Category: Law & order
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Rydox cybercrime marketplace seized by law enforcement, suspected admins arrested
Rydox cybercrime marketplace seized by law enforcement, suspected admins arrested Rydox, an online marketplace used by cybercriminals to sell hacked personal information and tools to commit fraud, has been seized in an international law enforcement operation and its suspected administrators arrested. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Graham Cluley Go…
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Smashing Security podcast #397: Snowflake hackers, and under the influence
Smashing Security podcast #397: Snowflake hackers, and under the influence A Canadian man is arrested in relation to the Snowflake hacks from earlier this year – after a cybersecurity researcher managed to track his identity, and a cryptocurrency-trading Instagram influencer is in trouble with the law. All this and more is discussed in the latest…
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27 DDoS-for-hire services disrupted in run-up to holiday season
27 DDoS-for-hire services disrupted in run-up to holiday season Operation PowerOFF has disrupted what was anticipated to be a surge of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks over the Christmas period by taking over two dozen “booter” or “stresser” websites offline. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog. Graham Cluley Go to…
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“CP3O” pleads guilty to multi-million dollar cryptomining scheme
“CP3O” pleads guilty to multi-million dollar cryptomining scheme A man faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges related to an illegal cryptomining operation that stole millions of dollars worth of cloud computing resources. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Graham Cluley Go to grahamcluley
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Smashing Security podcast #396: Dishy DDoS dramas, and mining our minds for data
Smashing Security podcast #396: Dishy DDoS dramas, and mining our minds for data A CEO is arrested for turning satellite receivers into DDoS attack weapons! Then, we’ll journey into the world of bossware and “affective computing” and explore how AI is learning to read our emotions – is this the future of work, or a…
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Russian money-laundering network linked to drugs and ransomware disrupted, 84 arrests
Russian money-laundering network linked to drugs and ransomware disrupted, 84 arrests The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has revealed details of Operation Destabilise, a years-long international law enforcement investigation into a giant Russian money laundering enterprise that handled billions of dollars for drug traffickers and ransomware gangs worldwide. Read more in my article on the…