CISA and FBI Raise Alerts on Exploited Flaws and Expanding HiatusRAT Campaign The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added two security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The list of flaws is below – CVE-2024-20767 (CVSS Read more…
FBI Busts Rydox Marketplace with 7,600 PII Sales, Cryptocurrency Worth $225K Seized The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday announced the shutdown of an illicit marketplace called Rydox (“rydox.ru” and “rydox[.]cc”) for selling stolen personal information, access devices, and other tools for conducting cybercrime and fraud. In tandem, three Read more…
FBI Seeks Public Help to Identify Chinese Hackers Behind Global Cyber Intrusions The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has sought assistance from the public in connection with an investigation involving the breach of edge devices and computer networks belonging to companies and government entities. “An Advanced Persistent Threat group Read more…
Alleged hacker searched ‘signs the FBI is after you’ Getty Images “What are some signs the FBI is after you” is one of the alleged hacker’s searches, according to court documents A man arrested in connection with a hack of the US markets regulator’s X account searched “how can I Read more…
FBI Creates Fake Cryptocurrency to Expose Widespread Crypto Market Manipulation Oct 12, 2024Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Cybercrime The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has announced arrests and charges against several individuals and entities in connection with allegedly manipulating digital asset markets as part of a widespread fraud operation. The law enforcement Read more…
FBI created a crypto token so it could watch it being abused • The Register The FBI created its own cryptocurrency so it could watch suspected fraudsters use it – an idea that worked so well it produced arrests in three countries. News of the Feds’ currency, an Ethereum-based instrument Read more…
FBI Distributes 7,000 LockBit Ransomware Decryption Keys to Help Victims The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has disclosed that it’s in possession of more than 7,000 decryption keys associated with the LockBit ransomware operation to help victims get their data back at no cost. “We are reaching out to Read more…
BreachForums Returns Just Weeks After FBI Seizure – Honeypot or Blunder? The online criminal bazaar BreachForums has been resurrected merely two weeks after a U.S.-led coordinated law enforcement action dismantled and seized control of its infrastructure. Cybersecurity researchers and dark web trackers Brett Callow, Dark Web Informer, and FalconFeeds revealed Read more…
FBI Seizes BreachForums Again, Urges Users to Report Criminal Activity Law enforcement agencies have officially seized control of the notorious BreachForums platform, an online bazaar known for peddling stolen data, for the second time within a year. The website (“breachforums[.]st”) has been replaced by a seizure banner stating the clearnet cybercrime forum Read more…
NSA, FBI Alert on N. Korean Hackers Spoofing Emails from Trusted Sources The U.S. government on Thursday published a new cybersecurity advisory warning of North Korean threat actors’ attempts to send emails in a manner that makes them appear like they are from legitimate and trusted parties. The joint bulletin was published by the National Read more…