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Facebook Phishing Scam: Crooks Using Messenger Chatbots to Steal Login Data
The new phishing scam uses malicious and fake chatbots to steal login credentials of unsuspected Facebook users through…
Hundreds of Websites and Piracy Apps Seized in US-Brazil’s Operation 404.4
In the fourth wave of Operation 404, the Brazilian law enforcement agencies blocked/shut down around 226 websites and…
10 Arrested for Involvement in Online Sexual Exploitation in Europe
The arrests were made in Spain, Portugal, and France in a coordinated effort by Brazilian Federal Police and…
Scammer Who Used Info of Riot Games’ Co-Founder to Mine Crypto is Jailed
The Singaporean identity fraud scammer also tricked Google and Amazon Web Services (AWS) into providing $5.4 million worth…
ISPs Helping Attackers Install Hermit Spyware on Smartphones- Google
According to Google, Italian spyware provider RCS Labs received support from several Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to distribute…
Feds Dismantle Russian Rsocks Botnet Powered by Millions of IoT Devices
The hackers behind Rsocks botnet used the hacked IoT devices as proxy servers where its customers would pay…
9 Years Jail for iCloud Phishing Scam Hacker Who Stole Nude Photos
The hacker was arrested in 2021 for breaching Apple iCloud accounts and stealing more than 620,000 private images…
Hackers Using Web3 Backdoor Wallets to Steal Seed Phrases from iOS/Android Users
A Chinese-speaking, technically skilled threat actor distributes backdoored applications to extract cash from victims in a newly discovered…
Admin of DDoS-For-Hire Service “DownThem” Gets 2 Years Prison Sentence
Matthew Gatrel was arrested after an extensive crackdown by the FBI and other agencies against 15 booter service…
SSNDOB Cybercrime Marketplace Seized in Intl. Coordinated Operation
The FBI teamed up with European law enforcement authorities to dismantle the marketplace but couldn’t arrest its administrators.…