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Cybercrime Rapper Sues Bank over Fraud Investigation

August 7, 2024 admin 859-963-6243, A Little Sunshine, constella.ai, devon turner, DomainTools.com, Ne'er-Do-Well News, punchmade dev

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2024 19:01:49 +0000

In January, KrebsOnSecurity wrote about rapper Punchmade Dev, whose music videos sing the praises of a cybercrime lifestyle. That story showed how Punchmade’s social media profiles promoted Punchmade-themed online stores selling bank account and payment card data. Now the Kentucky native is suing his financial institution after it blocked a $75,000 wire transfer and froze his account, citing an active law enforcement investigation.

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U.S. Trades Cybercriminals to Russia in Prisoner Swap

August 1, 2024 admin alexander vinnik, alsu kurmasheva, btc-e, evan gershkovich, german moyzhes, ivan ermakov, maxim marchenko, Mt Gox, Ne'er-Do-Well News, paul whelan, ransomware, Roman Seleznev, russia's war on ukraine, trickbot, vadim krasikov, Vladimir Putin, vladislav klyushin

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2024 00:15:44 +0000

Twenty-four prisoners were freed today in an international prisoner swap between Russia and Western countries. Among the eight Russians repatriated were five convicted cybercriminals. In return, Russia has reportedly released 16 prisoners, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and ex-U.S. Marine Paul Whelan.

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The Stark Truth Behind the Resurgence of Russia’s Fin7

July 10, 2024 admin 7-zip, advanced ip scanner, aimp, anydesk, AutoDesk, bastion secure, bitwarden, Blackberry, combi security, esentire, FIN7, Malwarebytes, microsoft, Ne'er-Do-Well News, node.js, notepad++, pgadmin, prodaft, protectedpdfviewer, putty, python, ransomware, rest proxy, russia's war on ukraine, silent push, spearphishing, stark industries solutions, sublime text, typosquatting, Web Fraud 2.0, zach edwards

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 16:22:59 +0000

The Russia-based cybercrime group dubbed “Fin7,” known for phishing and malware attacks that have cost victim organizations an estimated $3 billion in losses since 2013, was declared dead last year by U.S. authorities. But experts say Fin7 has roared back to life in 2024 — setting up thousands of websites mimicking a range of media and technology companies — with the help of Stark Industries Solutions, a sprawling hosting provider is a persistent source of cyberattacks against enemies of Russia.

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The Not-So-Secret Network Access Broker x999xx

July 3, 2024 admin Breadcrumbs, cobalt strike, cobaltforce, constella intelligence, dashin2008@yahoo.com, Flashpoint, Intel 471, kirtsov@telecom.ozersk.ru, lockbit, maksim georgievich kirtsov, maksya@icloud.com, maxnmalias-1@yahoo.com, mikhail matveev, Ne'er-Do-Well News, operation endgame, osint.industries, ozersk technological institute national research nuclear university, Recorded Future, u.s. department of justice, wazawaka, x999xx, Кирцов Максим Георгиевич

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2024 16:41:34 +0000

Most accomplished cybercriminals go out of their way to separate their real names from their hacker handles. But among certain old-school Russian hackers it is not uncommon to find major players who have done little to prevent people from figuring out who they are in real life. A case study in this phenomenon is “x999xx,” the nickname chosen by a venerated Russian hacker who specializes in providing the initial network access to various ransomware groups.

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Alleged Boss of ‘Scattered Spider’ Hacking Group Arrested

June 15, 2024 admin 0ktapus, caesars, data breaches, doordash, FBI, Group-IB, king bob, lastpass, mailchimp, mgm, murcia today, Ne'er-Do-Well News, noah michael urban, Okta, scattered spider, signal, SIM swapping, sosa, the com, tyler buchanan, vx-underground, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2024 23:40:20 +0000

A 22-year-old man from the United Kingdom arrested this week in Spain is allegedly the ringleader of Scattered Spider, a cybercrime group suspected of hacking into Twilio, LastPass, DoorDash, Mailchimp, and nearly 130 other organizations over the past two years.

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‘Operation Endgame’ Hits Malware Delivery Platforms

May 30, 2024 admin 911 s5, Europol, IcedID, lockbit, matt burgess, Ne'er-Do-Well News, operation endgame, ransomware, smokeloader, The Coming Storm, trickbot

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 15:19:44 +0000

Law enforcement agencies in the United States and Europe today announced Operation Endgame, a coordinated action against some of the most popular cybercrime platforms for delivering ransomware and data-stealing malware. Dubbed “the largest ever operation against botnets,” the international effort is being billed as the opening salvo in an ongoing campaign targeting advanced malware “droppers” or “loaders” like IcedID, Smokeloader and Trickbot.

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How Did Authorities Identify the Alleged Lockbit Boss?

May 13, 2024 admin 3k@xakep.ru, 7.9521020220, A Little Sunshine, antichat, Breadcrumbs, Cerber, constella intelligence, d.horoshev@gmail.com, dmitrij ju horoshev, dmitry yuriyevich khoroshev, exploit, icq number 669316, Intel 471, khoroshev1@icloud.com, lockbit, lockbitsupp, Ne'er-Do-Well News, nerowolfe, pin@darktower.su, putinkrab, ransomware, Ransomware as a Service, sitedev5@yandex.ru, stairwell.ru, tkaner.com, u.s. department of the treasury, verified

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 11:26:27 +0000

Last week, the United States joined the U.K. and Australia in sanctioning and charging a Russian man named Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev as the leader of the infamous LockBit ransomware group. LockBit’s leader “LockBitSupp” claims the feds named the wrong guy, saying the charges don’t explain how they connected him to Khoroshev. This post examines the activities of Khoroshev’s many alter egos on the cybercrime forums, and tracks the career of a gifted malware author who has written and sold malicious code for the past 14 years.

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U.S. Charges Russian Man as Boss of LockBit Ransomware Group

May 7, 2024 admin A Little Sunshine, dmitry yuryevich khoroshev, lockbitsupp, Ne'er-Do-Well News, russia's war on ukraine, u.s. attorney philip r. sellinger, u.s. department of justice, Дмитрий Юрьевич Хорошев

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 07 May 2024 17:36:14 +0000

The United States joined the United Kingdom and Australia today in sanctioning 31-year-old Russian national Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev as the alleged leader of the infamous ransomware group LockBit. The U.S. Department of Justice also indicted Khoroshev as the gang’s leader “LockbitSupp,” and charged him with using Lockbit to attack more than 2,000 victims and extort at least $100 million in ransomware payments.