Category Archives: pump and dump

Conti Ransomware Group Diaries, Part IV: Cryptocrime

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Three stories here last week pored over several years’ worth of internal chat records stolen from the Conti ransomware group, the most profitable ransomware gang in operation today. The candid messages revealed how Conti evaded law enforcement and intelligence agencies, what it was like on a typical day at the Conti office, and how Conti secured the digital weaponry used in their attacks. This final post on the Conti conversations explores different schemes that Conti pursued to invest in and steal cryptocurrencies. Continue reading Conti Ransomware Group Diaries, Part IV: Cryptocrime→

Conti Ransomware Group Diaries, Part IV: Cryptocrime

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Three stories here last week pored over several years’ worth of internal chat records stolen from the Conti ransomware group, the most profitable ransomware gang in operation today. The candid messages revealed how Conti evaded law enforcement and intelligence agencies, what it was like on a typical day at the Conti office, and how Conti secured the digital weaponry used in their attacks. This final post on the Conti conversations explores different schemes that Conti pursued to invest in and steal cryptocurrencies. Continue reading Conti Ransomware Group Diaries, Part IV: Cryptocrime→

Necurs zombie botnet disrupted by Microsoft

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Necurs, one of the world’s biggest botnets, infected over 9 million computers worldwide. Continue reading Necurs zombie botnet disrupted by Microsoft→

Necurs Botnet in Crosshairs of Global Takedown Offensive

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The tech giant will take control of the U.S.-based infrastructure used by the criminals behind the world’s most prolific botnet used to distribute malware and infect victim computers. Continue reading Necurs Botnet in Crosshairs of Global Takedown Offensive→

Russian pleads guilty in massive JPMorgan hacking scheme

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Andrei Tyurin is the first to be convicted in one of the largest thefts of customer data from a single US financial institution in history. Continue reading Russian pleads guilty in massive JPMorgan hacking scheme→

FDA approval is about to send this stock up fifty fold spam, pump and dump

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Apart from all the malware and phishing emails today, we are also seeing a mass spam run of another totally illegal  “pump & dump” stock tip scam. Of course these are always total scams and no one makes any money. It is illegal to take part in this sort of … Continue reading → Continue reading FDA approval is about to send this stock up fifty fold spam, pump and dump→