Police bust alleged operator of Bitcoin mixing service Helix

The Ohio man is charged with running a Bitcoin mixer to launder over $300m—now worth $3.6b—on behalf of Dark Net crooks trying to hide out. Continue reading Police bust alleged operator of Bitcoin mixing service Helix

Grim, Vim, & Neovim – Paul’s Security Weekly #608

    In the Security News, the rise of purple teaming, the World’s largest beer brewer sets up a Cyber-security team, a mystery signal shutting down key fobs in an Ohio neighborhood, why hackers ignore most security flaws, and warnings of real wor… Continue reading Grim, Vim, & Neovim – Paul’s Security Weekly #608

BEC Hack Cons Catholic Church Out of $1.75 Million

An Ohio parish lost a whopping $1.75 million after attackers breached two employees’ email accounts – and then tricked other employees into sending wire transfers to a fraudulent bank account. Continue reading BEC Hack Cons Catholic Church Out of $1.75 Million

Pro-ISIS script kiddies hit Ohio state websites

Several state government websites in Ohio, including those of former Gov. John Kasich and his wife, Ohio First Lady Karen Kasich, were defaced over the weekend in a rash of hacking activity aimed at state and local governments claimed by Algeria-based pro-ISIS hacktivists. The defaced websites played the Islamic call to prayer and threatened President Donald Trump, noting that he would be held accountable for “every drop of blood flowing in Muslim countries” and ended “I Love Islamic state [sic].” An Ohio official told the AP that the hacks happened about 11am on Sunday, and the sites were all restored by Monday morning, as were most of the others struck. According to Zone-H, an Estonia-based site that has tracked website defacements like these for 15 years, the targets included government websites of Howard County, Maryland and other towns and counties in New York, Idaho and California. Zone-H preserved a mirror of the defaced Ohio governor’s site […]

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Pro-ISIS script kiddies hit Ohio state websites

Several state government websites in Ohio, including those of former Gov. John Kasich and his wife, Ohio First Lady Karen Kasich, were defaced over the weekend in a rash of hacking activity aimed at state and local governments claimed by Algeria-based pro-ISIS hacktivists. The defaced websites played the Islamic call to prayer and threatened President Donald Trump, noting that he would be held accountable for “every drop of blood flowing in Muslim countries” and ended “I Love Islamic state [sic].” An Ohio official told the AP that the hacks happened about 11am on Sunday, and the sites were all restored by Monday morning, as were most of the others struck. According to Zone-H, an Estonia-based site that has tracked website defacements like these for 15 years, the targets included government websites of Howard County, Maryland and other towns and counties in New York, Idaho and California. Zone-H preserved a mirror of the defaced Ohio governor’s site […]

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