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FBI, Dutch Police Disrupt ‘Manipulaters’ Phishing Gang

Krebs on Security

On January 29, the FBI and the Dutch national police seized the technical infrastructure for a cybercrime service marketed under the brands Heartsender , Fudpage and Fudtools (and many other “fud” variations). ” Manipulaters advertisement for Office 365 Private Page with Antibot phishing kit sold via Heartsender.

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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. ” Orn advertising Araneida Scanner in Feb. ” Orn advertising Araneida Scanner in Feb.

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The great Google Ads heist: criminals ransack advertiser accounts via fake Google ads

Malwarebytes

Fuel for other malware and scam campaigns Indicators of Compromise Overview Online criminals are targeting individuals and businesses that advertise via Google Ads by phishing them for their credentials ironically via fraudulent Google ads. This earned Google a whopping $175 billion in search-based ad revenues 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.

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UK Ad Campaign Seeks to Deter Cybercrime

Krebs on Security

The United Kingdom’s anti-cybercrime agency is running online ads aimed at young people who search the Web for services that enable computer crimes, specifically trojan horse programs and DDoS-for-hire services. law enforcement agents in connection with various cybercrime investigations. FLATTENING THE CURVE.

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Fintech Giant Finastra Investigating Data Breach

Krebs on Security

8, a cybercriminal using the nickname “ abyss0 ” posted on the English-language cybercrime community BreachForums that they’d stolen files belonging to some of Finastra’s largest banking clients. Importantly, for any customers who are deemed to be affected, we will be reaching out and working with them directly.”

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How Cryptocurrency Turns to Cash in Russian Banks

Krebs on Security

A financial firm registered in Canada has emerged as the payment processor for dozens of Russian cryptocurrency exchanges and websites hawking cybercrime services aimed at Russian-speaking customers, new research finds. wtf, and PQHosting ; -sites selling aged email, financial, or social media accounts, such as verif[.]work com and rdp[.]monster;