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FBI, Dutch Police Disrupt ‘Manipulaters’ Phishing Gang

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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). “The Cybercrime Team is on the trail of a number of buyers of the tools,” the Dutch national police said.

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U.S. Offered $10M for Hacker Just Arrested by Russia

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government indicted Matveev as a top ransomware purveyor a year later, offering $10 million for information leading to his arrest. Last week, the Russian government reportedly arrested Matveev and charged him with creating malware used to extort companies. government’s “Wanted” poster for him.

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Oops: DanaBot Malware Devs Infected Their Own PCs

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government today unsealed criminal charges against 16 individuals accused of operating and selling DanaBot , a prolific strain of information-stealing malware that has been sold on Russian cybercrime forums since 2018. The government says it is now working with industry partners to notify DanaBot victims and help remediate infections.

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Russian Phobos ransomware operator faces cybercrime charges

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Russian Phobos ransomware operator Evgenii Ptitsyn, accused of managing attacks, was extradited from South Korea to the US to face cybercrime charges. Russian Phobos ransomware operator Evgenii Ptitsyn, suspected of playing a key role in the ransomware operations, was extradited from South Korea to the US to face cybercrime charges.

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FBI: Spike in Hacked Police Emails, Fake Subpoenas

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is urging police departments and governments worldwide to beef up security around their email systems, citing a recent increase in cybercriminal services that use hacked police email accounts to send unauthorized subpoenas and customer data requests to U.S.-based based technology companies.

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EDR-as-a-Service makes the headlines in the cybercrime landscape

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In a nutshell, some criminal groups are exploiting compromised accounts belonging to law enforcement and other government agencies to illicitly forward Emergency Data Requests (EDRs) to major online platforms. By simply paying the fee, usually in cryptocurrencies, the customer will receive the sensitive material ready to be exploited.

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Sudanese Brothers Arrested in ‘AnonSudan’ Takedown

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government on Wednesday announced the arrest and charging of two Sudanese brothers accused of running Anonymous Sudan (a.k.a. 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.

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