Tag: Law Enforcement

Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/cybercrime-multifaceted-national-security-threat/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Cybercrime: A Multifaceted National Security Threat Feedly Summary: Executive Summary Cybercrime makes up a majority of the malicious activity online and occupies the majority of defenders’ resources. In 2024, Mandiant Consulting responded to almost four times more intrusions conducted by financially motivated actors than state-backed intrusions. Despite this…

Slashdot: AUKUS Blasts Holes In LockBit’s Bulletproof Hosting Provider

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Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/02/11/2156211/aukus-blasts-holes-in-lockbits-bulletproof-hosting-provider?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AUKUS Blasts Holes In LockBit’s Bulletproof Hosting Provider Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The US, UK, and Australia have sanctioned Zservers, a Russian bulletproof hosting provider, due to its involvement with the LockBit ransomware operations. This collaborative effort underscores the importance of disrupting criminal infrastructures that…

The Register: AUKUS blasts holes in LockBit’s bulletproof hosting provider

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/11/aukus_zservers_lockbit_sanctions/ Source: The Register Title: AUKUS blasts holes in LockBit’s bulletproof hosting provider Feedly Summary: UK foreign secretary says Putin is running a ‘corrupt mafia state’ One of the bulletproof hosting (BPH) providers used by the LockBit ransomware operation has been hit with sanctions in the US, UK, and Australia (AUKUS), along with…

The Register: Man who SIM-swapped the SEC’s X account pleads guilty

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/11/sim_swapped_guilty_plea/ Source: The Register Title: Man who SIM-swapped the SEC’s X account pleads guilty Feedly Summary: Said to have asked search engine ‘What are some signs that the FBI is after you?’ An Alabama man is pleading guilty after being charged with SIM swapping the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) X account in…

The Register: I’m a security expert, and I almost fell for a North Korea-style deepfake job applicant …Twice

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/11/it_worker_scam/ Source: The Register Title: I’m a security expert, and I almost fell for a North Korea-style deepfake job applicant …Twice Feedly Summary: Remote position, webcam not working, then glitchy AI face … Red alert! Twice, over the past two months, Dawid Moczadło has interviewed purported job seekers only to discover that these…

News: Key figures behind Phobos and 8Base ransomware arrested in international cybercrime crackdown

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Source URL: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/key-figures-behind-phobos-and-8base-ransomware-arrested-in-international-cybercrime-crackdown Source: News Title: Key figures behind Phobos and 8Base ransomware arrested in international cybercrime crackdown Feedly Summary: This follows a series of high-impact arrests targeting Phobos ransomware:An administrator of Phobos was arrested in South Korea in June 2024 and extradited to the United States in November of the same year. He is…

The Register: Apple warns ‘extremely sophisticated attack’ may be targeting iThings

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/11/apple_ios_ipados_patches/ Source: The Register Title: Apple warns ‘extremely sophisticated attack’ may be targeting iThings Feedly Summary: Cupertino mostly uses bland language when talking security, so this sounds nasty Apple has warned that some iPhones and iPads may have been targeted by an “extremely sophisticated attack” and has posted patches that hopefully prevent it.……

The Register: All your 8Base are belong to us: Ransomware crew busted in global sting

Feb 10, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/10/8base_police_arrrest/ Source: The Register Title: All your 8Base are belong to us: Ransomware crew busted in global sting Feedly Summary: Dark web site seized, four cuffed in Thailand An international police operation spanning the US, Europe, and Asia has shuttered the 8Base ransomware crew’s dark web presence and resulted in the arrest of…

The Register: US news org still struggling to print papers a week after ‘cybersecurity event’

Feb 10, 2025

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