Collaborate Disseminate
Evgenii Ptitsyn is said to have helped operate a ransomware-as-a-service organization that extorted millions from more than 1K victims, including schools and hospitals.
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I’ve been writing about the problem with lawful-access backdoors in encryption for decades now: that as soon as you create a mechanism for law enforcement to bypass encryption, the bad guys will use it too.
Turns out the same thing is true for non-technical backdoors:
The advisory said that the cybercriminals were successful in masquerading as law enforcement by using compromised police accounts to send emails to companies requesting user data. In some cases, the requests cited false threats, like claims of human trafficking and, in one case, that an individual would “suffer greatly or die” unless the company in question returns the requested information…
Continue reading Criminals Exploiting FBI Emergency Data Requests
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is urging police departments and governments worldwide to beef up security around their email systems, citing a recent increase in cybercriminal services that use hacked police email accounts to send unauthorized subpoenas and customer data requests to U.S.-based technology companies. Continue reading FBI: Spike in Hacked Police Emails, Fake Subpoenas
The reported scope of the Salt Typhoon hacks has expanded in recent days and weeks, from the incoming president to top U.S. officials.
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The FBI confirmed that bomb threats made to polling locations in several states “appear to originate from Russian email domains.”
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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation assert that C, C++, and other memory-unsafe languages contribute to potential security breaches. Continue reading Software Makers Encouraged to Stop Using C/C++ by 2026
Read more about a joint operation between several law enforcement agencies across the globe to tackle RedLine Stealer and META malware. Continue reading Operation Magnus: Joint Law Enforcement Operation Targets Major Infostealer Networks
Authorities say they’ve gained “full access” to the hackers’ servers.
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U.S. authorities said they are investigating “unauthorized access to telecommunications infrastructure” by hackers linked to China.
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Brazilian authorities reportedly have arrested a 33-year-old man on suspicion of being “USDoD,” a prolific cybercriminal who rose to infamy in 2022 after infiltrating the FBI’s InfraGard program and leaking contact information for 80,000 members. More recently, USDoD was behind a breach at the consumer data broker National Public Data that led to the leak of Social Security numbers and other personal information for a significant portion of the U.S. population. Continue reading Brazil Arrests ‘USDoD,’ Hacker in FBI Infragard Breach