Tag: cybercrime
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The Register: Crooks stole AWS credentials from misconfigured sites then kept them in open S3 bucket
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/09/aws_credentials_stolen/ Source: The Register Title: Crooks stole AWS credentials from misconfigured sites then kept them in open S3 bucket Feedly Summary: ShinyHunters-linked heist thought to have been ongoing since March Exclusive A massive online heist targeting AWS customers during which digital crooks abused misconfigurations in public websites and stole source code, thousands of…
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Krebs on Security: U.S. Offered $10M for Hacker Just Arrested by Russia
Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/12/u-s-offered-10m-for-hacker-just-arrested-by-russia/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: U.S. Offered $10M for Hacker Just Arrested by Russia Feedly Summary: In January 2022, KrebsOnSecurity identified a Russian man named Mikhail Matveev as “Wazawaka," a cybercriminal who was deeply involved in the formation and operation of multiple ransomware groups. The U.S. government indicted Matveev as a top…
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Krebs on Security: Why Phishers Love New TLDs Like .shop, .top and .xyz
Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/12/why-phishers-love-new-tlds-like-shop-top-and-xyz/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: Why Phishers Love New TLDs Like .shop, .top and .xyz Feedly Summary: Phishing attacks increased nearly 40 percent in the year ending August 2024, with much of that growth concentrated at a small number of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) — such as .shop, .top, .xyz —…
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The Register: Severity of the risk facing the UK is widely underestimated, NCSC annual review warns
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/03/ncsc_annual_review/ Source: The Register Title: Severity of the risk facing the UK is widely underestimated, NCSC annual review warns Feedly Summary: National cyber emergencies increased threefold this year The number of security threats in the UK that hit the country’s National Cyber Security Centre’s (NCSC) maximum severity threshold has tripled compared to the…
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The Register: Russia arrests one of its own – a cybercrime suspect on FBI’s most wanted list
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/02/russia_ransomware_arrest/ Source: The Register Title: Russia arrests one of its own – a cybercrime suspect on FBI’s most wanted list Feedly Summary: The latest in an unusual change of fortune for group once protected by the Kremlin An alleged former affiliate of the LockBit and Babuk ransomware operations, who also just happens to…
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The Register: Interpol nabs thousands, seizes millions in global cybercrime-busting op
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/01/interpol_cybercrime_busting/ Source: The Register Title: Interpol nabs thousands, seizes millions in global cybercrime-busting op Feedly Summary: Also, script kiddies still a threat, Tornado Cash is back, UK firms lose billions to avoidable attacks, and more Infosec in brief Interpol and its financial supporters in the South Korean government are back with another round…
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The Register: RansomHub claims to net data hat-trick against Bologna FC
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/30/bologna_fc_ransomhub/ Source: The Register Title: RansomHub claims to net data hat-trick against Bologna FC Feedly Summary: Crooks say they have stolen sensitive files on managers and players Italian professional football club Bologna FC is allegedly a recent victim of the RansomHub cybercrime gang, according to the group’s dark web postings.… AI Summary and…