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To deal with intruders, you need to think like an attacker. The recent attack on the New York office of the largest Chinese bank, ICBC, once again demonstrated the vulnerability of the financial infrastructure in the face of cyber threats. Attackers used malware to disrupt the operation of the...

A generous reward or international prosecution – the choice is up to the attacker. The hacker of the Poloniex exchange, who recently stole $114 million, was offered a generous reward for the return of stolen funds until November 25, 2023. Otherwise, he will face prosecution by law enforcement...

Securonix researchers have uncovered a malicious campaign implemented through a fake WinSCP. Cybercriminals manipulate the results of Google search results and place fake advertisements in it, deceiving users who are trying to install legitimate WinSCP software. Securonix tracks this hacking...

The founder of a major Western drug marketplace, Monopoly Market, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess and distribute 100 grams of methamphetamine. This volume of powder was actually a control purchase that preceded the site's closure in 2021. Sentencing of Milomir Desnica, a 33-year-old...

The Taiwanese trading firm Kronos Research reported an attack in which the attacker withdrew "a small part of the capital". On-chain sleuth ZachXBT, under the company's post on X, reported that potential losses amount to about ~$25 million in Ethereum. A "blockchain detective" under the...

The Estonian company Atomic Systems, the developer of the Atomic Wallet crypto wallet, appealed to the court to reject the claim and reconsider the place of filing the claims. According to the company's statement, based on the user agreement and the place of incorporation of Atomic Systems, the...

A number of foreign crypto exchanges are already cooperating with Russian arbitration managers in the search for digital assets of debtors. This was stated by the head of the Department of compulsory recovery and bankruptcy of Sberbank Evgeny Akimov, Vedomosti writes. In particular, cooperation...

Grigory Muluzyan, Pavel Derevyanko's business partner, lost $ 265 million on the Xena Exchange. It was the money of investors: businessmen and artists who were brought by Derevyanko. SHOT found out the details of the schemes, as a result of which the actor and his friend were left to owe...

Attackers created and sent phishing links under the guise of issuing social assistance. In this way, they obtained data on citizens bank cards and then appropriated money from them. The defendants were declared suspicious. The suspects face up to twelve years in prison. The members of the group...

Having created an account under the guise of a woman, the attacker communicated with the victim for a long time on the Internet and cheated for money. The fraudster was found to be involved in 11 episodes of fraudulent actions. Now he faces up to three years in prison. The call center of the...

The LummaC2 malware (also known as Lumma Stealer), which steals user data, has acquired new interesting features: to avoid the sandbox and extract confidential information from the host, the malware uses trigonometry. According to researchers from Outpost24, the described method helps operators...

Tether, which issues the USDT stablecoin, blocked about $225 million in USDT as part of cooperation with the US Department of Justice, OKX cryptocurrency exchange and Chainalysis, an analytical firm. According to the press release, the funds are linked to an international human trafficking...

How did hackers get into the networks of both companies and what data did they manage to steal? Japanese motorcycle manufacturer Yamaha Motor and the American medical organization WellLife Network confirmed the facts of a cyber attack on their networks after the companies ' data was published...

Management is unhappy that inexperienced affiliates cannot get even a minimal ransom from victims. The ransomware group LockBit has decided to radically change its approach to negotiations with victims. Leaders are concerned about the low level of payments from companies. One of the reasons is...

Another wave of cyber attacks affects the country's state institutions. A new cyberattack on Ukrainian government agencies was carried out using Remcos, a remote access tool that is painfully familiar in research circles. Remcos, developed by the German company Breaking Security, is a powerful...

Scientists are on their way to a carbon-neutral future. Scientists from Tsinghua University presented new research in the field of rechargeable batteries, suggesting replacing the graphite anode with lithium to create batteries with a higher energy intensity. Despite the advantages of lithium...

The FCC is introducing new rules to combat the increased fraud scheme. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) The United States has announced new regulations aimed at stopping SIM swapping, which is widely used by hackers to gain access to users personal information and passwords. This scheme...

Analysis of the consequences of closing the largest drug market for future strategies. A recent article in Cybercrime and Cybersecurity, led by Priyanka Goonetilleke and Alex Knorre, is a comprehensive study of the world's largest darknet market, Hydra. The article provides key insights and...

General Theo Luzi received a message in the messenger in which crooks tried to impersonate his daughter: they say that the phone allegedly broke, she calls from another, you need to transfer money urgently. The Carabinieri understood the deception and stayed on the line, promising to transfer...

The presentation resulted in a criminal case and multimillion-dollar losses. Software developer Mohammad Moniruzzaman made a serious mistake during a video call, which led to his criminal prosecution and a lawsuit against his employer, NVIDIA. Moniruzzaman took a job at NVIDIA in 2021...