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Russian cybercriminal Aleksandr Brovko sentenced to 8 years in jail

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The scripts developed by the cyber criminal were used to parse log data collected from botnet and searched for personally identifiable information (PII) and account credentials. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” reads the press release published by the DoJ.

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Group-IB presented latest cybercrime and nation-state hacking trends in Asia

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According to Group-IB’s report findings, Asia is one of the most actively attacked regions in the world, the company presented latest cybercrime trends. New cybercrime groups are also expected to start operations in Asia and Latin America. Unlike dumps, text data is sold much cheaper in card shops: its total value amounted to $95.6

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Online market for counterfeit goods in Russia has reached $1,5 billion

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Scammers create fake websites of known brands, fraudulent promotional campaigns, and fake accounts on social media. In recent years, an often-used fraud method has been fake mobile applications: 36% of users are unable to distinguish between genuine and fake apps, and 60% of the latter request access to the user’s personal data. .

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Confessions of an ID Theft Kingpin, Part I

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Ngo’s businesses enabled an entire generation of cybercriminals to commit an estimated $1 billion worth of new account fraud , and to sully the credit histories of countless Americans in the process. Ngo said he started taking classes again back in Vietnam, but soon found he was spending most of his time on cybercrime forums.

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Operation Night Fury: Group-IB helps take down a cybergang behind the infection of hundreds of websites all over the world

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This successful operation is just one example of how law enforcement are working with industry partners, adapting and applying new technologies to aid investigations and ultimately reduce the global impact of cybercrime,» concluded Mr Jones.” INTERPOL’s Director of Cybercrime. ” Craig Jones. ” Idam Wasiadi.

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Ransomware en masse on the wane: top threats inside web-phishing in H1 2020

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Web-phishing targeting various online services almost doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic , it accounted for 46 percent of the total number of fake web pages. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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New set of Pakistani banks’ card dumps goes on sale on the dark web

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According to the head of the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) cybercrime wing.almost all Pakistani banks were affected by a recent security breach. Group-IB experts discovered another large set of compromised payment cards details that was put on sale on Joker’s Stash, one of the most popular underground hubs of stolen card data, on Nov.

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