Independent – Page 6 – Computer Security Articles

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 14:17:07 +0000

The U.S. government on Wednesday announced the arrest and charging of two Sudanese brothers accused of running Anonymous Sudan (a.k.a. AnonSudan), a cybercrime business known for launching powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against a range of targets, including dozens of hospitals, news websites and cloud providers. One of the brothers is facing life in prison for allegedly seeking to kill people with his attacks.

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October 9, 2024 admin

Lamborghini Carjackers Lured by $243M Cyberheist

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2024 17:36:27 +0000

The parents of a 19-year-old Connecticut honors student accused of taking part in a $243 million cryptocurrency heist in August were carjacked a week later, while out house-hunting in a brand new Lamborghini. Prosecutors say the couple was beaten and briefly kidnapped by six young men who traveled from Florida as part of a botched plan to hold the parents for ransom.

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October 8, 2024 admin

Patch Tuesday, October 2024 Edition

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2024 22:21:19 +0000

Microsoft today released security updates to fix at least 117 security holes in Windows computers and other software, including two vulnerabilities that are already seeing active attacks. Also, Adobe plugged 52 security holes across a range of products, and Apple has addressed a bug in its new macOS 15 “Sequoia” update that broke many cybersecurity tools.

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October 3, 2024 admin

A Single Cloud Compromise Can Feed an Army of AI Sex Bots

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2024 13:05:52 +0000

Organizations that get relieved of credentials to their cloud environments can quickly find themselves part of a disturbing new trend: Cybercriminals using stolen cloud credentials to operate and resell sexualized AI-powered chat services. Researchers say these illicit chat bots, which use custom jailbreaks to bypass content filtering, often veer into darker role-playing scenarios, including child sexual exploitation and rape.

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September 30, 2024 admin

Crooked Cops, Stolen Laptops & the Ghost of UGNazi

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 21:33:10 +0000

A California man accused of failing to pay taxes on tens of millions of dollars allegedly earned from cybercrime also paid local police officers hundreds of thousands of dollars to help him extort, intimidate and silence rivals and former business partners, a new indictment charges. KrebsOnSecurity has learned that many of the man’s alleged targets were members of UGNazi, a hacker group behind multiple high-profile breaches and cyberattacks back in 2012.

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September 26, 2024 admin

U.S. Indicts 2 Top Russian Hackers, Sanctions Cryptex

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:54:07 +0000

The United States today unveiled sanctions and indictments against the alleged proprietor of Joker’s Stash, a now-defunct cybercrime store that peddled tens of millions of payment cards stolen in some of the largest data breaches of the past decade. The government also indicted a top Russian cybercriminal known as Taleon, whose cryptocurrency exchange Cryptex has evolved into one of Russia’s most active money laundering networks.

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September 25, 2024 admin

Timeshare Owner? The Mexican Drug Cartels Want You

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 16:26:12 +0000

The FBI is warning timeshare owners to be wary of a prevalent telemarketing scam involving a violent Mexican drug cartel that tries to trick elderly people into believing someone wants to buy their property. This is the story of a couple who recently lost more than $50,000 to an ongoing timeshare scam that spans at least two dozen phony escrow, title and realty firms.

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September 19, 2024 admin

This Windows PowerShell Phish Has Scary Potential

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 19:39:09 +0000

Many GitHub users this week received a novel phishing email warning of critical security holes in their code. Those who clicked the link for details were asked to distinguish themselves from bots by pressing a combination of keyboard keys that causes Microsoft Windows to download password-stealing malware. While it’s unlikely that many programmers fell for this scam, it’s notable because less targeted versions of it are likely to be far more successful against the average Windows user.