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Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2023

FBI: Operation ‘Duck Hunt’ dismantled the Qakbot botnet

FBI coordinated an international law enforcement operation, named Operation ‘Duck Hunt’, that dismantled the Qakbot botnet. The FBI announced that the Qakbot botnet has been dismantled as a result of an international law enforcement operation named Operation ‘Duck Hunt.’ Qakbot, also known as QBot, QuackBot and Pinkslipbot, is an info-stealing malware that has been active […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 23, 2023

FBI identifies wallets holding cryptocurrency funds stolen by North Korea

The U.S. FBI warned that North Korea-linked threat actors may attempt to cash out stolen cryptocurrency worth more than $40 million. The Federal Bureau of Investigation shared details about the activity of six cryptocurrency wallets operated by North Korea-linked threat actors. The wallets hold roughly 1,580 Bitcoin (roughly $41 million at the current rate) that […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 04, 2023

CISA, FBI, and NSA published the list of 12 most exploited vulnerabilities of 2022

CISA, the FBI, and NSA, along with Five Eyes cybersecurity agencies published a list of the 12 most exploited vulnerabilities of 2022. CISA, the NSA, and the FBI, in collaboration with cybersecurity authorities from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, have published a list of the 12 most exploited vulnerabilities of 2022. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 10, 2023

US disrupts Russia-linked Snake implant’s network

The US government announced to have disrupted the peer-to-peer (P2P) network of computers compromised by the Snake malware. The Snake implant is one of the most sophisticated implants used by Russia-linked threat actors for cyberespionage purposes. The malware has been designed and used by Center 16 of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) in cyber espionage […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 06, 2023

FBI seized other domains used by the shadow eBook library Z-Library

The FBI disrupted once again the illegal eBook library Z-Library the authorities seized several domains used by the service. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) seized multiple domains used by the illegal shadow eBook library Z-Library. Z-Library is the world’s largest illegal library and claims to offer more than 11 million e-books for download. The library […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 18, 2023

US govt agencies released a joint alert on the Lockbit 3.0 ransomware

The US government released a joint advisory that provides technical details about the operation of the Lockbit 3.0 ransomware gang. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) released a joint advisory that provides indicators of compromise (IOCs) and tactics, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 17, 2022

Tank, the leader of the Zeus cybercrime gang, was arrested by the Swiss police

A suspected leader of the Zeus cybercrime gang, Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov (aka Tank), was arrested by Swiss police. Swiss police last month arrested in Geneva Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov (40), also known as Tank, which is one of the leaders of the JabberZeus cybercrime group. “Vyacheslav “Tank” Penchukov, the accused 40-year-old Ukrainian leader of a prolific cybercriminal […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 15, 2022

FBI: Millions in Losses resulted from attacks against Healthcare payment processors

The FBI has issued an alert about threat actors targeting healthcare payment processors in an attempt to hijack the payments. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued an alert about cyber attacks against healthcare payment processors to redirect victim payments. Threat actors used employees’ publicly-available Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and social engineering techniques to […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 01, 2022

FBI is helping Montenegro in investigating the ongoing cyberattack

A team of cybersecurity experts from the US FBI will help the authorities in Montenegro to investigate the recent massive cyberattack. A team of cybersecurity experts from the FBI is heading to Montenegro to help local authorities in investigating the recent massive cyber attack that hit the government infrastructure last week. “This is another confirmation […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2022

Crooks are increasingly targeting DeFi platforms to steal cryptocurrency

The U.S. FBI warns investors that crooks are increasingly exploiting security issues in Decentralized Finance (DeFi) platforms to steal cryptocurrency. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published a Public Service Announcement (PSA) to warn investors that cybercriminals are increasingly exploiting security flaws in Decentralized Finance (DeFi) platforms to steal cryptocurrency. Threat actors are exploiting […]

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FBI: Operation ‘Duck Hunt’ dismantled the Qakbot botnet

FBI identifies wallets holding cryptocurrency funds stolen by North Korea

CISA, FBI, and NSA published the list of 12 most exploited vulnerabilities of 2022

US disrupts Russia-linked Snake implant’s network

FBI seized other domains used by the shadow eBook library Z-Library

US govt agencies released a joint alert on the Lockbit 3.0 ransomware

Tank, the leader of the Zeus cybercrime gang, was arrested by the Swiss police

FBI: Millions in Losses resulted from attacks against Healthcare payment processors

FBI is helping Montenegro in investigating the ongoing cyberattack

Crooks are increasingly targeting DeFi platforms to steal cryptocurrency

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