Collaborate Disseminate
The FBI led “Operation Cookie Monster” to shutter the site linked to millions of instances of fraud and cybercrime globally.
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The Department of Justice (DoJ) declared the confiscation of digital currency valued at approximately $112 million connected to fraudulent cryptocurrency investments. Laundering money from cryptocurrency confidence scams According to court documents, t… Continue reading DoJ cracks down on cryptocurrency fraud, seizes $112 million in linked funds
The new guidelines ban government agencies from using spyware deemed to pose a national security threat to the United States.
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BEC attacks are usually aimed at stealing money or valuable information, but the FBI warns that BEC scammers are increasingly trying to get their hands on physical goods such as construction materials, agricultural supplies, computer technology hardwar… Continue reading BEC scammers are after physical goods, the FBI warns
The dramatic fall of one of the preeminent cybercrime communities on the web will have major implications for the cybercrime markets.
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The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) this week arrested a New York man on suspicion of running BreachForums, a popular English-language cybercrime forum where some of the world biggest hacked databases routinely first show up for sale. The forum’s administrator “Pompompurin” has been a thorn in the side of the FBI for years, and BreachForums is widely considered a reincarnation of RaidForums, a remarkably similar crime forum that the FBI infiltrated and dismantled in 2022. Continue reading Feds Charge NY Man as BreachForums Boss “Pompompurin”
The latest annual FBI report on the state of cybercrime has shown a massive increase in the amount of money stolen through investment scams.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading FBI reveals that more money is lost to investment fraud than ransomware and business email compromise combined
From Brian Krebs:
A Croatian national has been arrested for allegedly operating NetWire, a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) marketed on cybercrime forums since 2012 as a stealthy way to spy on infected systems and siphon passwords. The arrest coincided with a seizure of the NetWire sales website by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). While the defendant in this case hasn’t yet been named publicly, the NetWire website has been leaking information about the likely true identity and location of its owner for the past 11 years.
The article details the mistakes that led to the person’s address…
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The FBI received more than 800,000 cybercrime-related complaints in 2022, with losses totaling over $10 billion.
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