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E-Crime Rapper ‘Punchmade Dev’ Debuts Card Shop

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The rapper and social media personality Punchmade Dev is perhaps best known for his flashy videos singing the praises of a cybercrime lifestyle. But until recently, there wasn’t much to support a conclusion that Punchmade was actually doing the cybercrime things he promotes in his songs. Punchmade Dev’s shop.

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Fake Lawsuit Threat Exposes Privnote Phishing Sites

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The disclosure revealed a profitable network of phishing sites that behave and look like the real Privnote, except that any messages containing cryptocurrency addresses will be automatically altered to include a different payment address controlled by the scammers. co showing the site did indeed swap out any cryptocurrency addresses.

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Fla. Man Charged in SIM-Swapping Spree is Key Suspect in Hacker Groups Oktapus, Scattered Spider

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authorities arrested a 19-year-old Florida man charged with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiring with others to use SIM-swapping to steal cryptocurrency. 12 blog post , the attackers used their access to Mailchimp employee accounts to steal data from 214 customers involved in cryptocurrency and finance.

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Service Rents Email Addresses for Account Signups

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In May, KrebsOnSecurity interviewed a Russian spammer named “ Quotpw “ who was mass-registering accounts on the social media network Mastodon in order to conduct a series of huge spam campaigns advertising scam cryptocurrency investment platforms. com site,” the Trend researchers wrote. Image: Trend Micro.

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Two U.S. Men Charged in 2022 Hacking of DEA Portal

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“Singh also uses the threat of revealing personal information to extort victims into giving him access to their social media accounts, which Singh then resells.” That story showed that the previous owner of the Doxbin also was part of a teenage hacking group that specialized in offering fake EDRs as a service on the dark web.

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Massive Losses Define Epidemic of ‘Pig Butchering’

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The term “pig butchering” refers to a time-tested, heavily scripted, and human-intensive process of using fake profiles on dating apps and social media to lure people into investing in elaborate scams. . Many of these platforms include extensive study materials and tutorials on cryptocurrency investing. Nolan lives in St.

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911 Proxy Service Implodes After Disclosing Breach

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re is was one of the original “residential proxy” networks, which allow someone to rent a residential IP address to use as a relay for his/her Internet communications, providing anonymity and the advantage of being perceived as a residential user surfing the web. “None of those are good replacements for LuxSocks or 911.