Nine men have been charged in connection with an alleged SIM card swapping scheme that led to the theft of $2.4 million in cryptocurrency, the U.S. Justice Department says. The scheme allegedly involved the bribing of employees of Verizon and AT&T.
A new skimmer attack that has injected malicious JavaScript into the payment sections of 105 ecommerce websites is stealing credit card and other customer data, security researchers warn. The news comes after another recent report of similar attacks against online campus stores.
Hackers stole 7,000 bitcoins, valued at about $41 million, from Binance, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, the company confirmed Wednesday. The incident is the latest in a string of thefts from cryptocurrency exchanges around the world.
The DeepDotWeb portal, which provided a guide to darknet marketplaces, has been shut down and its alleged administrators arrested. Police say the suspected lead administrator, an Israeli based in Brazil who has been arrested at a Paris airport, amassed bitcoins for referral fees worth millions of dollars.
JavaScript sniffers, which are used to skim credit card and other customer data from e-commerce websites, are a persistent threat.
In the latest incident, an attack targeted about 200 online campus stores in the U.S. and Canada, Trend Micro reports. But this attack apparently was waged by a new group.
Cybercriminals have stolen customer data from Citycomp, a German IT company whose clients include Oracle, Volkswagen, Airbus, Ericsson, Toshiba British Telecom and many others. After Citycomp didn't pay a ransom, the hackers posted the data online.
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TA505, a sophisticated advanced persistent threat group, is now using legitimately signed certificates to disguise malware that can penetrate banking networks, security researchers warn in a new report.
Account Takeover (ATO) attacks are one of the fastest growing and prevalent problems for most organizations. According to a recent Forrester report, ATO attacks caused at least $6.5 billion to $7 billion in annual losses across financial services, insurance, eCommerce and other industries.
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U.S. CERT has issued a fresh warning about a newly discovered Trojan called Hoplight that is connected to a notorious APT group with links to North Korea. The malware has the ability to disguise the network traffic it sends back to its originators, making it more difficult to track its movements.
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Distinguishing nation-state attacks from organized crime continues to grow more difficult because some attackers wear both hats, a Europol official reports. Further complicating the picture: Young attackers enjoy access to ever-more sophisticated and inexpensive tools and services.
Script-based payment card malware continues its successful run, impacting a range of e-commerce sites, security researchers warn. With fraudsters continuing to refine their tactics, countering card-sniffing scripts continues to be difficult.
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