Tag: Financial Fraud

FBI Busts Rydox Marketplace with 7,600 PII Sales, Cryptocurrency Worth $225K...

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday announced the shutdown of an illicit marketplace called Rydox ("rydoxru" and "rydoxcc") for selling stolen personal...

Eight Arrested in Belgium and Netherlands

Belgian and Dutch authorities have arrested eight suspects in connection with a "phone phishing" gang that primarily operated out of the Netherlands with an...

8 Million Android Users Hit by SpyLoan Malware in Loan Apps...

Over a dozen malicious Android apps identified on the Google Play Store that have been collectively downloaded over 8 million times contain malware known...

1,006 Arrests, 134,089 Malicious Networks Dismantled

An INTERPOL-led operation has led to the arrest of 1,006 suspects across 19 African countries and the takedown of 134,089 malicious infrastructures and networks...

Microsoft, Meta, and DOJ Disrupt Global Cybercrime and Fraudulent Networks

Meta Platforms, Microsoft, and the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) have announced independent actions to tackle cybercrime and disrupt services that enable scams, fraud,...

NodeStealer Malware Targets Facebook Ad Accounts, Harvesting Credit Card Data

Threat hunters are warning about an updated version of the Python-based NodeStealer that's now equipped to extract more information from victims' Facebook Ads Manager...

Bitfinex Hacker Sentenced to 5 Years, Guilty of Laundering $10.5 Billion...

Ilya Lichtenstein, who pleaded guilty to the 2016 hack of cryptocurrency stock exchange Bitfinex, has been sentenced to five years in prison, the U.S....

New FakeCall Malware Variant Hijacks Android Devices for Fraudulent Banking Calls

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new version of a well-known Android malware family dubbed FakeCall that employs voice phishing (aka vishing) techniques to trick...

New Linux Variant of FASTCash Malware Targets Payment Switches in ATM...

North Korean threat actors have been observed using a Linux variant of a known malware family called FASTCash to steal funds as part of...

TrickMo Banking Trojan Can Now Capture Android PINs and Unlock Patterns

New variants of an Android banking trojan called TrickMo have been found to harbor previously undocumented features to steal a device's unlock pattern or...

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