Cyber Crime

Cyberattacks against law enforcement are on the rise

Experts observed an increase in malicious activity targeting law enforcement agencies at the beginning of Q2 2022. Resecurity, a Los…

4 years ago

New Hive ransomware variant is written in Rust and use improved encryption method

Hive ransomware operators have improved their file-encrypting module by migrating to Rust language and adopting a more sophisticated encryption method.…

4 years ago

Cyber Police of Ukraine arrested 9 men behind phishing attacks on Ukrainians attempting to capitalize on the ongoing conflict

The Cyber Police of Ukraine arrested nine members of a cybercriminal gang that has stolen 100 million hryvnias via phishing…

4 years ago

AstraLocker ransomware operators shut down their operations

AstraLocker ransomware operators told BleepingComputer they're shutting down their operations and are releasing decryptors. AstraLocker ransomware operators told BleepingComputer they're…

4 years ago

Data of a billion Chinese residents available for sale on a cybercrime forum

Threat actors claim to have breached a database belonging to Shanghai police and stole the data of a billion Chinese…

4 years ago

Unfaithful HackerOne employee steals bug reports to claim additional bounties

Bug bounty platform HackerOne disclosed that a former employee improperly accessed security reports submitted to claim additional bounties The vulnerability…

4 years ago

A ransomware attack forced publishing giant Macmillan to shuts down its systems

A cyber attack forced the American publishing giant Macmillan to shut down its IT systems.  The publishing giant Macmillan has…

4 years ago

A long-running cryptomining campaign conducted by 8220 hackers now targets Linux servers

Microsoft spotted a cloud threat actor tracked as 8220 that is now targeting Linux servers in a long-running cryptomining campaign.…

4 years ago

Korean cybersecurity agency released a free decryptor for Hive ransomware

Good news for the victims of the Hive ransomware, Korean security researchers have released a free decryptor for some versions.…

4 years ago

Ex-Canadian government employee admits to being a member of the Russian cybercrime gang NetWalker

A former Canadian government IT worker admitted to being a high-level member of the Russian cybercrime group NetWalker. A former…

4 years ago

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