The U.S. Department of the Treasury has sanctioned several large networks of cyber scam operations in Southeast Asia, which stole over $10 billion from Americans last year. […] Go to Source Author: Bill Toulas
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The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned two individuals and two companies associated with North Korean IT worker schemes that operate at the expense of American organizations. […] Go to Source Author: Bill Toulas
The FBI and the Dutch Police have shut down the VerifTools marketplace for fraudulent identity documents after seizing servers in Amsterdam that hosted the online operation. […] Go to Source Author: Bill Toulas
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is warning major U.S. tech companies against yielding to foreign government demands that weaken data security, compromise encryption, or impose censorship on their platforms. […] Go to Source Author: Bill Toulas
A software developer has been sentenced to four years in prison for sabotaging his ex-employer’s Windows network with custom malware and a kill switch that locked out employees when his account was disabled. […] Go to Source Author: Lawrence Abrams
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced charges against the alleged developer and administrator of the “Rapper Bot” DDoS-for-hire botnet. […] Go to Source Author: Bill Toulas
A 26-year old in the UK who claimed to have hacked thousands of websites was sentenced to 20 months in prison after pleading guilty earlier this year. […] Go to Source Author: Bill Toulas
A recent ruling from Germany’s Federal Supreme Court (BGH) has revived a legal battle over whether browser-based ad blockers infringe copyright, raising fears about a potential ban of the tools in the country. […] Go to Source Author: Bill Toulas
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced the seizure of over $2,800,000 in cryptocurrency from alleged ransomware operator Ianis Aleksandrovich Antropenko. […] Go to Source Author: Bill Toulas
More than $300 million worth of cryptocurrency linked to cybercrime and fraud schemes has been frozen due to two separate initiatives involving law enforcement and private companies. […] Go to Source Author: Bill Toulas