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Authorities in Poland arrested two individuals on suspicion of planning an unlawful hack into the communication network of the national railway
Poland, which is renowned for its loyalty to #Ukraine, plays a key role in aiding the transportation of Western weapons into the nation
Stanislaw Zaryn, the special services deputy coordinator, speculated a potential link to destabilization actions carried out by Russia in collaboration with Belarus.
Security News This Week:
US Energy Firm Targeted With Malicious QR Codes in Mass Phishing Attack
#CyberCrime #CoSoSec #CyberSecurity
Plus: New research reveals the strategies hackers use to hide their malware distribution system, and companies are rushing to release mitigations for the “Downfall” processor vulnerability on Intel chips.
An international law enforcement operation led by Interpol has led to the arrest of 14 suspected cybercriminals in an operation codenamed 'Africa Cyber Surge II,' launched in April 2023.
The four-month operation spanned 25 African countries and disrupted over 20,000 cybercrime networks engaged in extortion, phishing, BEC, and online scams, responsible for financial losses of over $40,000,000.
Security News This Week:
ICYMI anything a nice round-up of latest security news
#CoSoSec #CyberSecurity #CyberCrime
A New Attack Reveals Everything You Type With 95 Percent Accuracy
Plus: A pair of major data breaches rock the UK, North Korea hacks a Russian missile maker, and Microsoft’s Chinese Outlook breach sparks new problems.
https://www.wired.com/story/keystroke-attack-security-roundup/
Lolek Bulletproof Hosting Servers Seized, 5 Key Operators Arrested
"Five of its administrators were arrested, and all of its servers seized, rendering LolekHosted.net no longer available," Europol said in a statement.
https://thehackernews.com/2023/08/lolek-bulletproof-hosting-servers.html
Tracing Ransomware Threat Actors Through Stylometric Analysis and Chat Log Examination
The #LockBit ransomware group, potentially the world’s most prolific cybercrime organization, is attempting to extort a school for children with special educational needs.
https://therecord.media/russian-cybercriminals-target-uk-school
West Oaks School, in Leeds, England, has a capacity for 440 pupils between the ages of 2 and 19. It was listed on the gang’s darknet site on July 31 alongside a notice that the school had two weeks to make a ransom payment or the purportedly stolen data would be published.
Recently, while monitoring dark web forums and Telegram channels, the Uptycs Threat Research team made a compelling discovery:
cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new Windows-based information stealer called Meduza Stealer that's actively being developed by its author to evade detection by software solutions.
crypto wallet extensions, password managers, and 2FA extensions are vulnerable
https://www.uptycs.com/blog/what-is-meduza-stealer-and-how-does-it-work
Russian Hacktivist Platform 'DDoSia' Grows Exponentially
As cybercrime amidst the Russia-Ukraine war continues to escalate, the DDoSia project, launched by a known hacktivist group, has exploded in its number of members and quality of tools used for attacks.
Hacking’s adrenaline rush can be addictive. But many believe black-hat (illegal) hackers can develop a moral compass and learn to use their skills for good – especially if authorities intervene when they’re young
The Complexities of Hacking: Exploring the thin line between cybercrime and ethical hacking
Alleged big campaign from #killnet, Anonymous Sudan and claimed REvil members targeting western finance systems killnet has recently restructured, rumours about ransomware operators being involved but nothing confirmed
More than ten years after the hack of the now-defunct Mt. Gox cryptocurrency exchange, the US Department of Justice says it has identified and charged two men it alleges stole customers' funds and the exchange's private keys.
Two Russians, 43-year-old Alexey Bilyuchenko, and Aleksandr Verner, 29, are charged with conspiring to launder 647,000 Bitcoins - in a cryptocurrency heist which would have been worth approximately half a billion dollars today
The link between online gaming and hacking
Mike Jones is a Security Researcher who mentors children that have been identified as potential cyber criminals.
He explained that organised criminals are increasingly targeting kids who play video games and coercing them to carry out cyberattacks.
Child hackers: How are kids becoming sophisticated cyber criminals?
jim has made it dedicated to get the resl nsmed if people who sre being scsnerd snd phoned then in resl time in sn attempt to dtop the hsck/scam i its tracks
they usually say you need pay us in order to revive much more money after the fact
THAT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN
DON'T BE A FOOL DONT BELIEVE THE HYPE
(soinds to good then ot probably is)
now this doesn't mean ALL CLAIMS SRE FALSE dont feel rushed take time even see lawyer
social engineering
Bitcoin to Blockchains, to NFTs, to Web 3.0... it's time to find out if it's really all the hype or just part of one of the greatest scams in human history.
Billion dollar scam:
The organisation sponsored a top-tier football club to promote its online trading platform, promising investors the chance of astonishing returns. But what lies behind the claims? The search – from a mansion in London, to a forest in Scandinavia and a call centre in Georgia – reveals a web of deceit. We hear from victims, undercover agents and police, in a bid to track down who’s in charge.
Millions of Australians have had their data stolen in malicious attacks, costing some businesses tens of millions of dollars in ransom. The federal government is warning the country must brace for even more strikes as cyber gangs become more sophisticated and ruthless. Four Corners investigates the cyber gangs behind these assaults, cracking open their inner operations and speaking to a hacker who says he targets Australians and shows no remorse.
Recently, the seizure of the prominent Dark Web marketplace Genesis’s Clearnet domain was reported. Now, another equally notorious marketplace has emerged, known as Styx
https://counter.social/@ecksmc/110145144662530121
cybersecurity researchers have identified Styx as a new Dark Web market that specializes in a wide range of illegal services, including identity theft, financial fraud, and money laundering
Styx, which was announced in 2022, was officially launched in January 2023
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- Twitter 2.0
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E = Mc2 - Energy Milk Coffee
Fáilte Abhaile 🏴 “a nod’s as guid as a wink tae a blind horse”
ta be aff yer heid helps
Joined Nov 2017