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Why Phishers Love New TLDs Like.shop,top and.xyz

Krebs on Security

A study on phishing data released by Interisle Consulting finds that new gTLDs introduced in the last few years command just 11 percent of the market for new domains, but accounted for roughly 37 percent of cybercrime domains reported between September 2023 and August 2024. The top 5 new gTLDs, ranked by cybercrime domains reported.

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Leader of Qakbot cybercrime network indicted in U.S. crackdown

Security Affairs

Justice Department filed a civil forfeiture complaint to seize over $24M in crypto from Gallyamov, part of a multinational cybercrime crackdown. “These actions are the latest step in an ongoing multinational effort by the United States, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, the United Kingdom, and Canada to combat cybercrime.”

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Web Hacking Service ‘Araneida’ Tied to Turkish IT Firm

Krebs on Security

Silent Push said Araneida is being advertised by an eponymous user on multiple cybercrime forums. Araneida Scanner’s Telegram channel bragging about how customers are using the service for cybercrime. According to an August 2023 report (PDF) from the U.S. co — first came online in February 2023.

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Sudanese Brothers Arrested in ‘AnonSudan’ Takedown

Krebs on Security

AnonSudan ), a cybercrime business known for launching powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against a range of targets, including dozens of hospitals, news websites and cloud providers. companies, causing a multi-day outage for Microsoft’s cloud services in June 2023. 2023), and OpenAI (Nov.

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US DoJ charges five alleged members of the Scattered Spider cybercrime gang

Security Affairs

Justice Department charged five suspects linked to the Scattered Spider cybercrime gang with wire fraud conspiracy. Justice Department charged five alleged members of the cybercrime gang Scattered Spider (also known as UNC3944 , 0ktapus ) with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. ” reads the press release published by DoJ.

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Booking.com Phishers May Leave You With Reservations

Krebs on Security

We’ll also explore an array of cybercrime services aimed at phishers who target hotels that rely on the world’s most visited travel website. In November 2023, the security firm SecureWorks detailed how scammers targeted booking.com hospitality partners with data-stealing malware. million phishing attempts in 2023.”

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Law enforcement seized the domains of HeartSender cybercrime marketplaces

Security Affairs

and Dutch authorities seized 39 domains and servers linked to the HeartSender cybercrime group based in Pakistan. A joint law enforcement operation led to the seizure of 39 domains tied to a Pakistan-based HeartSender cybercrime group (aka Saim Raza and Manipulators Team) known for selling hacking and fraud tools.