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US Treasury FinCEN linked $5.2 billion in BTC transactions to ransomware payments

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2021

billion worth of Bitcoin transactions to ransomware. billion worth of Bitcoin transactions likely associated with operations of top 10 most commonly reported ransomware variants. Studying data generated from ransomware-related SARs, the mean average total monthly suspicious amount of ransomware transactions was $66.4

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Alexander Vinnik, the operator of BTC-e exchange, pleaded guilty to money laundering

Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2024

Alexander Vinnik , a Russian national, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering for his involvement in operating the cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e from 2011 to 2017. charged Aliaksandr Klimenka, a Belarusian and Cypriot national linked with the cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e. reported the Associated Press.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 20, 2018

Cryptojacking, as defined by the Federal Trade Commission , is the use of JavaScript code to capture cryptocurrencies in users’ browsers without asking permission. Related: Why cryptojacking is more insidious than ransomware. LW: So cryptocurrency got discovered as the ideal payment vehicle for ransomware.

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Alexander Vinnik, the popular cyber criminal goes on trial in Paris

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2020

The Russian citizen Alexander Vinnik goes on trial in Paris for having defrauded nearly 200 victims across the world of 135 million euros using ransomware. The Russian man Alexander Vinnik goes on trial in Paris for having defrauded nearly 200 victims across the world of 135M euros using ransomware. million withdrawn.

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Russian Alexander Vinnik sentenced in Paris to five years in prison for money laundering

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The man went on trial in Paris for having defrauded nearly 200 victims across the world of 135M euros using ransomware. Alexander Vinnik allegedly headed the Bitcoin exchange BTC-e, he is charged with different hacking crimes in Russia, France, and the United States. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Alexander Vinnik).

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The Origins and History of the Dark Web

Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

But the dark web is also associated with illegal activities including the trafficking of drugs, weapons, and illegal pornography, hacking and cybercrime, terrorism, and the sale of stolen data or personal information. Transactions on the dark web are typically conducted using cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin to maintain anonymity.

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Ramnit is back and contributes in creating a massive proxy botnet, tracked as ‘Black’ botnet

Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2018

Ramnit is one of the most popular banking malware families in existence today, it was first spotted in 2010 as a worm, in 2011, its authors improved it starting from the leaked Zeus source code turning the malware into a banking Trojan. DDoS attacks, ransomware-based campaigns, cryptocurrency mining campaigns).

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Ten Years Later, New Clues in the Target Breach

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Unbeknownst to Ika at the time, his Pustota forum also had been completely hacked that week, and a copy of its database shared with this author. Much of my reporting on Vrublevsky’s cybercrime empire came from several years worth of internal ChronoPay emails and documents that were leaked online in 2010 and 2011.

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Phishers turning hard-working: CERT-GIB records upsurge of phishing resource blockages as duration of attacks grows

Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2020

H2 2019 has proved the tendency of past several years: mail remains the main method of delivering ransomware, spyware, backdoors and other malware, being used by cyber crooks in 94 percent of cases. SecurityAffairs – phishing attacks, hacking). Balance of power. Figure 2 The map of major web phishing-hosting countries.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2023

The majority of the data extracted from the victims will likely reach the underground dark markets soon, but for this latest portion of infected hosts the risk is even higher: the operator will likely try to sell access to these servers and enterprise machines to even more dangerous thirds parties, including well-known ransomware operators.

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The History of Computer Viruses & Malware

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Ransomware, for example, usually doesn’t self-replicate. Welcome to [link] Hacked By Chinese!”. The Rise of Ransomware: 2011-2022. The 2010s and early 2020s have been marked by an increased prevalence in ransomware attacks. Copycat ransomware like TorrentLocker and CryptoWall starting springing up.

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Estonian Tied to 13 Ransomware Attacks Gets 66 Months in Prison

Krebs on Security

MARCH 25, 2022

prison for his role in at least 13 ransomware attacks that caused losses of approximately $53 million. Prosecutors say the accused also enjoyed a lengthy career of “cashing out” access to hacked bank accounts worldwide. The DirectConnection cybercrime forum, circa 2011.

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US Treasury FinCEN linked $5.2 billion in BTC transactions to ransomware payments

Alexander Vinnik, the operator of BTC-e exchange, pleaded guilty to money laundering

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Alexander Vinnik, the popular cyber criminal goes on trial in Paris

Russian Alexander Vinnik sentenced in Paris to five years in prison for money laundering

The Origins and History of the Dark Web

Ramnit is back and contributes in creating a massive proxy botnet, tracked as ‘Black’ botnet

Ten Years Later, New Clues in the Target Breach

Phishers turning hard-working: CERT-GIB records upsurge of phishing resource blockages as duration of attacks grows

Updates from the MaaS: new threats delivered through NullMixer

The History of Computer Viruses & Malware

Estonian Tied to 13 Ransomware Attacks Gets 66 Months in Prison

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