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Russian Govt. Continues Carding Shop Crackdown

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Debuting in 2011, Ferum Shop is one of the oldest observed dark web marketplaces selling “card not present” data (customer payment records stolen from hacked online merchants), according to Gemini. . “Unless those shops were somehow selling data on Russian cardholders, which they weren’t.”

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Giving a Face to the Malware Proxy Service ‘Faceless’

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That document indicates the Liberty Reserve account claimed by MrMurza/AccessApproved — U1018928 — was assigned in 2011 to a “ Vadim Panov ” who used the email address lesstroy@mgn.ru. PANOV Constella Intelligence , a threat intelligence firm that tracks breached databases, says lesstroy@mgn.ru

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Meet the World’s Biggest ‘Bulletproof’ Hoster

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Those include a large number of cybercrime forums and stolen credit card shops, ransomware download sites, Magecart-related infrastructure , and a metric boatload of phishing Web sites mimicking dozens of retailers, banks and various government Web site portals. biz: -Based in Asia and Europe. -It