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Tech CEO Sentenced to 5 Years in IP Address Scheme

October 17, 2023 0 Comments american registry for internet numbers, Amir Golestan, ARIN, micfo llc, Ne'er-Do-Well News, spamhaus, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 16:23:25 +0000

Amir Golestan, the 40-year-old CEO of the Charleston, S.C. based technology company Micfo LLC, has been sentenced to five years in prison for wire fraud. Golestan’s sentencing comes nearly two years after he pleaded guilty to using an elaborate network of phony companies to secure more than 735,000 Internet Protocol (IP) addresses from the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN), the nonprofit which oversees IP addresses assigned to entities in the U.S., Canada, and parts of the Caribbean.

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Qakbot botnet infrastructure suffers major takedown

August 31, 2023 0 Comments FBI, hibp, law enforcement, news, qakbot, Ransomware, removal tool, spamhaus, takedown

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The Qakbot botnet has suffered a major setback after its infrastructure was heavily disrupted by US and European law enforcement agencies.

Independent Krebs Security

Phishing Domains Tanked After Meta Sued Freenom

May 26, 2023 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, awpg ecrime exchange, dave piscitello, freenom, interisle consulting group, mastodon, meta, namecheap, openphish, phishtank, spamhaus

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 26 May 2023 16:37:15 +0000

The number of phishing websites tied to domain name registrar Freenom dropped precipitously in the months surrounding a recent lawsuit from social networking giant Meta, which alleged the free domain name provider has a long history of ignoring abuse complaints about phishing websites while monetizing traffic to those abusive domains.

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DEA Investigating Breach of Law Enforcement Data Portal

May 12, 2022 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, Data Breaches, Department of Justice, domain block list, doxbin, drug enforcement administration, el paso intelligence center, emergency data request, epic, esp.usdoj.gov, FBI, icsi, kt, lapsus, law enforcement inquiry and alerts, leia, national seizure system, Ne'er-Do-Well News, nicholas weaver, nss, spamhaus, The Coming Storm, u.s. drug enforcement agency

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 11:00:30 +0000

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) says it is investigating reports that hackers gained unauthorized access to an agency portal that taps into 16 different federal law enforcement databases. KrebsOnSecurity has learned the alleged compromise is tied to a cybercrime and online harassment community that routinely impersonates police and government officials to harvest personal information on their targets.

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Darknet hosting provider in underground NATO bunker busted

October 1, 2019 0 Comments acechemstore, Botnet, bulletproof, cannabis road, cyberbunker, Cybercrime, dark web, darknet, data center, data loss, Denial of Service, fraudsters, germany, hosting provider, Law & order, lifestyle pharma, malware, mirai, nato, netherlands, orangechemicals, organized crime, Server, Spam, spamhaus, traben-trarbach, wall street market

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 09:41:45 +0000

Police overcame not only digital defenses of the “bulletproof” provider CyberBunker but also barbed wire fences and surveillance cams.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/mdF0Y34b2RU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

Darknet hosting provider busted in underground NATO bunker

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 09:41:45 +0000

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Feds Allege Adconion Employees Hijacked IP Addresses for Spamming

September 2, 2019 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, Adconion Direct, Amir Golestan, Amobee, ARIN, Blackstar Media LLC, CAN-SPAM, Daniel Dye, HostWinds, Jacob Bychak, Kim Perell, Mark Manoogian, Media Breakaway, Micfo, Mohammed Abdul Qayyum, Optinrealbig, Peter Holden, Petr Pacas, Scott Richter, SingTel, Spam Nation, spamhaus, The Coming Storm

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2019 20:52:00 +0000

Federal prosecutors in California have filed criminal charges against four employees of Adconion Direct, an email advertising firm, alleging they unlawfully hijacked vast swaths of Internet addresses and used them in large-scale spam campaigns. KrebsOnSecurity has learned that the charges are likely just the opening salvo in a much larger, ongoing federal investigation into the company’s commercial email practices.