November 6, 2023 at 04:43PM Researchers at Trend Micro are warning of a new trend called “virtual kidnapping” which combines cyber compromise, social media intel, and AI voice cloning software to convince targets that their loved ones have been kidnapped. Attackers are increasingly leveraging advanced AI technology to make these attacks more convincing. Traditional security … Read more
October 20, 2023 at 11:24AM Law enforcement agencies from multiple countries have seized the dark web site used by the RagnarLocker ransomware group to shame victims. Operating since 2020, the group targeted 52 entities across critical infrastructure sectors. Unlike other ransomware operations, RagnarLocker was not advertised as a service but operated by a private group. … Read more
October 19, 2023 at 04:47PM A threat actor known as Golem has released a new dataset containing the records of over 4 million people’s genetic ancestry, including information on wealthy individuals in the US and Western Europe, after compromising the 23AndMe site. 23andMe is still verifying the authenticity of the leaked data. The breach was … Read more
October 19, 2023 at 10:09AM A former US Navy IT manager, Marquis Hooper, has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison for selling personal records on the dark web. Hooper accessed a database and sold the details of over 9,000 people, generating about $160,000 worth of Bitcoin. The data was used by criminals, including for … Read more
October 18, 2023 at 04:52PM Former U.S. Navy IT manager Marquis Hooper has been sentenced to five years and five months in prison for illegally obtaining and selling US citizens’ personally identifiable information (PII) on the dark web. Hooper and his wife, Natasha Renee Chalk, illegally obtained sensitive personal information from 9,000 people and sold … Read more
October 18, 2023 at 10:24AM Former US Navy IT manager, Marquis Hooper, was sentenced to five years and five months in prison after hacking into a database, stealing personally identifiable information (PII), and selling it on the dark web. Hooper and his wife, Natasha Chalk, stole the PII of over 9,000 individuals, selling it for … Read more