Inside ‘Evil Corp,’ a $100M Cybercrime Menace

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 14:08:21 +0000

The U.S. Justice Department this month offered a $5 million bounty for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a Russian man indicted for allegedly orchestrating a vast, international cybercrime network that called itself “Evil Corp” and stole roughly $100 million from businesses and consumers. As it happens, for several years KrebsOnSecurity closely monitored the day-to-day communications and activities of the accused and his accomplices. What follows is an insider’s look at the back-end operations of this gang.

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$5m bounty set on the alleged head of Evil Corp banking Trojan group

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2019 10:53:32 +0000

Know where Maksim “Aqua” Yakubets is? Can you pry him out of Russia and his Lamborghinis? The biggest ever cybercrook reward awaits!<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/nU-wUMypTSA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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