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In a continuing escalation of its extortion tactics, independent security researcher, Brian Krebs reported on Krebsonsecurity.com that the criminals behind the MAZE-RANSOMWAREMAZE Ransomware gang just created a publicly viewable web site listing 8 victims and a limited amount of selected data. MAZE probably hopes that by increasing psychological extortion pressure they will squeeze current victims […]
Don’t Be Fodder for China’s ‘Great Cannon’
China has been actively diverting unencrypted Web traffic destined for its top online search service — Baidu.com — so that some visitors from outside of the country were unwittingly enlisted in a novel and unsettling series of denial-of-service attacks aimed at sidelining sites that distribute anti-censorship tools, according to research released this week.
FBI Warns of Fake Govt Sites, ISIS Defacements
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning that individuals sympathetic to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shams (ISIS) are mass-defacing Websites using known vulnerabilities in WordPress .
Hacking ATMs, Literally
Most of the ATM skimming attacks written about on this blog conclude with security personnel intervening before the thieves manage to recover their skimmers along with the stolen card data and PINs. However, an increasingly common form of ATM fraud — physical destruction — costs banks plenty, even when crooks walk away with nothing but bruised egos and sore limbs
Who Is the Antidetect Author?
Earlier this month I wrote about Antidetect , a commercial tool designed to help thieves evade fraud detection schemes employed by many e-commerce companies. That piece walked readers through a sales video for Antidetect showing the software being used to buy products online with stolen credit cards.
Convicted Tax Fraudster & Fugitive Caught
Lance Ealy, an Ohio man who fled home confinement last year just prior to his conviction on charges of filing phony tax refund requests on more than 150 Americans, was apprehended in a pre-dawn raid by federal marshals in Atlanta on Wednesday. Lance Ealy, in self-portrait he uploaded to twitter before absconding. Ealy, 28, of Dayton, Ohio, was the subject of no fewer than three previous posts on this blog .
Dark Web’s ‘Evolution Market’ Vanishes
The Evolution Market , an online black market that sells everything contraband — from marijuana, heroin and ecstasy to stolen identities and malicious hacking services — appears to have vanished in the last 24 hours with little warning. Much to the chagrin of countless merchants hawking their wares in the underground market, the curators of the project have reportedly absconded with the community’s bitcoins — a stash that some Evolution merchants reckon is worth more than USD $12 million. The “Fraud Related” section of the Evolution Market before it vanished.
Door Skimmer + Hidden Camera = Profit
If an ATM you’d like to use is enclosed in a vestibule that requires a card swipe at the door, it might be a good idea to go find another machine, or at least use something other than a payment card to gain entry.
‘AntiDetect’ Helps Thieves Hide Digital Fingerprints
As a greater number of banks in the United States shift to issuing more secure credit and debit cards with embedded chip technology, fraudsters are going to direct more of their attacks against online merchants. No surprise, then, that thieves increasingly are turning to an emerging set of software tools to help them evade fraud detection schemes employed by many e-commerce companies
Adobe Flash Update Plugs 11 Security Holes
Adobe has released an update for its Flash Player software that fixes at least 11 separate, critical security vulnerabilities in the program. If you have Flash installed, please take a moment to ensure your systems are updated. Not sure whether your browser has Flash installed or what version it may be running?