Collaborate Disseminate
By Deeba Ahmed
Don’t confuse the XHelper app with the notorious XHelper malware, which targets Android devices and is notoriously difficult to remove.
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By Waqas
A Russian crypto money launderer and drug trafficker has been sentenced to 11.5 years by the Ryazan region of Russia.
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A married couple from New York dubbed “Bitcoin Bonnie and Crypto Clyde” pleaded guilty to laundering billions of dollars in stolen bitcoin.
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Ilya Lichtenstein also admitted, for the first time publicly, to carrying out the hack that resulted in a $3.6 billion seizure by the Department of Justice.
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By Deeba Ahmed
International cooperation between the Ukrainian Cyber and National Police, the FBI, and the Department of Justice has led to the seizure of cybercriminals’ cryptocurrency laundering websites.
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By Deeba Ahmed
Styx has quickly gained traction as a hub for various illicit activities, following the recent seizure of the Genesis dark web market.
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Undercover Austrian “controlled data buy” leads to Amsterdam arrest and ongoing investigation. Suspect is said to steal and sell all sorts of data, including medical records. Continue reading Dutch suspect locked up for alleged personal data megathefts
Narcotics trafficking and money laundering were the main business for Hydra, which researchers say was the largest dark-web market.
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If you live in the UK and hadn’t yet heard of cryptocoin ATMs… it’s too late now! Continue reading Cryptocoin ATMs ruled illegal – “Shut down at once”, says regulator
The U.S. government is intensifying efforts to combat the criminal use of cryptocurrencies as federal prosecutors continue to target the business models and logistics of cybercrimes such as ransomware, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said Thursday. Speaking at the Munich Cyber Security Conference to announce several key developments in the government’s approach, Monaco said that the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET) — unveiled in October as part of an overall U.S. government to focus its resources on combatting ransomware operators — is getting its first director: Eun Young Choi. Choi is a seasoned federal cybersecurity prosecutor who most recently led the prosecution of Andrei Tyurin, a Russian national convicted of computer intrusion, wire fraud and other charges related to the theft of personal data from over 100 million customers of major U.S. financial firms. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison in January 2021. “Ransomware and digital extortion — […]
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