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, ..
Tag : Cybercrime
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 ..
L’inchiesta “Vulkan Files” svela come la società russa Vulkan, che si occupa di sviluppo software e sicurezza informatica, lavori per i servizi segreti russi realizzando armi informatiche e fornendo servizi all’intelligence russa. I documenti, che fanno riferimento al periodo che va dal 2016 al 2021, provengono da un informatore anonimo probabilmente interno alla NTC Vulkan ..
«La guerra si fonda sull’inganno»L’Arte della Guerra, Sun Tzu Il social engineering – o ingegneria sociale – è una disciplina che sfrutta processi cognitivi di influenzamento, inganno e manipolazione per indurre una persona a compiere un’azione o a comunicare informazioni riservate. La storia è Maestra di vita, e l’arte di ingannare l’avversario non si sviluppa ..
Australian casino giant Crown Resorts this week confirmed that the Cl0p ransomware group contacted them to claim the theft of data as part of the GoAnywhere attack. The incident occurred in late January, when a zero-day vulnerability in Fortra’s GoAnywhere managed file transfer (MFT) software was exploited to access files belonging to Fortra customers. The ..
A Nigerian national was sentenced this week to four years and one month in prison in the US for his role in a business email compromise (BEC) fraud scheme. The man, Solomon Ekunke Okpe, 31, of Lagos, participated in multiple BEC, credit card, work-from-home, check-cashing, and romance scams targeting banks, businesses, and individuals in the ..
The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has been running several fake DDoS-for-hire websites in an effort to infiltrate the cybercrime marketplace and collect information on individuals engaging in these types of activities. The law enforcement agency has set up an unspecified number of websites that claim to allow users to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks ..
