02 Feb BTC-e server admin indicted for laundering ransom payments, stolen crypto Aliaksandr Klimenka, a Belarusian and Cypriot national, has been indicted in the U.S. for his involvement in an international cybercrime money laundering operation. […]
02 Feb Interpol operation Synergia takes down 1,300 servers used for cybercrime An international law enforcement operation code-named ‘Synergia’ has taken down over 1,300 command and control servers used in ransomware, phishing, and malware campaigns. […]
31 Jan Police seize record 50,000 Bitcoin from now-defunct piracy site The police in Saxony, eastern Germany, have seized 50,000 Bitcoin from the former operator of the pirate site movie2k.to through a voluntary deposit to a state-controlled wallet. […]
20 Jan Court charges dev with hacking after cybersecurity issue disclosure A German court has charged a programmer investigating an IT problem with hacking and fined them €3,000 ($3,265) for what it deemed was unauthorized access to external computer systems and spying on data. […]
19 Jan FTC bans one more data broker from selling your location info The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) continues to target data brokers, this time in a settlement with InMarket Media, which bans the company from selling Americans’ precise location data. […]
15 Jan US court docs expose fake antivirus renewal phishing tactics In a seizure warrant application, the U.S. Secret Service sheds light on how threat actors stole $34,000 using fake antivirus renewal subscription emails. […]
13 Jan Hacker spins up 1 million virtual servers to illegally mine crypto A 29-year-old man in Ukraine was arrested this week for using hacked accounts to create 1 million virtual servers used to mine $2 million in cryptocurrency. […]
03 Jan PornHub blocks North Carolina, Montana over new age verification laws Adult media giant Aylo has blocked access to many of its websites, including PornHub, to visitors from Montana and North Carolina as new age verifications laws go into effect. […]
29 Dec Hospitals ask courts to force cloud storage firm to return stolen data Two not-for-profit hospitals in New York are seeking a court order to retrieve data stolen in an August ransomware attack that’s now stored on the servers of a Boston cloud storage company. […]
19 Dec Interpol operation arrests 3,500 cybercriminals, seizes $300 million An international law enforcement operation codenamed ‘Operation HAECHI IV’ has led to the arrest of 3,500 suspects of various lower-tier cybercrimes and seized $300 million in illicit proceeds. […]