#cybercrime

#cybercrime

There are limitations to what we can see with this data, but what we have so far is accurate. If anything I think it's undercounting the scale of the problem.

ShinyHunters, a hacker collective formed in 2020, operates primarily for financial gain by stealing data and selling it on the dark web.

"The BADBOX 2.0 botnet compromised over 10 million uncertified devices running Android's open-source software (Android Open Source Project), which lacks Google's security protections."

The US Department of Justice has disrupted multiple North Korean IT scams, revealing fictitious workers stealing salaries and sensitive data while hiding in plain sight.

The Paris police’s cybercrime brigade continues its crackdown on cyber criminals, recently arresting four suspects linked to BreachForums and previous high-profile cyber incidents.

Zelocchi documented every threat and handed evidence to U.S. Marshals, refusing to cave to the cybercriminals who sought to eliminate him and steal his Bitcoin wallet.

At the time, the FBI recognized there was a significant need to shift their hiring practices to really focus on people with cyber skill sets, because it wasn't just about cybercrime, but also terrorism, counter intelligence and criminal investigations. We needed agents who had more of a technical discipline to help with that.

The syndicate operated call centers designed to appear as legitimate customer service centers, through which victims were deceived into believing that their electronic devices were compromised.