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Russian Phobos ransomware operator faces cybercrime charges

Security Affairs

” The Russian national was allegedly involved in the development, sale, distribution, and operations of the ransomware. The attacks were observed as recently as February 2024, they targeted government, education, emergency services, healthcare, and other critical infrastructure sectors.

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Prometheus and Grief – two new emerging ransomware gangs targeting enterprises. Mexican Government data is published for sale.

Security Affairs

Just recently, the group has published a stolen data allegedly belonging to the Mexican Government which still remains available for sale today, and possibly becoming the first cybercriminal group that has touched a major state in Latin America on such a level. Mexican Government data is published for sale.

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Fake Emergency Search Warrants Draw Scrutiny from Capitol Hill

Krebs on Security

On Tuesday, KrebsOnSecurity warned that hackers increasingly are using compromised government and police department email accounts to obtain sensitive customer data from mobile providers, ISPs and social media companies. 30, Bug posted a sales thread to the cybercrime forum Breached[.]co Today, one of the U.S.

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Cryptocurrencies and cybercrime: A critical intermingling

Security Affairs

Indeed, while anonymity provides privacy and security for transactions, it can also be exploited by criminals for illicit activities, such as money laundering , drug trafficking, illegal arms sales, and terrorist financing. Prevention comes through educating users and taking robust security measures to protect their digital assets.

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Rhysida ransomware group hacked King Edward VII’s Hospital in London

Security Affairs

Sale in one lot!!” The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors. “Unique files are presented to your attention! Data from the Royal Family! A large amount of patient and employee data.

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Zero-day exploit used to hack iPhones of Al Jazeera employees

Security Affairs

“In July and August 2020, government operatives used NSO Group ’s Pegasus spyware to hack 36 personal phones belonging to journalists, producers, anchors, and executives at Al Jazeera. Investments in journalist security and education must be accompanied by efforts to regulate the sale, transfer, and use of surveillance technology.”

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Experts observed the growth of hi-tech crime landscape in Asia in 2018

Security Affairs

Group-IB specialists discovered 19 928 of Singaporean banks’ cards that have shown up for sale in the dark web in 2018 and found hundreds of compromised government portals’ credentials stolen by hackers throughout past 2 years. Users’ logins and passwords from the Government Technology Agency ( [link] [.]

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