Valentine’s Day might put you in the mood to look for love online. Unfortunately, criminals are also on the hunt, but for victims, not romance. “Meeting people online has opened the door to romance fraud,” says Kim Casci-Palangio, program director of the peer support program at the nonprofit Cybercrime Support Network in Ann Arbor, Michigan....Read More

Ransomware hackers extorted $1bn across 2023, according to data insights company and blockchain platform Chainalysis. The company published a report showing the extent of malicious hacking and developing trends affecting entities across the last year. Chainanalysis provides data, software, services, and research to government agencies and companies across seventy countries. ”Our data powers investigation, compliance,...Read More

CNN  —  Two people have been arrested in Nigeria and Malta as US authorities launched a crackdown on a prolific global cybercrime network known for stealing and selling data from Americans and small businesses, the US Justice Department said Friday. FBI agents in Boston seized computer servers used by the group as part of the...Read More

Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Malware as-a-Service 2 Men Arrested in Malta, Nigeria for Hawking Malware on Hacking Forums Since 2012 Cal Harrison • February 9, 2024     Image: Shutterstock Federal authorities have seized internet domains and arrested two men in Malta and Nigeria who they say served as sales and customer...Read More

Prince Harry has slammed Piers Morgan for his alleged involvement in the Mirror Group Newspaper hacking scandal. Today, the Duke of Sussex settled the remaining parts of his phone hacking claim against the group. In a statement, the prince criticised Morgan, the former editor of The Daily Mirror between 1995 and 2004, who has always...Read More

Authorities in Nigeria should immediately drop all charges against journalists Adisa-Jaji Azeez, Salihu Ayatullahi, Salihu Shola Taofeek, and Abdulrahman Taye Damilola, and allow them to work without fear of arrest, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Friday. On Tuesday, police officers arrested Azeez, managing director, and Ayatullahi, editor-in-chief, of the privately owned The Informant247...Read More

Texas Comptroller’s Office Warns of Email Scam: ‘Code Violation Notice’ Malware Threat As we settle into 2024, the pernicious tentacles of cybercrime continue to ensnare unsuspecting victims. The latest salvo in this ongoing battle comes from the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Office, which has issued an urgent warning to residents regarding a sophisticated email...Read More

Published: 11:09 AM PST, February 9, 2024 Prince Harry has struck a settlement against Mirror Group Newspapers, which agreed to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars as part of the settlement. According to multiple reports, the Duke of Sussex’s attorney, David Sherborne, said at a court hearing that the news publisher agreed to pay all of...Read More

Singapore-based infosec firm Group-IB has detected a group that spent the last two months of 2023 stealing personal info from websites operated by jobs boards and retailers websites across Asia. The actors, dubbed “ResumeLooters” by Group-IB, used SQL injection and Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks to steal databases from the sites. That tactic produced over two...Read More

Singapore-based infosec firm Group-IB has detected a group that spent the last two months of 2023 stealing personal info from websites operated by jobs boards and retailers websites across Asia. The actors, dubbed “ResumeLooters” by Group-IB, used SQL injection and Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks to steal databases from the sites. That tactic produced over two...Read More