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FBI Seizes Bot Shop ‘Genesis Market’ Amid Arrests Targeting Operators, Suppliers

Krebs on Security

Several domain names tied to Genesis Market , a bustling cybercrime store that sold access to passwords and other data stolen from millions of computers infected with malicious software, were seized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) today. ” a cybercrime forum ad for Genesis enthused.

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Law enforcement seized the Genesis Market cybercrime marketplace

Security Affairs

Law enforcement seized the Genesis Market black marketplace, a platform focused on the sale of stolen credentials, as part of Operation Cookie Monster. The FBI seized the Genesis Market , a black marketplace for stolen credentials that was launched in 2017.

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Career Choice Tip: Cybercrime is Mostly Boring

Krebs on Security

But new research suggests that as cybercrime has become dominated by pay-for-service offerings, the vast majority of day-to-day activity needed to support these enterprises is in fact mind-numbingly boring and tedious, and that highlighting this reality may be a far more effective way combat cybercrime and steer offenders toward a better path.

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Russian Cybercrime Market Owner Added to FBI’s Most Wanted List

Heimadal Security

According to the US Department of Justice, a Russian citizen has been charged and added to the FBI’s list of Cyber Most Wanted for allegedly founding and running a cybercrime marketplace. The post Russian Cybercrime Market Owner Added to FBI’s Most Wanted List appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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International Investigations Target Financial Cybercrime

Security Boulevard

International authorities took two big swipes at cybercriminals this week, with Interpol and others rounding up almost 3,500 suspects in a 34-country operation to crack down on cyber-scams one day while German police the next day said they shut down a dark web marketplace called Kingdom Market. Combined with the move by the U.S.

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Russia Sends Cybersecurity CEO to Jail for 14 Years

Krebs on Security

The Russian government today handed down a treason conviction and 14-year prison sentence on Iyla Sachkov , the former founder and CEO of one of Russia’s largest cybersecurity firms. Group-IB relocated its headquarters to Singapore several years ago, although it did not fully exit the Russian market until April 2023.

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U.S. Treasury Department sanctions darkweb marketplace Hydra Market

Security Affairs

Treasury Department sanctioned the Hydra Market, the world’s largest and longest-running dark web marketplace. Treasury Department sanctioned the darkweb marketplace Hydra Market, the same day Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office, the Bundeskriminalamt (BKA), announced they have shut down the illegal platform.