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Sudanese Brothers Arrested in ‘AnonSudan’ Takedown

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The U.S. government on Wednesday announced the arrest and charging of two Sudanese brothers accused of running Anonymous Sudan (a.k.a. AnonSudan), a cybercrime business known for launching powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against a range of targets, including dozens of hospitals, news websites and cloud providers. One of the brothers is facing life in prison for allegedly seeking to kill people with his attacks. Continue reading Sudanese Brothers Arrested in ‘AnonSudan’ Takedown→

Alleged Anonymous Sudan leaders charged, prolific gang’s tool disabled

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A criminal complaint says the group jeopardized lives via DDoS attack, with 35,000 attacks since the beginning of 2023.

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Iranian hackers are going after critical infrastructure sector passwords, agencies caution

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An international advisory says that the purpose of the “brute force” attacks is to sell the info to cybercrime forums.

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Agencies warn about Russian government hackers going after unpatched vulnerabilities

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The SVR is conducting its targeting both specifically and broadly, the U.S. and U.K. cyber agencies said.

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Crooked Cops, Stolen Laptops & the Ghost of UGNazi

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A California man accused of failing to pay taxes on tens of millions of dollars allegedly earned from cybercrime also paid local police officers hundreds of thousands of dollars to help him extort, intimidate and silence rivals and former business partners, a new indictment charges. KrebsOnSecurity has learned that many of the man’s alleged targets were members of UGNazi, a hacker group behind multiple high-profile breaches and cyberattacks back in 2012. Continue reading Crooked Cops, Stolen Laptops & the Ghost of UGNazi→

FBI forced Flax Typhoon to abandon its botnet

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A botnet operated by the Chinese state-sponsored threat actor known as Flax Typhoon has been disrupted by the law enforcement agency and abandoned by the group, FBI Director Chris Wray confirmed on Wednesday. “We executed court-authorized operati… Continue reading FBI forced Flax Typhoon to abandon its botnet→

Losses due to cryptocurrency and BEC scams are soaring

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Every type of fraud is on the rise, and 2023 was a particularly devastating year for victims of cryptocurrency and business email compromise (BEC) scams, according to the FBI. Cryptocurrency fraud Based on complaints filed to FBI’s Internet Crime… Continue reading Losses due to cryptocurrency and BEC scams are soaring→