cybercrime

Today we want to tell you about spam - how it appeared, how they tried to fight it and how this criminal industry developed. We will also discuss why spam became the driving force behind the development of cybercrime all over the world. And perhaps without it there would be no modern world of...

The Investigative Department of the FSB of Russia in the Ryazan Region opened a criminal case against a local resident under Article 273 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (creation, use and distribution of malicious computer programs). It is noted that the man used specialized...

Tens of billions of dollars, deepfakes and stealers have become key links in the criminal chain of fraudsters. In Southeast Asia, major criminal networks are actively using Telegram to conduct illegal activities on a large scale, which was one of the main topics of the UN report. The document...

The story of a hacker whose actions shocked the world. In September 2022, the London police decided to protect 17-year-old Arion Kurtay by placing him in the suburban hotel Travelodge. Kurtai was transferred to this hotel after he was repeatedly threatened by the online hacker community and...

Supervisory authority initiates new laws in the field of IT security. The Russian authorities plan to toughen penalties for cybercrime, Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov said at a meeting of the SCO Prosecutor General's offices in Bishkek. The topic of the meeting was the role of the Prosecutor's...

A major international fraud scheme has been eliminated in the UAE. Major cybercrime syndicates were eliminated in the UAE during a large-scale operation. As a result of the night raid, hundreds of cybercriminals were arrested, as well as numerous victims of criminal activity were rescued. The...

The company brings innovative solutions to the market. Positive Technologies is developing technologies that will allow it to repel cyber attacks without the participation of specialists, CEO Denis Baranov said at the SPIEF. He noted that the main breakthrough today is autopilot technology...

Carding is the dark side of the digital world, hidden behind the glitter of online stores and the convenience of cashless payments. This type of cybercrime, which involves the theft and use of stolen banking information, continues to flourish despite stricter laws and improved security...

The detection rate of cybercrime in the Republic of Belarus for the first four months of 2024 increased by 19% compared to the same period last year, said Alexander Ringevich, Deputy Head of the Main Department for Combating Cybercrime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the country. "Since...

Who is more at risk of becoming a victim of cyber fraudsters and what is the typical portrait of a "digital swindler", how the Investigative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs managed to achieve a high detection rate of cybercrime and what advice the department gives to avoid risks...

The Israeli cybersecurity company Cybersiixgill, which specializes in research on the "dark" and "deep" parts of the Network, checked Telegram. The researchers concluded that messenger has become a platform for cybercriminals and many services from the "dark Internet" have moved to Telegram...

Over the past 10 years, criminals have been actively moving online, using the information benefits of humanity for personal gain at someone else's expense. Despite the fact that the Internet appeared back in 1969, and the debut crime in the information environment occurred 20 years later, but in...

In recent years, to organize a cyberattack, you no longer need to understand malicious software and the design of security systems. The underground market offers services for any request: from a simple DDoS attack to complex campaigns using zero-day vulnerabilities. How this sphere works, read...

Social engineering is an insidious and manipulative art that can penetrate the most protected areas of our lives. However, how justified is it to call it a cybercrime? On the one hand, social engineers use psychological techniques and deception to gain access to confidential information and...

Cyberspace crime is one of the most complex challenges facing the international community in recent years. And the number of crimes increases along with the number of users of computer networks. Therefore, every user of computer networks should know what cybercrime is, what types of crimes...

What was more important – the dignity or confidentiality of customers? In France, the Simone Weil Hospital (CHC-SV) experienced a cyberattack in April that disrupted the facility and forced staff to switch to using paper for record keeping. Now the hospital reports that the LockBit group...

Group-IB conducted a large-scale study of the underground market, identifying key hotbeds of threats to business and the public sector. In the Hi-Tech Crime Trends report, analysts record the merging of cybercrime groups within the framework of partner programs that are put on stream. They are...

In 2023, four thousand IT crimes were recorded. Since 2020, the number of IT crimes committed by minors in Russia has increased 74 times. This was announced by Artem Babintsev, Senior Inspector for Special Assignments of the Main Department for Public Order Protection of the Ministry of...

It is only a matter of minutes between informing and attacking hackers. Experts from Palo Alto Networks revealed that attackers have recently increasingly switched to so-called "scanning attacks" initiated by malware to identify vulnerabilities in target networks. Moreover, the source of the...

Prosecutors have uncovered a scheme to earn Meta money by stealing business accounts. Attorneys General of 41 US states have addressed Meta*, highlighting the sharp increase in complaints about hijacking of Facebook and Instagram user accounts across the country and stating the need for...