July 25, 2024 at 07:31AM Meta Platforms removed around 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria targeting individuals with financial sextortion scams, including a coordinated network of 2,500 accounts linked to around 20 individuals. The company also removed 7,200 assets, attributing some to a cybercrime group and reported such accounts to NCMEC. INTERPOL conducted a global law … Read more
July 25, 2024 at 07:09AM SecurityWeek Network provides cybersecurity news, webcasts, and virtual events. Their offerings cover a wide range of topics including malware, cyberwarfare, data breaches, ransomware, and security operations. They also focus on areas such as risk management, privacy compliance, and CISO strategy, with specific emphasis on industrial cybersecurity and related financial activities. … Read more
July 23, 2024 at 11:23AM Thousands of typosquatting domains are exploiting the desperation of IT admins affected by the CrowdStrike outage. The domains aim to deceive users with small typos and extort money through phishing and extortion tactics. CrowdStrike has issued warnings and guidance for affected organizations, while some customers are still experiencing recovery challenges. … Read more
July 23, 2024 at 06:27AM UK authorities, in collaboration with the FBI and PSNI, disrupted the illegal DDoS service DigitalStress, seizing its domain and warning visitors of law enforcement action. The NCA noted the takedown’s significance and ongoing data analysis to identify users. This action was part of Operation Power Off to combat DDoS-for-hire services. … Read more
July 22, 2024 at 04:24PM The UK’s National Crime Agency, with PSNI and FBI, shut down digitalstress.su, a DDoS-for-hire platform responsible for thousands of attacks weekly. An arrest was made on July 2. Authorities warned that criminals using such services are not anonymous. Similar takedowns occurred in Spain targeting a hacktivist group. The sting highlighted … Read more
July 22, 2024 at 03:07PM The Regional Organized Crime Unit for the West Midlands Region in the UK arrested a 17-year-old from Walsall linked to the global cybercrime group Scattered Spider. The arrest was in collaboration with the UK’s National Crime Agency and the FBI. The suspect was released on bail, facing charges of blackmail … Read more
July 22, 2024 at 02:59PM The Regional Organized Crime Unit for the West Midlands Region (ROCUWM) in the UK, in collaboration with the National Crime Agency and the FBI, arrested a 17-year-old from Walsall connected to the cybercrime group Scattered Spider. The group targeted organizations with ransomware, including MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment. The suspect was … Read more
July 22, 2024 at 02:23PM The US government imposed sanctions on two Russian cybercriminals, Yuliya Vladimirovna Pankratova and Denis Olegovich Degtyarenko, for cyberattacks on critical infrastructure. Pankratova leads the hacktivist group Cyber Army of Russia Reborn (CARR), while Degtyarenko is the primary hacker. CARR targeted industrial systems at critical infrastructure sites in the US and … Read more
July 22, 2024 at 11:54AM DigitalStress, a DDoS-for-hire service, was dismantled in a coordinated effort led by the UK’s NCA, with the owner arrested. The NCA acquired customer data and plans to work with international law enforcement to target users. This operation, part of Operation PowerOFF, is part of a broader crackdown on DDoS services, … Read more
July 22, 2024 at 11:36AM Two members of the LockBit gang pleaded guilty in the US for their involvement in deploying ransomware against organizations globally and in the US. The gang resumed operations after a disruption, becoming the most active ransomware gang in May. The US seeks information on the alleged mastermind and has announced … Read more