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Hackers Gaining Power of Subpoena Via Fake “Emergency Data Requests”

March 29, 2022 admin anitsu, data extortion, discord, Doxbin, emergency data request, everlynn, fake edr, FBI, kt, lapsus$, mark rasch, microsoft, miku, Ne'er-Do-Well News, oklaqq, Palo Alto Networks, pompompurin, recursion team, The Coming Storm, unit 221b, Web Fraud 2.0, white, whitedoxbin

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 14:07:27 +0000

There is a terrifying and highly effective “method” that criminal hackers are now using to harvest sensitive customer data from Internet service providers, phone companies and social media firms. It involves compromising email accounts and websites tied to police departments and government agencies, and then sending unauthorized demands for subscriber data while claiming the information being requested can’t wait for a court order because it relates to an urgent matter of life and death.

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Conti Ransomware Group Diaries, Part II: The Office

March 2, 2022 admin A Little Sunshine, bentley, Bleeping Computer, conti, emotet, hof, Lawrence Abrams, mango, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Palo Alto Networks, ransomware, reverse, ryuk, stern, The Coming Storm, trickbot

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2022 17:49:52 +0000

Earlier this week, a Ukrainian security researcher leaked almost two years’ worth of internal chat logs from Conti, one of the more rapacious and ruthless ransomware gangs in operation today. Tuesday’s story examined how Conti dealt with its own internal breaches and attacks from private security firms and governments. In Part II of this series we’ll explore what it’s like to work for Conti, as described by the Conti employees themselves.

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‘LuminosityLink RAT’ Author Pleads Guilty

July 16, 2018 admin Blackshades trojan, codyjohnson1337@live.com, Colton Grubbs, Colton Ray Grubbs, Hackforums, KFC Watermelon, Luminosity Security Solutions LLC, LuminosityLink, NanoCore RAT, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Palo Alto Networks, plasma rat, Rat, remote access tool, Taylor Huddleston

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 19:09:51 +0000

A 21-year-old Kentucky man has pleaded guilty to authoring and distributing a popular hacking tool called “LuminosityLink,” a malware strain that security experts say was used by thousands of customers to gain unauthorized access to tens of thousands of computers across 78 countries worldwide.