FBI removes malware from hundreds of routers across the US
The FBI has removed malware from hundreds of routers in an effort to disrupt threat actors linked to the Chinese government.
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Arrests in $400M SIM-Swap Tied to Heist at FTX?
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2024 18:41:37 +0000
Three Americans were charged this week with stealing more than $400 million in a November 2022 SIM-swapping attack. The U.S. government did not name the victim organization, but there is every indication that the money was stolen from the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX, which had just filed for bankruptcy on that same day.
Read moreBlackCat Ransomware Raises Ante After FBI Disruption
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2023 22:49:43 +0000
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) disclosed today that it infiltrated the world’s second most prolific ransomware gang, a Russia-based criminal group known as ALPHV and BlackCat. The FBI said it seized the gang’s darknet website, and released a decryption tool that hundreds of victim companies can use to recover systems. Meanwhile, BlackCat responded by briefly “unseizing” its darknet site with a message promising 90 percent commissions for affiliates who continue to work with the crime group, and open season on everything from hospitals to nuclear power plants.
Read moreScattered Spider ransomware gang falls under government agency scrutiny
Ransomware group Scattered Spider aka Octo Tempest are masters at social engineering tactics like SIM swapping.
Read moreNude “before and after” photos stolen from plastic surgeon, posted online, and sent to victims’ family and friends
The FBI is investigating a data breach where cybercriminals were able to steal patients’ records from a Las Vegas plastic surgeon’s office and then publish them online.
Read moreFBI warns of multiple ransomware attacks on same victim
Categories: News Categories: Ransomware Tags: FBI Tags: ransomware Tags: dual attacks Tags: wipers The FBI has warned about new tactics deployed by ransomware gangs, dual attacks and use of wipers. |
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Read moreA Closer Look at the Snatch Data Ransom Group
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2023 19:47:57 +0000
Earlier this week, KrebsOnSecurity revealed that the darknet website for the Snatch ransomware group was leaking data about its users and the crime gang’s internal operations. Today, we’ll take a closer look at the history of Snatch, its alleged founder, and their claims that everyone has confused them with a different, older ransomware group by the same name.
Read moreFBI Hacker Dropped Stolen Airbus Data on 9/11
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2023 00:22:05 +0000
In December 2022, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that a cybercriminal using the handle “USDoD” had infiltrated the FBI’s vetted information sharing network InfraGard, and was selling the contact information for all 80,000 members. The FBI responded by reverifying all InfraGard members and by seizing the cybercrime forum where the data was being sold. But on Sept. 11, 2023, USDoD resurfaced after a lengthy absence to leak sensitive employee data stolen from the aerospace giant Airbus, while promising to visit the same treatment on top U.S. defense contractors.
Read moreQakbot botnet infrastructure suffers major takedown
Categories: News Categories: Ransomware Tags: Qakbot Tags: FBI Tags: law enforcement Tags: takedown Tags: removal tool Tags: HIBP Tags: Spamhaus The Qakbot botnet has suffered a major setback after its infrastructure was heavily disrupted by US and European law enforcement agencies. |
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Read moreU.S. Hacks QakBot, Quietly Removes Botnet Infections
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2023 18:35:25 +0000
The U.S. government today announced a coordinated crackdown against QakBot, a complex malware family used by multiple cybercrime groups to lay the groundwork for ransomware infections. The international law enforcement operation involved seizing control over the botnet’s online infrastructure, and quietly removing the Qakbot malware from tens of thousands of infected Microsoft Windows computer systems.
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