Russian government continues crackdown on cybercriminals

Russian authorities seized the websites of several Russian cybercrime forums Monday, the latest in a string of high-profile actions the government there has taken against cybercriminals. Visitors to the websites for Sky Fraud, a forum for stolen credit card data, were greeted with a message posted by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs announcing that the page was blocked. Other “carding” and cybercrime forums were also seized, including Ferum and Trump’s Dumps, as well as U-A-S Shop, which offered illicit remote access to various organizations through the remote desktop protocol (RDP) tool. “The SKYFRAUD resource was closed forever during a special law enforcement operation,” the message reads in Russian translated to English. “Management ‘K’ of the BSTM of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia warns: theft of funds from bank cards is illegal!” Within the source code of the seized website, the Russian government left a message: “Which of […]

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Exposing the “InFraud Organization” – An OSINT Analysis – Maltego Technical Details Video Demonstration

 Amazing!Feel like it’s 2007 — check out the slides here including the technical details here which I produced for https://whoisxmlapi.com here including the following Maltego technical details video demonstration video:Enjoy!

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The Infraud Organization Group Members Arrested by Russian Authorities

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The Infraud Organization was labeled as the dark web’s largest cybercrime group after being indicted for stealing $530…
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Two Infraud members sentenced for role in $568 million crime gang, US says

A U.S. federal judge has sentenced two men — one from Russia, the other from North Macedonia — to prison terms of 10 and five years, respectively, for their role in a $568 million cybercriminal ring that stole payment cards and personal data from around the world. Both Sergey Medvedev of Russia and Marko Leopard of North Macedonia had pleaded guilty last year to a racketeering conspiracy, the U.S. Justice Department said in announcing the sentencing Friday. The jail time is the latest in a series of moves by U.S. prosecutors against the once-powerful crime ring, known as Infraud, which Medvedev allegedly co-founded. At its height, Infraud had more than 10,000 members and became a go-to place for “carding,” or buying things online with stolen credit card data. But a U.S. indictment of 36 of the organization’s affiliates in 2018, and subsequent arrest of 13 alleged members, effectively put Infraud out of […]

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