Attackers compromised the open-source security tool and published malicious versions of the software. Mandiant warns the fallout could impact up to 10,000 downstream victims.
The men facilitated about $1.28 million in salary from victim U.S. companies by hosting laptop farms and helping remote IT workers assume fake identities.
The Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid and Mossad botnets enabled cybercriminals to initiate thousands of attacks. A crackdown targeting large-scale botnets continues amid growing challenges.
Cameron Nicholas Curry, also known as “Loot,” stole a trove of corporate data from a D.C.-based tech company as his six-month contract gig came to a close.
Kwamaine Jerell Ford allegedly impersonated an adult film star and tricked his high-profile victims into sharing their iCloud credentials and MFA codes under false pretenses.
Google’s research report on ransomware activity last year underscores how cybercrime is evolving and clouding a collective understanding of its full impact and scale.
The executive order finally calls cyber-enabled fraud what it is: transnational organized crime. Now the U.S. has to act like it—and the private sector has to stop…