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DDoS Operator Arrested by the Ukrainian Police

Heimadal Security

The post DDoS Operator Arrested by the Ukrainian Police appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. Such actions can range from launching spam campaigns to distributed denial-of-service attacks. The network can be controlled remotely by online criminals to […].

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Top Zeus Botnet Suspect “Tank” Arrested in Geneva

Krebs on Security

Vyacheslav “Tank” Penchukov , the accused 40-year-old Ukrainian leader of a prolific cybercriminal group that stole tens of millions of dollars from small to mid-sized businesses in the United States and Europe, has been arrested in Switzerland, according to multiple sources. Tank, a.k.a.

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IT threat evolution in Q2 2021. PC statistics

SecureList

Perhaps the most notable event of the quarter was the attack by the DarkSide group on Colonial Pipeline , one of the largest fuel pipeline operators in the US. According to Kaspersky Security Network, in Q2 2021: Kaspersky solutions blocked 1,686,025,551 attacks from online resources across the globe. Financial threat statistics. Tajikistan.

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