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Why Phishers Love New TLDs Like.shop,top and.xyz

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A study on phishing data released by Interisle Consulting finds that new gTLDs introduced in the last few years command just 11 percent of the market for new domains, but accounted for roughly 37 percent of cybercrime domains reported between September 2023 and August 2024. The top 5 new gTLDs, ranked by cybercrime domains reported.

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Dutch police dismantled dual dark web market ‘Bohemia/Cannabia’

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Dutch police dismantled Bohemia/Cannabia, two major dark web markets for illegal goods, drugs, and cybercrime services. These are two of the largest and longest-running dark web platforms for the trade of illegal goods, drugs, and cybercrime services. ” reads the announcement published by Polite. .

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Incognito Darknet Market Mass-Extorts Buyers, Sellers

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Borrowing from the playbook of ransomware purveyors, the darknet narcotics bazaar Incognito Market has begun extorting all of its vendors and buyers, threatening to publish cryptocurrency transaction and chat records of users who refuse to pay a fee ranging from $100 to $20,000. An extortion message currently on the Incognito Market homepage.

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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). A statement from the U.S. Image: DomainTools. “Presumably, these buyers also include Dutch nationals.

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

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

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This approach reflects the as-a-service logic already prevalent in other areas of the cybercrime sector, significantly reducing the level of technical knowledge needed by those wishing to access this confidential data.

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Pakistani Firm Shipped Fentanyl Analogs, Scams to US

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The authorities called it “the biggest money laundering case in the history of Pakistan,” and named a number of businesses based in Texas that allegedly helped move the proceeds of cybercrime. ae , a web design and marketing firm based in Dubai; and intersyslimited[.]com com and barnesnoblepublishing[.]co.

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