Judge Orders U.S. Lawyer in Russian Botnet Case to Pay Google
In December 2021, Google filed a civil lawsuit against two Russian men thought to be responsible for operating Glupteba, one…
Disneyland Malware Team: It’s a Puny World After All
A financial cybercrime group calling itself the Disneyland Team has been making liberal use of visually confusing phishing domains that…
Battle with Bots Prompts Mass Purge of Amazon, Apple Employee Accounts on LinkedIn
On October 10, 2022, there were 576,562 LinkedIn accounts that listed their current employer as Apple Inc. The next day,…
Anti-Money Laundering Service AMLBot Cleans House
AMLBot, a service that helps businesses avoid transacting with cryptocurrency wallets that have been sanctioned for cybercrime activity, said an…
Glut of Fake LinkedIn Profiles Pits HR Against the Bots
A recent proliferation of phony executive profiles on LinkedIn is creating something of an identity crisis for the business networking…
Fake CISO Profiles on LinkedIn Target Fortune 500s
Someone has recently created a large number of fake LinkedIn profiles for Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) roles at some…
Violence-as-a-Service: Brickings, Firebombings & Shootings for Hire
A 21-year-old New Jersey man has been arrested and charged with stalking in connection with a federal investigation into groups…
How 1-Time Passcodes Became a Corporate Liability
Phishers are enjoying remarkable success using text messages to steal remote access credentials and one-time passcodes from employees at some…
PayPal Phishing Scam Uses Invoices Sent Via PayPal
Scammers are using invoices sent through PayPal.com to trick recipients into calling a number to dispute a pending charge. The…
When Efforts to Contain a Data Breach Backfire
Earlier this month, the administrator of the cybercrime forum Breached received a cease-and-desist letter from a cybersecurity firm. The missive…