Friday, 3 May 2024, 14:05 | Updated 14:13h. Copiar enlace WhatsApp Facebook X LinkedIn Telegram Complex computer attacks on companies, massive cyber fraud affecting thousands of citizens, cases of ‘sextortion’, cyberstalking… The range of crimes faced by the team led by Andrés Román is very varied, although they always have a common denominator: they are...Read More

Recent reports have highlighted that the notorious FIN7 cybercrime group has targeted the U.S. automotive industry through a sophisticated spear-phishing campaign. Employing a familiar weapon, the Carbanak backdoor (also known as Anunak), they aimed to infiltrate systems and compromise sensitive data. This nefarious activity underscores the critical importance of robust cybersecurity measures in safeguarding against...Read More

What just happened? In another example of why (cyber)crime doesn’t pay, a Ukrainian hacker has been sentenced to 13 years and seven months in prison and ordered to pay $16 million over his involvement with the REvil ransomware group. Yaroslav Vasinskyi (aka Rabotnik) played a role in more than 2,500 ransomware attacks that cost targeted...Read More

Episode 106 of the Public Key podcast is here and this is our “Live from Links” series, where we showcase our podcasts recorded live at the Chainalysis Links Conference in NYC! Russia’s invasion on Ukraine over 2 years ago has been challenging, but today we speak to Yevhenii Panchenko (Head of Operational Analysis, Cyberpolice Department,...Read More

A Ukrainian individual has been sentenced to more than 13 years in a Texas prison for his involvement in ransomware attacks orchestrated by the infamous REvil hacking group based in Russia, according to the US Justice Department.  French gendarme and Colonel Denis Hebinger (R) and Lieutenant Louis-Marie Lamballe (L) work at the C3N (Centre de...Read More

The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu has ordered the full implementation of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc) Amendment Act 2024 with a view to strengthening counter-terrorism in Nigeria. Ribadu also directed the operationalisation of the National Cybersecurity Fund by all regulators and businesses specified in the second schedule of the Act. The NSA made the...Read More

A Europol-led operation dubbed “Pandora” has shut down a dozen phone scam centers, and arrested 21 suspects. The cops reckon the action prevented criminals from bilking victims out of more than €10 million (£8.6 million, $11 million). The criminal network, which operated call centers in Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Lebanon, was responsible for “thousands” of...Read More

The National Security Adviser Malam Nuhu Ribadu has directed full implementation of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc) Amendment Act 2024. Ribadu in a statement by the Head Strategic Communications Office of the National Security Adviser Zakari Mijinyawa also directed the operationalisation of the National Cybersecurity Fund by all regulators and businesses specified in the second...Read More

To secure the digital space and safeguard national security and economic interests, the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) has directed law enforcement agencies, regulators, businesses and stakeholders to put in place mechanisms for full implementation of the Cybercrimes Act. Its spokesman, Zakaria Mijinyawa, recalled that on July 6, 2022, Nigeria joined 66 other...Read More

Local Resident Falls Victim to Rs 3L Cyber Fraud SchemeA 28-year-old woman of Mumbai city was deceived of Rs 3 lakh in a cybercrime where the perpetrator posed as a senior IPS officer using AI. The victim was coerced into a prolonged video call, falsely accused of money laundering, and coerced to transfer funds. Police...Read More