extortion

FBI arrested a Russian national for recruiting employee of US firm to plant malware

FBI authorities arrested a Russian national in the U.S. after attempting to recruit an employee at a targeted company to…

4 years ago

Maze ransomware operators leak credit card data from Costa Rica’s BCR bank

Maze ransomware operators published credit card details stolen from the Bank of Costa Rica (BCR) threatening to leak other lots…

5 years ago

Maze Ransomware operators threaten victims to publish their data online

The victims of the Maze Ransomware now face another threat because operators behind the malware could publish their data online.…

5 years ago

700,000 records belonging to Choice Hotels customer leaked online. Crooks demanded ransom

Security experts have discovered that hackers have stolen 700,000 records from Choice Hotels franchise and are demanding payment for their…

5 years ago

Crooks offer millions to skilled black hats to help them in extortion campaigns

Cybercriminals are offering over a million dollars per year to skilled professionals like vxers and penetration testers to help them…

6 years ago

Experts warns of a new extortion campaign based on the Breach Compilation archive

Cybaze ZLab spotted a new scam campaign that is targeting some of its Italian customers, crooks leverage credentials in Breach…

6 years ago

City of Atlanta paralyzed by a ransomware attack, is it SAMSAM?

Computer systems in the City of Atlanta were infected by ransomware, the cyber attack was confirmed by the City officials. The city…

7 years ago

Group-IB supported law enforcement in dismantling Ukrainian DDoS crime gang

Ukrainian Police supported by security firm Group-IB and other security firms dismantled a DDoS crime gang that blackmailed numerous companies…

7 years ago

Recent Memcached DDoS attacks drive RDoS extortion practice

Crooks already started to blackmail companies asking for a ransom demand in Monero cryptocurrency to avoid being attacked via Memcached…

7 years ago

Hacker threatens Canadian University to dump student info unless the university pay a ransom

A hacker is attempting to extort the Canadian University of Fraser Valley (UFV), threatening to dump student information unless the…

7 years ago

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