In February 2022, the United Nations launched the negotiation of a “Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes”, a process that had been initiated by the Russian Federation. The treaty is scheduled to be finalized by January 2024. In May 2022, the Council of Europe opened for ..
Tag : Cybercrime
Russian war in Ukraine is the first example of a full-scale cyber war. A dramatic increase in the number of cyberattacks and critical cyber incidents was observed in Ukraine in 2022 compared to previous years. Most of the attacks were targeted at state entities and critical infrastructure and were conducted by the special services of ..
Denis Mihaqlovic Dubnikov, the Russian national who recently pleaded guilty to charges related to laundering money for the Ryuk ransomware group, has been sentenced to time served. Authorities said Dubnikov laundered money for the cybercrime gang between 2018 and August 2021. He was arrested in the Netherlands in November 2021 and extradited to the United ..
Le prese pubbliche per la ricarica via USB possono essere usate per iniettare virus, malware e software spia nei telefoni. L’allarme è stato lanciato dall’FBI la settimana scorsa per avvisare gli utenti di evitare le porte USB pubbliche attraverso l’account Twitter dell’FBI di Denver. L’Agenzia federale statunitense ha spiegato che le stazioni di ricarica pubbliche ..
Partirà da Milano, e, più precisamente, dalla scuola secondaria I Grado Cassinis, il tour in Lombardia di “Giovani Ambasciatori per la cittadinanza digitale contro cyberbullismo e cyber risk”. Alle 8:00 di mercoledì 12 aprile arriverà presso l’istituto il centro mobile del MOIGE. Saranno 12 le tappe in Lombardia della campagna che promuove un uso sicuro della rete e mira a contrastare il bullismo, aumentato ..
An Estonian national has been charged in the United States for purchasing US-made electronics and computer hacking tools on behalf of the Russian government and military. The man, Andrey Shevlyakov, was arrested in Estonia on March 28. He was charged in the US on 18 counts of conspiracy and other charges. According to the indictment, ..
A recently identified dark web portal offers illegal services related to financial fraud, identity theft, and money laundering, cybersecurity company Resecurity warns. Dubbed Styx Marketplace, the portal offers data dumps, cash-out services, fake and stolen IDs, SIM cards, multi-factor authentication bypass solutions, banking malware, and other types of illegal services. Initially mentioned on the dark ..
Law enforcement agencies in several countries have worked together to disrupt a notorious cybercrime website called Genesis Market, but there is evidence that the takedown attempt’s impact — particularly on infrastructure — may be limited. Launched in 2018, Genesis is an invite-only marketplace that has been offering so-called ‘bots’ that provide cybercriminals with access to ..
The Genesis Market cybercrime website appears to have been taken down as part of an international law enforcement operation. The domains associated with Genesis Market currently display an image informing visitors that the website has been seized by the FBI based on a warrant issued by a Wisconsin court. The new Genesis Market homepage reveals ..
More information has come to light on the recent 3CX supply chain attack, which appears to have been conducted by North Korean hackers with the goal of targeting cryptocurrency companies. Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has conducted its own analysis of the incident and found links to attacks observed by the company back in 2020. Those attacks ..
