Andrei Vladimirovich Tarasov, a 33-year-old Russian cybercrime figure known online as “Aels,” has returned to Russia after evading US extradition. Released from Berlin’s Moabit Prison on January 5, 2024, Tarasov had been held for approximately six months following his July 2023 arrest on computer crime charges. The Berlin Superior Court of Justice determined that US...Read More
Instances of such personnel accessing data without business need were independently detected by the Company’s security monitoring in the previous months, Coinbase said, adding that all such instances were part of a single campaign leading to the theft of data in May from internal systems. Speaking on the attack vector used, Ishpreet Singh, chief information...Read More
Hacking and IT incidents, including ransomware, made up the majority of large healthcare data breaches reported to the HHS Office for Civil Rights in 2024, consistent with recent years. However, hacking has not always dominated healthcare data breach figures, researchers noted in a letter published in JAMA Network Open that analyzed breaches reported to...Read More
In a significant setback for US cybercrime enforcement efforts, Russian hacker Andrei Tarasov has evaded extradition to the United States and successfully returned to his homeland, intelligence sources confirm. Tarasov, 33, known in cybercriminal circles by the aliases “Aels” and, more recently, “Lavander,” was arrested in Berlin on July 18, 2023, as part of a...Read More
A newly identified ransomware campaign has emerged, seemingly targeting supporters of Elon Musk through a highly sophisticated phishing-based attack. Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a multi-stage infection chain that begins with a deceptive PDF document titled “Pay Adjustment.” This document lures victims into downloading a malicious ZIP file hosted on Netlify, a popular web hosting platform....Read More
Mangaluru: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Bengaluru, organised a ‘Consumer Awareness Programme‘ here on Friday, and highlighted various aspects of telecom rights, privileges, and cybercrimes. The programme was held in association with TRAI regional office Bengaluru, and St Joseph Engineering College, Vamanjoor.B Rajendra Kumar, regional head and adviser, regional office, TRAI, Bengaluru, was...Read More
Surat: In a major breakthrough, Surat cybercrime police arrested notorious cybercriminalParth Gopani, who is linked to 173 cyber fraud cases across India, including a Rs 1.15 crore digital extortion case in Surat.Gopani was apprehended at Lucknow airport just as he was about to board a flight to Thailand, en route to Cambodia, where he had...Read More
Friday, 16 May 2025, 18:31 The industrial cybersecurity centre of Gipuzkoa, Ziur, has warned of a “drastic increase” in cyber-attacks on Spanish entities, both public and private. The surge has been registered in the first few months of this year, affecting institutions and companies. The most visible example of this was the massive attack launched...Read More
