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Keeping criminal justice information secure with advanced authentication

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According to the FBI’s 2020 Internet Crime Report, the Internet Crime Complaint Center received 791,790 cybercrime complaints in 2020, with. The post Keeping criminal justice information secure with advanced authentication appeared first on Entrust Blog.

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Cybercrime group exploits Windows zero-day in ransomware attacks

Security Affairs

The experts pointed out that while the majority of zero-days they have discovered in the past were used by APT groups, this zero-day was exploited by a sophisticated cybercrime group. This group is known to have used similar CLFS driver exploits in the past that were likely developed by the same author.

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Law enforcement seized the Genesis Market cybercrime marketplace

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Nominate here: [link] Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, Genesis Market) The post Law enforcement seized the Genesis Market cybercrime marketplace appeared first on Security Affairs.

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FBI: Compromised US academic credentials available on various cybercrime forums

Security Affairs

The FBI warns organizations in the higher education sector of credentials sold on cybercrime forums that can allow threat actors to access their networks. The FBI has observed incidents of stolen higher education credential information posted on publically accessible online forums or listed for sale on criminal marketplaces.

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Cybercrime gang FIN7 returned and was spotted delivering Clop ransomware

Security Affairs

FIN7 is a Russian criminal group (aka Carbanak ) that has been active since mid-2015, it focuses on restaurants, gambling, and hospitality industries in the US to harvest financial information that was used in attacks or sold in cybercrime marketplaces. They then use OpenSSH and Impacket to move laterally and deploy Clop ransomware.

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Who Wants to Fuel Independent and High Quality OSINT/Cybercrime and Threat Intelligence Research? Accepting BitCoin Donations

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Dear blog readers, Did you already grab a copy of my 2019-2023 " Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge " Ebook which is 1.7GB compilation for free? The post Who Wants to Fuel Independent and High Quality OSINT/Cybercrime and Threat Intelligence Research? Stay tuned!

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Who Wants to Become a Guest Blogger At This Blog?

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Dear blog readers, Do you know a lot about information security cybercrime research OSINT and threat intelligence gathering including cyber threat actors research? Who is Dancho Danchev and what is Dancho Danchev's Blog? The post Who Wants to Become a Guest Blogger At This Blog? Stay tuned!