U.S. Sentences 31-Year-Old to 10 Years for Laundering $4.5M in Email Scams The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has sentenced a 31-year-old to 10 years in prison for laundering more than $4.5 million through business email compromise (BEC) schemes and romance scams. Malachi Mullings, 31, of Sandy Springs, Georgia pleaded Read more…
Ebury Botnet Malware Compromises 400,000 Linux Servers Over Past 14 Years A malware botnet called Ebury is estimated to have compromised 400,000 Linux servers since 2009, out of which more than 100,000 were still compromised as of late 2023. The findings come from Slovak cybersecurity firm ESET, which characterized it as one Read more…
Dutch Court Sentences Tornado Cash Co-Founder to 5 Years in Prison for Money Laundering A Dutch court on Tuesday sentenced one of the co-founders of the now-sanctioned Tornado Cash cryptocurrency mixer service to 5 years and 4 months in prison. While the name of the defendant was redacted in the verdict, it’s known that Alexey Pertsev, a Read more…
Ukrainian REvil Hacker Sentenced to 13 Years and Ordered to Pay $16 Million A Ukrainian national has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison and ordered to pay $16 million in restitution for carrying out thousands of ransomware attacks and extorting victims. Yaroslav Vasinskyi (aka Rabotnik), 24, along Read more…
Ex-NSA Employee Sentenced to 22 Years for Trying to Sell U.S. Secrets to Russia A former employee of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has been sentenced to nearly 22 years (262 months) in prison for attempting to transfer classified documents to Russia. “This sentence should serve as a stark Read more…
Millions of Malicious 'Imageless' Containers Planted on Docker Hub Over 5 Years Cybersecurity researchers have discovered multiple campaigns targeting Docker Hub by planting millions of malicious “imageless” containers over the past five years, once again underscoring how open-source registries could pave the way for supply chain attacks. “Over four million of the repositories in Read more…
Belarusian National Linked to BTC-e Faces 25 Years for $4 Billion Crypto Money Laundering Feb 05, 2024NewsroomCryptocurrency / Financial Fraud A 42-year-old Belarusian and Cypriot national with alleged connections to the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e is facing charges related to money laundering and operating an unlicensed money services business. Aliaksandr Read more…
Former CIA Engineer Sentenced to 40 Years for Leaking Classified Documents Feb 02, 2024NewsroomNational Security / Data Breach A former software engineer with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been sentenced to 40 years in prison by the Southern District of New York (SDNY) for transmitting classified documents to Read more…
BreachForums Founder Sentenced to 20 Years of Supervised Release, No Jail Time Jan 23, 2024NewsroomCyber Crime / Dark Web Conor Brian Fitzpatrick has been sentenced to time served and 20 years of supervised release for his role as the creator and administrator of BreachForums. Fitzpatrick, who went by the online Read more…
Chinese Hackers Silently Weaponized VMware Zero-Day Flaw for 2 Years Jan 20, 2024NewsroomZero Day / Cyber Espionage An advanced China-nexus cyber espionage group previously linked to the exploitation of security flaws in VMware and Fortinet appliances has been linked to the abuse of a critical vulnerability in VMware vCenter Server Read more…