Pierluigi Paganini
June 26, 2020
German Police have arrested 32 individuals and detained 11 after a series of raids targeting users of an illegal underground economy forum. According to prosecutors in Frankfurt and Bamberg, the German Police have arrested 32 individuals and detained 11 after a series of raids targeting users of the “crimenetwork.co” illegal underground economy forum. The operation involved […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 24, 2020
The CryptoCore hacker group that is believed to be operating out of Eastern Europe has stolen around $200 million from online cryptocurrency exchanges. Experts from ClearSky states that a hacker group tracked as CryptoCore, which is believed to be operating out of Eastern Europe, has stolen around $200 million from cryptocurrency exchanges. The CryptoCore group, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 23, 2020
Group-IB published a detailed report on Fxmsp – a heavyweight of the Russian-speaking cyber underground who made a name for himself selling access to corporate networks. Group-IB, a Singapore-based cybersecurity company, has issued a comprehensive report on Fxmsp – a heavyweight of the Russian-speaking cyber underground who made a name for himself selling access to corporate networks. Group-IB […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 22, 2020
New Zealand police had frozen NZ$140 million (US$90 million) in assets linked to a Russian cyber criminal. New Zealand police announced that they had frozen NZ$140 million (US$90 million) in assets linked to the Russian nation Alexander Vinnik. Alexander Vinnik is currently in France to face a charge of money laundering for organised crime using […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 20, 2020
US authorities this week announced sanctions against six Nigerian nationals for their involvement in business email compromise (BEC) and romance fraud schemes. The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Department of Justice announced sanctions against six Nigerians for their involvement in business email compromise (BEC) and romance […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 17, 2020
AWS announced it has mitigated a 2.3 Tbps DDoS attack, the largest ever, which surpassed the previous record of 1.7 Tbps that took place in March 2018. Amazon announced it has mitigated the largest ever DDoS attack of 2.3 Tbps, the news is surprising if we consider that the previous record was of 1.7 Tbps […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 17, 2020
U.S. system-on-chip maker MaxLinear disclosed a security incident, Maze ransomware operators infected some of its computing systems in May. U.S. system-on-chip maker MaxLinear is the last victim of the Maze ransomware operators, the company revealed that the systems were infected last month, but the threat actors first compromised the company on April 15. MaxLinear is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 14, 2020
Systems at Australian beverages company Lion were infected with a ransomware that disrupted to manufacturing processes and customer service. Systems at Australian beverages company Lion were infected with a ransomware, the security breach caused the disruption of manufacturing processes and customer service. Lion is a beverage and food company that operates in Australia and New Zealand, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 14, 2020
Maze ransomware operators hit Threadstone Advisors LLP, a US corporate advisory firm specialising in mergers ‘n’ acquisitions. Threadstone Advisors LLP, a corporate advisory firm specialising in mergers ‘n’ acquisitions, is the last victim of the Maze ransomware operators. MAZE ransomware operators have stolen the data of the company before encrypting its systems and threaten to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 03, 2020
REvil /Sodinokibi ransomware operators launch an auction site to sell data stolen from victims that have chosen to not pay the ransom. Sodinokibi ransomware operators are very active in this period, a few days after the gang has leaked the files allegedly stolen from the UK power grid middleman Elexon it has announced to launch […]
