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Couple Arrested for Exploiting Lowe’s Website Flaw to Steal Merchandise

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New Jersey law enforcement has arrested a couple for abusing a vulnerability affecting Lowe’s website in order to steal merchandise. On 15 August, Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato and Brick Township Police Chief James Riccio announced the arrests of Romela Velazquez, 24, and Kimy Velazquez, 40. Together, the couple allegedly orchestrated a scheme by […]… Read More

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UK hacker who stopped WannaCry charged with creating and distributing banking Trojan

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Marcus Hutchins, the 23-year-old UK researcher who found the kill-switch domain in the WannaCry ransomware code and registered it, preventing the malware to wreak even more chaos than it did, has been arrested in Las Vegas on Wednesday. Hutchins, who’s more known by his MalwareTechBlog handle on Twitter, was apprehended by the FBI as he was preparing to board the plane to return home. Before that, he spent more than a week in Vegas with … More → Continue reading UK hacker who stopped WannaCry charged with creating and distributing banking Trojan→

International operation targets customers of counter anti-virus and crypter services

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Between 5 and 9 June, 6 suspects were arrested and 36 were interviewed during an internationally coordinated operation in 6 European countries. The targets are all suspected customers of a counter anti-virus platform and crypter service – two cybercriminal tools used for testing and clouding of malware samples to prevent security software solutions from recognising them as malicious. The operation, codenamed Neuland, was led by the Kriminalinspektion Mayen (DE) with the support of Europol’s European … More → Continue reading International operation targets customers of counter anti-virus and crypter services→

ATM Black Box attacks: 27 arrested all over Europe

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The efforts of a number of EU Member States and Norway, supported by Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) and the Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce (J-CAT), culminated in the arrest of 27 individuals linked with so-called ATM Black Box attacks across Europe. Perpetrators responsible for this new and sophisticated method of ATM jackpotting were identified in a number of countries over different periods of time in 2016 and 2017. There were arrests in Czech Republic (3), … More → Continue reading ATM Black Box attacks: 27 arrested all over Europe→

Behind the Scenes of a $170 Million Payment Card Fraud Operation

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On Friday, 32-year-old Russian hacker Roman Seleznev was sentenced to 27 years in prison for running a cybercriminal operation that stole millions of payment cards, resulting in at least $169 million in damages to small business and financial institutions. It’s the longest sentence ever issued in the U.S. for cybercrime, and the court documents and… Read More Continue reading Behind the Scenes of a $170 Million Payment Card Fraud Operation→

Man charged with $100m ‘whaling’ attack on two US tech giants

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Lithuanian arrested for $100 million BEC scams

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Criminal charges were announced against Evaldas Rimasauskas for orchestrating a fraudulent business email compromise (BEC) scheme that induced two U.S.-based Internet companies to wire a total of over $100 million to bank accounts controlled by Rimasauskas. He was arrested late last week by authorities in Lithuania on the basis of a provisional arrest warrant. The charges Rimasauskas is charged with one count of wire fraud and three counts of money laundering, each of which carries … More → Continue reading Lithuanian arrested for $100 million BEC scams→

Suspected Deutsche Telekom router hacker arrested

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A 29-year-old British national, believed to be the mastermind behind last November’s unsuccessful hijacking attempt of Deutsche Telekom users’ routers, was arrested yesterday at the London Luton Airport. The arrest was effected by agents of the UK National Crime Agency, on the basis of a European arrest warrant issued by the Köln Public Prosecution Office. “The investigation is conducted by the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), which has prepared the arrest of the accused in … More → Continue reading Suspected Deutsche Telekom router hacker arrested→

Fraud Forum Administrator Sentenced to Four Years in Prison

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A Ukraine citizen will spend close to four years in prison for administering a fraud forum in addition to perpetrating other computer criminal activities. As reported by Brian Krebs, 29-year-old Sergey Vovnenko received a sentence of 41 months in prison on 16 February for wire fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft. The Ukrainian, who is […]… Read More

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