Collaborate Disseminate
British police arrested seven people earlier this week in relation to a wave of attacks launched by the LAPSUS$ hacking group, against firms such as Microsoft, NVIDIA, Ubisoft, Samsung, and Okta.
The hacking group’s alleged mastermind? A 16-year-ol… Continue reading Optimistic father of LAPSUS$ hacking suspect says he’s going to try to stop him using computers
Recent claims by the cyber extortion gang have been validated by Okta and Microsoft: Lapsus$ have managed to get their hands on some of Microsoft’s source code and have gained access to the laptop of a support engineer working for a third-party c… Continue reading Microsoft and Okta comfirm, detail impact of Lapsus$ gang’s attacks
After breaching NVIDIA and Samsung and stealing and leaking those companies’ propertary data, the Lapsus$ cyber extortion gang has announced that they have popped Microsoft and Okta. Lapsus$ gang’s claims If Lapsus$’s assertions prove… Continue reading Lapsus$ gang says it has breached Okta and Microsoft
Cybercrime organization Lapsus$ posted suspicious screenshots. Microsoft officials said they are “aware of the claims and are investigating.”
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South Africa tech news site ITWeb reported that a group calling itself N4aughtysecTU is taking responsibility.
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“Change your code to improve cryptomining”… or we’ll dump 1TB of stolen secrets. Continue reading Ransomware with a difference: “Derestrict your software, or else!”
Venafi announced the findings of a global survey of IT decision-makers looking into the use of double and triple extortion as part of ransomware attacks. The data reveals that 83% of successful ransomware attacks now include alternative extortion metho… Continue reading Cybercriminals seeking more than just ransomware payment
You’d spot this one a mile away… but what about your friends or family? Continue reading French speakers blasted by sextortion scams with no text or links
An associate of the Dark Overlord hacking group has been sentenced to three years in prison for his role in possessing and selling more than 1,700 stolen identities on the dark web, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday. Slava Dmitriev, a 29-year-old Canadian citizen who was apprehended in Greece in September 2020, pleaded guilty in August 2021 to fraud charges. Prosecutors said he used the handle “GoldenAce” to buy and sell stolen identities on the dark web marketplace AlphaBay in 2016 and 2017. Those deals sometimes included contact with the Dark Overlord, a notorious cyber-extortion crew. “This defendant profited off buying and selling people’s stolen identities, including victims in this district,” said U.S. Attorney Kurt Erskine, referring to the Atlanta-based Northern District of Georgia, where Dmitriev was sentenced. The stolen data included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and other personally identifiable information, prosecutors said. Dmitriev was accused of providing the […]
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A former employee of Ubiquiti Networks has been arrested and charged in connection with a hack that stole gigabytes of data and attempted to extort US $2 million from the firm.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Man charged with Ubiquiti data breach and extortion was employee assigned to investigate hack