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Kai West, a prolific cybercriminal better known for operating under the moniker “IntelBroker,” was arrested in France earlier this year and faces federal charges for allegedly stealing data from more than 40 organizations during a two-year period, the Justice Department said Wednesday.  Federal prosecutors unsealed a four-count indictment charging West, a British national, with conspiracy […]

Very few people could identify him. They didn’t even know his name, beyond the pseudonyms “Stern” and “Ben.” A recent international police operation has uncovered 36-year-old Vitaly Nikolayevich Kovalev, the leader of Conti, one of the largest cybercriminal networks in the world. He specializes in ransomware, a type of computer program that hijacks computers and […]

CYBERCRIME, TRAFFICKING: A ‘pattern of state failures’ allowed the billion-dollar industry to flourish, including failures to investigate human rights abuses, it said Human rights group Amnesty International yesterday accused Cambodia’s government of “deliberately ignoring” abuses by cybercrime gangs that have trafficked people from across the world, including children, into slavery at brutal scam compounds. The […]

U.S. and French authorities have confirmed the arrests of five hackers accused of being behind several major hacks and being part of a notorious cybercrime forum.  On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the indictment of British national Kai West, 25, accusing him of being “a serial hacker” known as IntelBroker. U.S. authorities allege […]

Ransomware attacks are escalating globally, with massive financial and societal impacts. In 2024, a Fortune 50 company paid a record $75 million ransom, while South African organisations face rising threats, including the June breach of the National Health Laboratory Service, which exposed 1.2 terabytes of sensitive data. Avinash Singh, a computer science lecturer at the […]

The government has agreed to expand the role of the National Scam Response Centre (NSRC) to cover all forms of cybercrime, announced Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. A nationwide 24-hour response network, driven by coordination across multiple government agencies, will also be established to enhance cybercrime response capabilities. “The strengthening […]

In addition to browser cookies, significant amounts of other sensitive information were also exposed. These include 18 billion user-assigned IDs, 1.2 billion session tokens, and various personal identifiers such as emails, names, and geolocation data – valuable assets for threat actors engaged in identity fraud or social engineering schemes. Source link …………………….

Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Security, privacy and related trust issues remain some of businesses’ biggest concerns about generative artificial intelligence, according to a pair of reports. As businesses face more pressure to integrate AI into their workflows, they are […]

Sitting between insurers and policyholders, brokers transmit sensitive information and, critically, large volumes of money. Bailey drew a parallel to financial advisors: professionals who don’t just handle their own income, but regularly move funds on behalf of others – a dynamic that significantly increases the stakes in the event of a cyberattack. ——————————————————– Click Here […]