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Crooked Cops, Stolen Laptops & the Ghost of UGNazi

Krebs on Security

A California man accused of failing to pay taxes on tens of millions of dollars allegedly earned from cybercrime also paid local police officers hundreds of thousands of dollars to help him extort, intimidate and silence rivals and former business partners, the government alleges. cryptocurrency holdings online. Troy Woody Jr.

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Russian Cybersecurity Executive Arrested for Alleged Role in 2012 Megahacks

Krebs on Security

Nikita Kislitsin , formerly the head of network security for one of Russia’s top cybersecurity firms, was arrested last week in Kazakhstan in response to 10-year-old hacking charges from the U.S. Nikita Kislitsin, at a security conference in Russia. Department of Justice. prison system.

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Alleged Extortioner of Psychotherapy Patients Faces Trial

Krebs on Security

Security experts soon discovered Ransom Man had mistakenly included an entire copy of their home folder, where investigators found many clues pointing to Kivimäki’s involvement. By that time, Kivimäki was no longer in Finland, but the Finnish government nevertheless charged Kivimäki in absentia with the Vastaamo hack.

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Snowden Ten Years Later

Schneier on Security

In 2013 and 2014, I wrote extensively about new revelations regarding NSA surveillance based on the documents provided by Edward Snowden. I wrote the essay below in September 2013. It’s a surreal experience, paging through hundreds of top-secret NSA documents. The meeting presenters try to spice things up.

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ISO 27001:2022 Transition Challenges and How to Use ISO 27002

IT Governance

Practical insight from an ISO 27001 consultant With ISO 27001:2013 certification now unavailable, organisations must transition to the 2022 standard for their ISO 27001 certification to remain valid. One challenge I’ve been seeing is updating all the documentation to match the new Standard. And how can they overcome them?

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U.S. Govt. Apps Bundled Russian Code With Ties to Mobile Malware Developer

Krebs on Security

But that story omitted an important historical detail about Pushwoosh: In 2013, one of its developers admitted to authoring the Pincer Trojan , malware designed to surreptitiously intercept and forward text messages from Android mobile devices. regulatory filings present it as a U.S. Pushwoosh says it is a U.S.

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Previously undocumented Aoqin Dragon APT targets entities in Southeast Asia and Australia

Security Affairs

SentinelOne documented a series of attacks aimed at government, education, and telecom entities in Southeast Asia and Australia carried out by a previously undocumented Chinese-speaking APT tracked as Aoqin Dragon. From 2018 to present, Aoqin Dragon has also been observed using a fake removable device as an initial infection vector.