FIN7 returns with new ransomware attacks
The notorious ransomware gang ends a two-year hiatus by carrying out opportunistic ransomware attacks.
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Outside the federal courthouse for the Western District of Washington state. (Photo by JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images) Threats FIN7 hacker sentenced to five years
Denys Iarmak, a Ukrainian national, was involved with the Russia-linked hacking group between November 2016 and November 2018.
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(Getty Images) Financial Notorious hacking group FIN7 adds ransomware to its repertoire
Ransomware strains such as Maze, Ryuk and BlackCat have increasingly been part of FIN7’s playbook in recent years, Mandiant says.
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(Getty Images) Financial For Magecart groups and other credit-card skimmers, old and new opportunities abound
The entry points for Magecart and other e-commerce skimmers are changing, but the attackers are getting more clever, too.
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(Getty Images) Financial After Joker’s Stash shutdown, the market for stolen financial data looks a lot different
The illicit carding market stands at $1.4 billion, researchers say, compared to $1.9 billion last year.
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(Tim Evanson / Flickr) Financial Alleged FIN7 scammer Denys Iarmak is set to plead guilty
Two of his alleged associates were sentenced to 10 and seven years in prison in separate cases.
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The FIN7 hacking group stole more than 15 million payment cards from businesses throughout the U.S., according to the FBI (Flickr/Vilson Frangaj). Technology Cybercriminals are deploying legit security tools far more than before, researchers conclude
Hackers are also turning to trusted services like Dropbox and Google Drive to host and distribute malware.
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(Marc Treble / Flickr) Financial Andrii Kolpakov, who supervised hackers for FIN7, sentenced to 7 years in prison
It’s the full amount of time that prosecutors requested.
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Email scammers impersonated upset restaurant customers to defraud U.S. food chains. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Financial FIN7 scammers posed as SEC officials, sick restaurant customers to hack victims
Prosecutors are seeking seven years in prison for one member of the hacking crew.
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A McDonald’s at an intersection in Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo by �� Bohemian Nomad Picturemakers/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images) Financial McDonald’s discloses hack of customer data in South Korea and Taiwan
The burger chain, which reported $19.2 billion revenue last year, becomes the latest fast food vendor to have customer data stolen by hackers.