The FBI have issued an advisory about university and college credentials being offered for sale across a range of cyber crime platforms. Compromised US Academic Credentials Identified Across Various Public and Dark Web Forums (ic3.gov) This follows a steady increase over the past months of Universities and College being the …
A phone to catch crooks – ANOM smartphone and ArcaneOS
Here is a YouTube from Hugh Jeffreys, that looks at the Anom smartphone and ArcaneOS, developed and sold by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) to catch criminals as part of a worldwide sting operation. The supposedly secure services on this phone …
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BlackByte cyber gang active despite the FBI advisory
The BlackByte “Ransomware-as-a-Service” gang and it’s affiliates have been active worldwide, despite the FBI and US Secret Service issuing a cyber security advisory about the gangs operations. No one is slowing down BlackByte ransomware gang • The Register Ransomware in more hands can only be a bad thing for our …
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I wrote some simple malware to steal credit card data and how that connects to a Texas data breach
OK it was part of my Master course, and it was an attack against a sand-boxed compromised server, and the malware, to be honest, would not last a moment in the real world with the current state of the art when it comes to protecting customer payment information. However the …
Researchers discover a long-term cyber espionage campaign originating in China
Researchers uncover years-long espionage campaign targeting dozens of global companies – The Record by Recorded Future The US Justice Department and the FBI have received information from researchers at Cyberreason, of a long term infiltration of dozens of unnamed North American companies, for purposes of stealing company secrets and IP. …
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