Cyber crime
The latest Information Security news relevant to Information Security Leaders.
Cyber crime Thousands of Israeli websites defaced by ‘Hackers of Savior’
A relatively new hacker group calling itself ‘Hackers of Savior’ has been found attacking and defacing thousands of Israeli websites …
Cyber crime NSO Group impersonated Facebook to distribute the Pegasus spyware
Israeli surveillance equipment maker firm NSO Group allegedly impersonated Facebook in an attempt to install its phone-hacking software to devices …
Cyber crime Popular cybercrime forum WeLeakData taken down by rival hackers
WeLeakData, a popular cyber crime website frequented by hackers, cybercriminals and crackers, was recently hacked into and personal information of …
Cyber crime InfinityBlack hacker group that sold login credentials taken down in Europe
Law enforcement authorities in Poland and Switzerland recently knocked out the InfinityBlack hacker group that was involved in fraud, distribution …
Cyber crime Credentials of WHO, World Bank & NIH officials shared online
Email addresses and passwords belonging to top officials at WHO, the Gates Foundation, the National Institute of Health, the Wuhan …
Cyber crime Recycled tools allow cybercriminals to attack like nation-states, and we need to change our...
Marcus Fowler, Director of Strategic Threat, Darktrace, discusses how hackers are recycling nation state tools to evolve their attack methods and …
Cyber crime Upskirting to cyber-flashing: lawmakers face calls to punish digital sex abuse
During her first job as a receptionist, Sara Garcia Antunez got a lot of unwanted attention from a postboy who …
Cyber crime Online fraudsters behind £9.2m payment diversion fraud sent to prison
The Southwark Crown Court has sent a gang of five online fraudsters to prison for orchestrating a number of payment …
Cyber crime North London hacker sentenced for blackmailing Apple for ransom
Kerem Albayrak, a cyber criminal from North London, has been sentenced to a two year suspended jail term, 300 hours …
Cyber crime Hacker who conned Google & Facebook out of £92m jailed for 5 years
Evaldas Rimasauskas, a Lithuanian national who targeted employees at Google and Facebook with spear-phishing attacks by impersonating a vendor company …
Cyber crime Malicious Jet2 insider jailed for launching cyber attack against his own firm
Scott Burns, a former employee of a company that offered ICT services to low-cost airline company Jet2, has been jailed …
Cyber crime Online fraudsters jailed for using malware to empty victims’ bank accounts
The Birmingham Crown Court recently awarded separate prison sentences to three online fraudsters who used malicious software to infiltrate computers …
