Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2024
A cyberattack impacted operations at Lurie Children’s Hospital

A cyber attack forced Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago to take IT systems offline with a severe impact on its operations. The Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago took IT systems offline after a cyberattack. The security incident severely impacted normal operations also causing the delay of medical care. Lurie Children’s Hospital is one of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2024
AnyDesk Incident: Customer Credentials Leaked and Published for Sale on the Dark Web

Resecurity identified bad actors offering a significant number of AnyDesk customer credentials for sale on the Dark Web. Such information being available for cybercriminals could act as a catalyst for new attacks, including targeted phishing campaigns. Having additional context about a particular customer, the probability of a successful compromise could increase significantly. For example, one […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 02, 2024
Operation Synergia led to the arrest of 31 individuals

An international law enforcement operation, named Synergia, led to the arrest of 31 individuals involved in ransomware, banking malware, and phishing attacks. Operation Synergia was led by Interpol and ran from September to November 2023 involving law enforcement agencies from 50 countries. The international law enforcement operation was launched to curb the escalation and professionalisation […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 01, 2024
Man sentenced to six years in prison for stealing millions in cryptocurrency via SIM swapping

A US man has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in a fraudulent scheme that resulted in the theft of millions of dollars through SIM swapping. Daniel James Junk (22) of Portland was sentenced to 72 months in federal prison for his role in a scheme that resulted in the theft of millions […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 01, 2024
Police seized 50,000 Bitcoin from operator of the now-defunct piracy site movie2k

German police seized 50,000 Bitcoin from the former operator of the now-defunct piracy website movie2k.to. The police in Saxony, Germany, have seized 50,000 Bitcoin (more than $2.1 billion at the current exchange rate) from the former operator of the now-defunct piracy site movie2k. “This is the most extensive security of Bitcoins by law enforcement authorities […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 31, 2024
Crooks stole around $112 million worth of XRP from Ripple’s co-founder

Crooks stole around $112 million worth of Ripple XRP from the crypto wallet of Ripple’s co-founder Chris Larsen. This week, crooks stole around $112 million worth of the Ripple-focused cryptocurrency XRP from a crypto wallet belonging to the Ripple’s co-founder and executive chairman Chris Larsen. Larsen pointed out that the hackers compromised his personal XRP […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 31, 2024
Threat actors exploit Ivanti VPN bugs to deploy KrustyLoader Malware

Threat actors are exploiting recently disclosed zero-day flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) VPN devices to deliver KrustyLoader. In early January 2024, software firm Ivanti reported that threat actors were exploiting two zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-46805, CVE-2024-21887) in Connect Secure (ICS) and Policy Secure to remotely execute arbitrary commands on targeted gateways. Researchers from cybersecurity firm Synacktiv published […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2024
750 million Indian mobile subscribers’ data offered for sale on dark web

Data of 750 million Indian mobile subscribers was offered for sale on dark web hacker forums earlier in January. CloudSEK researchers warned that a database containing data of 750 million Indian mobile subscribers was offered for sale on dark web hacker forums earlier in January. According to the researchers, at least two cybercrime gangs, CYBO […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2024
Hundreds of network operators’ credentials found circulating in Dark Web

Hundreds of compromised credentials of customers of RIPE, APNIC, AFRINIC, and LACNIC are available on the dark web, Resecurity warns. Resecurity conducted a thorough scan of the Dark Web and identified over 1,572 compromised customers of RIPE, Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC), the African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC), and the Latin America and Caribbean Network […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 28, 2024
Medusa ransomware attack hit Kansas City Area Transportation Authority

Medusa ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the attack against the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA). On January 23, 2023, the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) suffered a ransomware attack. The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) is a public transit agency in metropolitan Kansas City. It operates the Metro Area Express (MAX) bus […]