Scattered Spider, BlackCat criminals claw back • The Register Two high-profile criminal gangs, Scattered Spider and BlackCat/ALPHV, seemed to disappear into the darkness like their namesakes following a series of splashy digital heists last year, after which there were arrests and website seizures. Over the last couple months, however, both Read more…
Cyber Criminals Exploit GitHub and FileZilla to Deliver Cocktail Malware A “multi-faceted campaign” has been observed abusing legitimate services like GitHub and FileZilla to deliver an array of stealer malware and banking trojans such as Atomic (aka AMOS), Vidar, Lumma (aka LummaC2), and Octo by impersonating credible software like 1Password, Read more…
LockBit Ransomware Operation Shut Down; Criminals Arrested; Decryption Keys Released The U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA) on Tuesday confirmed that it obtained LockBit’s source code as well as intelligence pertaining to its activities and their affiliates as part of a dedicated task force called Operation Cronos. “Some of the data on Read more…
3,500 Arrested in Global Operation HAECHI-IV Targeting Financial Criminals Dec 20, 2023NewsroomFinancial Crime / Cyber Threat A six-month-long international police operation codenamed HAECHI-IV has resulted in the arrests of nearly 3,500 individuals and seizures worth $300 million across 34 countries. The exercise, which took place from July through December 2023, Read more…