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A Tough Week for IP Address Scammers

May 15, 2019 admin American Registry for Internet Numbers, Amir Golestan, ARIN, John Levine, Micfo, Micfo LLC, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Sherri Lydon, Stephen Ryan, The Coming Storm, The Internet for Dummies

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 15 May 2019 22:09:12 +0000

In the early days of the Internet, there was a period when Internet Protocol 4 (IPv4) addresses (e.g. 4.4.4.4) were given out like cotton candy to anyone who asked. But these days companies are queuing up to obtain new IP space from the various regional registries that periodically dole out the prized digits. With the value of a single IP hovering between $15-$25, those registries are now fighting a wave of shady brokers who specialize in securing new IP address blocks under false pretenses and then reselling to spammers. Here’s the story of one broker who fought back in the courts, and lost spectacularly. On May 14, South Carolina U.S. Attorney Sherri Lydon filed criminal wire fraud charges against Amir Golestan, alleging he and his Charleston, S.C. based company Micfo LLC orchestrated an elaborate network of phony companies and aliases to gather more than 735,000 IPs from the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN), a nonprofit which oversees IP addresses assigned to entities in the U.S., Canada, and parts of the Caribbean.

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Nine Charged in Alleged SIM Swapping Ring

May 10, 2019 admin Ne'er-Do-Well News

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 17:02:56 +0000

Eight Americans and an Irishman have been charged with wire fraud this week for allegedly hijacking mobile phones through SIM-swapping, a form of fraud in which scammers bribe or trick employees at mobile phone stores into seizing control of the target’s phone number and diverting all texts and phone calls to the attacker’s mobile device. From there, the attackers simply start requesting password reset links via text message for a variety of accounts tied to the hijacked phone number. All told, the government said this gang — allegedly known to its members as “The Community” — made more than $2.4 million stealing cryptocurrencies and extorting people for restoring access to social media accounts that were hijacked after a successful SIM-swap.

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Feds Bust Up Dark Web Hub Wall Street Market

May 3, 2019 admin @feruccifrances, dark web, McGregor W. Scott, MED3LIN, Ne'er-Do-Well News, The Coming Storm, Wall Street Market, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 03 May 2019 16:48:36 +0000

Federal investigators in the United States, Germany and the Netherlands announced today the arrest and charging of three German nationals and a Brazilian man as the alleged masterminds behind the Wall Street Market (WSM), one of the world’s largest dark web bazaars that allowed vendors to sell illegal drugs, counterfeit goods and malware. Now, at least one former WSM administrator is reportedly trying to extort money from WSM vendors and buyers (supposedly including Yours Truly) — in exchange for not publishing details of the transactions.

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Who’s Behind the RevCode WebMonitor RAT?

April 22, 2019 admin A Little Sunshine, Alex Yücel, Blackshades RAT, Breadcrumbs, Krabsonsecurity, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Ratsit AB, RevCode, WebMonitor, WebMonitor RAT

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 19:43:02 +0000

The owner of a Swedish company behind a popular remote administration tool (RAT) implicated in thousands of malware attacks shares the same name as a Swedish man who pleaded guilty in 2015 to co-creating the Blackshades RAT, a similar product that was used to infect more than half a million computers with malware, KrebsOnSecurity has learned.

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Marcus “MalwareTech” Hutchins Pleads Guilty to Writing, Selling Banking Malware

April 19, 2019 admin Kronos banking malware, malwaretech, Marcus Hutchins, Ne'er-Do-Well News

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 21:58:08 +0000

Marcus Hutchins, a 24-year-old blogger and malware researcher arrested in 2017 for allegedly authoring and selling malware designed to steal online banking credentials, has pleaded guilty to criminal charges of conspiracy and to making, selling or advertising illegal wiretapping devices.

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A Year Later, Cybercrime Groups Still Rampant on Facebook

April 8, 2019 admin A Little Sunshine, Cisco Talos, cybercrime groups, Facebook, Latest Warnings, Ne'er-Do-Well News, privacy, Security, UpGuard

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2019 19:39:41 +0000

Almost exactly one year ago, KrebsOnSecurity reported that a mere two hours of searching turned up more than 100 Facebook groups with some 300,000 members openly advertising services to support all types of cybercrime, including spam, credit card fraud and identity theft. Facebook responded by deleting those groups. Last week, a similar analysis found some 74 cybercrime groups operating openly on Facebook with more than 385,000 members.

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Alleged Chief of Romanian ATM Skimming Gang Arrested in Mexico

April 4, 2019 admin All About Skimmers, ATM Skimmers, Aurelio Marcu, Florian Tudor, Intacash, Interpol, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Nicholae Cosmin, Rechinu, Sorinel Constantin Marcu

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2019 22:44:42 +0000

An alleged top boss of a Romanian crime syndicate that U.S. authorities say is responsible for deploying card-skimming devices at Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) throughout North America was arrested in Mexico last week on firearms charges. The arrest comes months after the accused allegedly ordered the execution of a former bodyguard who was trying to help U.S. authorities bring down the group’s lucrative skimming operations.

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Canadian Police Raid ‘Orcus RAT’ Author

April 2, 2019 admin Breadcrumbs, John Rezvesz, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Orcus RAT, RCMP

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 14:50:11 +0000

Canadian police last week raided the residence of a Toronto software developer responsible for authoring and selling “Orcus RAT,” a software product that’s been marketed on underground forums and used in countless malware attacks since its creation in 2015. Its author maintains Orcus is a legitimate Remote Administration Tool that is merely being abused, but security experts say it includes multiple features more typically seen in malware known as a Remote Access Trojan.