Category Archives: swatting

The Dark Nexus Between Harm Groups and ‘The Com’

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A cyberattack that shut down some of the top casinos in Las Vegas last year quickly became one of the most riveting security stories of 2023: It was the first known case of native English-speaking hackers in the United States and Britain teaming up with ransomware gangs based in Russia. But that made-for-Hollywood narrative has eclipsed a far more hideous trend: Many of these young, Western cybercriminals are also members of fast-growing online groups that exist solely to bully, stalk, harass and extort vulnerable teens into physically harming themselves and others. Continue reading The Dark Nexus Between Harm Groups and ‘The Com’→

2 Men From Europe Charged With ‘Swatting’ Plot Targeting Former US President and Members of Congress

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A former US president and several members of Congress were targets of a plot carried out by two European men to intimidate and threaten dozens of people by calling in bogus reports of police emergencies at their homes.
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Hacked Ring Cameras Used in Livestreaming Swatting Attacks

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Per the police, the two suspects were aided by a third man who obtained the login credentials of victims’ Yahoo accounts and identified if they owned a Ring doorbell camera.
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Botched Crypto Mugging Lands Three U.K. Men in Jail

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Three men in the United Kingdom were arrested this month after police responding to an attempted break-in at a residence stopped their car as they fled the scene. The authorities found weapons and a police uniform in the trunk, and say the trio intended to assault a local man and force him to hand over virtual currencies.  Continue reading Botched Crypto Mugging Lands Three U.K. Men in Jail→

Smashing Security podcast #288: Chiquita banana, dumb criminals, and detecting ring binders

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Students learn a valuable lesson when it comes to AI detecting guns on campus, SIM swappers are surprisingly stupid, and romance scammers get scammed by someone (or some thing?) calling themselves Chiquita Banana.

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Violence-as-a-Service: Brickings, Firebombings & Shootings for Hire

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A 21-year-old New Jersey man has been arrested and charged with stalking in connection with a federal investigation into groups of cybercriminals who are settling scores by hiring people to carry out physical attacks on their rivals. Prosecutors say the defendant recently participated in several of these schemes — including firing a handgun into a Pennsylvania home and torching a residence in another part of the state with a Molotov Cocktail. Continue reading Violence-as-a-Service: Brickings, Firebombings & Shootings for Hire→

KrebsOnSecurity in New Netflix Series on Cybercrime

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Netflix has a new documentary series airing next week — “Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies & the Internet” — in which Yours Truly apparently has a decent amount of screen time. The debut episode explores the far-too-common harassment tactic of “swatting” — wherein fake bomb threats or hostage situations are phoned in to police as part of a scheme to trick them into visiting potentially deadly force on a target’s address. Continue reading KrebsOnSecurity in New Netflix Series on Cybercrime→

Leaked Chats Show LAPSUS$ Stole T-Mobile Source Code

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KrebsOnSecurity recently reviewed a copy of the private chat messages between members of the LAPSUS$ cybercrime group in the week leading up to the arrest of its most active members last month. The logs show LAPSUS$ breached T-Mobile multiple times in March, stealing source code for a range of company projects. T-Mobile says no customer or government information was stolen in the intrusion.

LAPSUS$ is known for stealing data and then demanding a ransom not to publish or sell it. But the leaked chats indicate this mercenary activity was of little interest to the tyrannical teenage leader of LAPSUS$, whose obsession with stealing and leaking proprietary computer source code from the world’s largest tech companies ultimately led to the group’s undoing. Continue reading Leaked Chats Show LAPSUS$ Stole T-Mobile Source Code→