The FBI has announced that it possesses over 7,000 decryption keys related to the LockBit ransomware operation, a significant development aimed at assisting victims in recovering their data at no cost. Bryan Vorndran, the assistant director of the FBI’s Cyber Division, highlighted this initiative during his keynote address at the…
Cybercrime, Fraud Management & Cybercrime Federal Complaint Reveals Charges Against Maxim Rudometov for Malware Development and Distribution Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • October 29, 2024 Images from Maxim Rudometov’s C#stealer training material (left) and his iCloud account. (Source: DOJ) The United States Department of Justice has unveiled a significant legal…
In a notable case involving allegations of misconduct, former official Eric Adams attempted to protect the data on his personal phone during an ongoing investigation by the FBI. According to sources, Adams claimed that he had instituted a new password on his device to prevent the unintended or deliberate deletion…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been summoned to probe a significant cybersecurity incident involving HBO, which has allegedly suffered a data breach resulting in the exposure of sensitive information, including unreleased episodes of popular shows like Game of Thrones. Hackers are reported to have extracted approximately 1.5 terabytes…
The U.S. government announced on Wednesday that it has taken significant action to disrupt a botnet composed of hundreds of small office and home office (SOHO) routers based in the United States. This botnet, referred to as the KV-botnet, is linked to Volt Typhoon, a state-sponsored threat actor associated with…
The U.S. Justice Department (DoJ) announced a significant operation on Friday involving the seizure of online infrastructure linked to the distribution of a remote access trojan (RAT) known as Warzone RAT. This infrastructure comprised several domains, including a notable one, www.warzone[.]ws. These sites reportedly facilitated the sale of malware, enabling…
Iranian Hackers Target Critical Infrastructure with Advanced Techniques Recent intelligence from a collaborative cybersecurity advisory issued by CISA, FBI, and NSA has raised alarms about Iranian hackers aggressively targeting critical infrastructure across sectors such as healthcare, government, IT, engineering, and energy. These threat actors utilize a combination of brute force…
Brazilian authorities have apprehended a 33-year-old man believed to be connected to “USDoD,” a notorious cybercriminal known for significant data breaches. USDoD gained notoriety in 2022 after executing an infiltration of the FBI’s InfraGard program, resulting in the unauthorized release of personal information pertaining to 80,000 members. More recently, the…
FBI Seizes BreachForums in International Cybercrime Crackdown In a significant move against cybercriminal activities, law enforcement agencies have successfully regained control of the infamous BreachForums platform, known for facilitating the sales of stolen data, marking the second such operation within a year. The domain "breachforums[.]st" has been replaced by a…
