September 27, 2024 at 02:01PM The U.S. Department of Justice has charged two Russian nationals, Sergey Ivanov and Timur Shakhmametov, for money laundering and cybercrimes, including operating carding markets and cryptocurrency exchanges involving billions of dollars. Authorities also targeted Cryptex and seized servers hosting PM2BTC, leading to rewards for information on the individuals’ whereabouts. Additionally, … Read more
August 15, 2024 at 07:51AM Georgy Kavzharadze, a Russian national, has been sentenced to 40 months in US prison for selling stolen financial and personal information on the cybercrime marketplace Slilpp. He listed over 626,000 stolen login credentials and made over $200,000 in profits. The marketplace was disrupted in June 2021 and over a dozen … Read more
February 15, 2024 at 04:34AM ‘Gold Pickaxe’ is a new iOS and Android trojan employing social engineering to trick victims into providing their faces and ID documents. Developed by the ‘GoldFactory’ Chinese threat group, it’s part of a suite of malware and targets Asia-Pacific. It uses fraudulent apps and webpages to capture sensitive information and … Read more
January 15, 2024 at 04:19PM The U.S. Secret Service executed a seizure warrant to recover $34,000 stolen through a fake antivirus renewal email scam. The court document details how threat actors gained access to victims’ accounts by tricking them into installing malicious software and disclosing account credentials. The scam’s intensity has recently increased, leading to … Read more