l’FBI ha già messo in guardia il pubblico su come i criminali informatici utilizzino la tecnologia deepfake per manipolare foto e video innocui e convertirli in schemi redditizi di sextortion. La Federal Trade Commission ha ..
The U.N. human rights office says criminal gangs have forced hundreds of thousands of people in Southeast Asia into participating in unlawful online scam operations, including false romantic ploys, bogus investment pitches, and illegal gambling schemes. The Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, in a new report, cites “credible sources” that at ..
Meta on Tuesday said it purged thousands of Facebook accounts that were part of a widespread online Chinese spam operation trying to covertly boost China and criticize the West. The campaign, which became known as “Spamouflage“, was active across more than 50 platforms and forums including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and X, formerly known as ..
Dutch infrastructure-as-a-service and cloud solutions provider Leaseweb shut down some critical systems last week due to a cyberattack. The company said it detected unusual activity in certain areas of its cloud environments on the night of August 22. “The issue had an impact on a specific portion of our cloud-based infrastructure leading to downtime for ..
