Tag: cybercriminal
A simple photo of a hand made it possible to recognize the fingerprint of a famous cybercriminal
A Finnish hacker, arrested in France, was tracked by Europol and his country’s police. A photo of his hand holding a water bottle would have detected his fingerprint. Anything can…
US and UK sanction suspected members of major Russian cybercriminal group
The Conti group, also called Trickbot, is suspected of operating mainly from Russian territory. SOLÈNE REVENEY / THE WORLD The British and American authorities are continuing their strategy of “name…
More than 100,000 hackers have had their credentials stolen… on cybercriminal forums!
After analyzing dozens of hacker sites, cybersecurity researchers at Rock Hudson discovered that at least 100,000 user accounts fell victim to data-stealing malware. Credit: 123rf Hudson Rock’s IT security experts…
Ransomware: 2023 rebound in cybercriminal activity
Bad news on the ransomware front. After a year 2022 marked by a slight decline, with for example a drop in the number of legal investigations opened in France for…
This is how an insider ransomware cybercriminal gang works
Cybersecurity researchers have infiltrated the management board of a group of cybercriminals specializing in ransomware. These hijackers work like any software solution manager. Groupe-IB cybersecurity researchers have managed to infiltrate…
Google: the war in Ukraine has disrupted the cybercriminal ecosystem
A year after Russia invaded Ukraine, the war continues, including its digital component. An ever-evolving component that has implications for the future of cybersecurity around the world. Because according to…
These cybercriminal groups have siphoned off more than 50 million passwords
Russian-speaking gangs targeting Amazon, PayPal, Steam and other accounts stole more than 50 million passwords in the first half of 2022 alone, along with banking information, cryptocurrency wallet data and…
Ukraine arrests cybercriminal group that allegedly resold data from more than 30 million accounts
Vincent Mannessier September 26, 2022 at 4:35 p.m. 24 © Shutterstock Ukrainian security services announced on Friday, September 23, that they had arrested a group of hackers specializing in the…
Log4Shell remains a favorite in the cybercriminal arsenal
The flaw in the Log4j component, known as “Log4Shell”, should have been fixed by the organizations several months ago. But some systems that remained vulnerable are still being used by…
Lapsus$, a cybercriminal group in the spotlight
Update on 13/24 at 6 p.m.: According to the BBC, British police have announced the arrest of seven teenagers aged 16 to 21 in connection with the investigation into the…
in the mysteries of Conti, cybercriminal SME
By Florian Reynaud Published today at 08:00 Reserved for our subscribers InvestigationAt the end of February, shortly after the start of the war in Ukraine, an anonymous person published dozens…
Russia announces that it has dismantled the cybercriminal group REvil
The Russian internal security service said it acted at the request of US authorities. An operation that comes at the right time in a context of strong tensions around Ukraine.…