Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

We can learn a lot from the cybercrime of the past…the history of cybercrime is a glimpse into what we can expect in the future. In the past 18 months, we’ve experienced the beginning of an era that has seen cybersecurity and cybercrime at the center of it all. Dateline Cybercrime . Robert Herjavec.

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Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Hacking Banking 135

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 26, 2020

For several years beginning around 2010, a lone teenager in Vietnam named Hieu Minh Ngo ran one of the Internet’s most profitable and popular services for selling “ fullz ,” stolen identity records that included a consumer’s name, date of birth, Social Security number and email and physical address.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

Balaban This ransomware was doing the rounds over spam generated by the Gameover ZeuS botnet, which had been originally launched in 2011 as a toolkit for stealing victim’s banking credentials and was repurposed for malware propagation. Forward outlook Ransomware is a dynamic and increasingly hybrid segment of cybercrime.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Cybercrime is a growth industry like no other. Then, we’ll go over the basic, foundational techniques most scammers find themselves using, such as social engineering and phishing. Social Tactics. Basic phishing and social engineering techniques are still the most common starting point for cyber attacks.

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Social Engineering Energy and Utilities Phishing Scams 120

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Other cybercrimes that specifically target accounts are spear phishing, social engineering attacks, and password sprays —basic password attack tactics that nation-states carry out against target companies and governments. Google introduced 2FA to Gmail in 2011. There’s low MFA adoption elsewhere, too.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 28, 2023

The recent Hive infrastructure takedown as well as other major gangs dissolution such as Conti in 2022, is making room in the cybercrime business The Lockbit locker leaked a few months ago in the underground, is increasing its popularity and adoption among micro-criminal actors.

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Penetration Testing Ransomware Firewall Social Engineering 98

The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 31, 2024

The funding will be used for core research and development to build new AI technology and products to protect against generative AI threats, such as deepfake social engineering and autonomous fraud. While billions have been spent on security products, the impact of cybercrime has actually been getting worse.

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