Abiola Kayode, 37, of Nigeria, was extradited by the Department of Justice (DoJ) to face charges for allegedly taking part in a business email compromise (BEC) operation that defrauded companies out of over $6 million between January 2015 and September 2016. “Kayode’s co-conspirators posed as the chief executive officer, president, owner, or other executive of […]
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The illegal marketplace Rydox (“rydox[.]ru” and “rydox[.]cc”), which sold stolen personal data, access devices, and other tools for committing fraud and cybercrime, was shut down, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) stated Thursday. Three Kosovo nationals and service administrators, Shpend Sokoli, Jetmir Kutleshi, and Ardit Kutleshi, have also been taken into custody. It is anticipated
FBI Cracks Rydox Marketplace, Seizes $225,000 in Cryptocurrency, Stops 7,600 PII Sales Read More »
A newly discovered remote access trojan and information stealer that Iranian state-sponsored attackers employ to survey compromised endpoints and carry out malicious orders has been made public by cybersecurity experts. The malware has been identified in the wild since at least September 1, 2023, according to artefacts posted to the VirusTotal website, and the cybersecurity
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According to court records made public as part of a continuing legal battle between NSO Group and Meta’s WhatsApp, the Israeli spyware vendor delivered Pegasus via a number of flaws directed at the messaging service, including one that it continued to employ even after being sued by Meta for doing so. They also demonstrate how,
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Researchers studying cybersecurity have uncovered a new type of botnet malware known as Gorilla (also known as GorillaBot), which takes its cues from the publicly available source code for the Mirai botnet. According to the cybersecurity company NSFOCUS, which discovered the activities last month, between September 4 and September 27, 2024, the botnet “issued over
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In an attempt to curb illicit activity on the network, the well-known messaging service Telegram has announced a significant policy reversal: in response to legitimate legal requests, it will provide users’ phone numbers and IP addresses to authorities. “We’ve made it clear that the IP addresses and phone numbers of those who violate our rules
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Due to their alleged role in running WWH Club, a dark web marketplace that specialises in the sale of private and financial information, two men have been charged in the United States. The charges against Alex Khodyrev, a 35-year-old Kazakh national, and Pavel Kublitskii, a 37-year-old Russian national, include conspiracy to commit wire fraud and
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Five Chinese nationals and one Singaporean man have been taken into custody by the Singapore Police Force (SPF) on suspicion of engaging in illegal cyber activity within the nation. This is the result of numerous simultaneous raids carried out by over 160 law enforcement officers at several sites on September 9, 2024. The six males,
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The website domain of Guarantee Trust Bank (GTBank) was the target of a single, isolated effort to breach it. In response to recent media claims that claimed hackers had taken control of and cloned its website in order to intercept customer data, the bank released a statement on Thursday. “Our attention has been drawn to
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In an unprecedented prisoner swap involving Belarus, Germany, Norway, Russia, Slovenia, and the United States, two Russian individuals serving sentences related to cybercrime have been released and returned to their home nation. This includes Vladislav Klyushin and Roman Valerevich Seleznev, two of the eight individuals who were transferred back to Russia in exchange for the
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