A 34-year-old U.K. national has been arraigned in the U.S. for operating a dark web marketplace called The Real Deal that specialized in the sales of hacking tools and stolen login credentials. Daniel Kaye, who went by a litany of pseudonyms Popopret, Bestbuy, UserL0ser, and Spdrman, has been charged with five counts of access device fraud and one count of money laundering … [Read more...] about British Hacker Charged for Operating “The Real Deal” Dark Web Marketplace
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U.S. Charges Ukrainian Hacker Over Role in Raccoon Stealer Malware Service
A 26-year-old Ukrainian national has been charged in the U.S. for his alleged role in the Raccoon Stealer malware-as-a-service (MaaS) operation. Mark Sokolovsky, who was arrested by Dutch law enforcement after leaving Ukraine on March 4, 2022, in what's said to be a Porsche Cayenne, is currently being held in the Netherlands and awaits extradition to the U.S. "Individuals who … [Read more...] about U.S. Charges Ukrainian Hacker Over Role in Raccoon Stealer Malware Service
Russian Hacker Arrested in India for Reportedly Helping Students Cheat in JEE-Main Exam
India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday disclosed that it has detained a Russian national for allegedly hacking into a software platform used to conduct engineering entrance assessments in the country in 2021. "The said accused was detained by the Bureau of Immigration at Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi while arriving in India from Almaty, … [Read more...] about Russian Hacker Arrested in India for Reportedly Helping Students Cheat in JEE-Main Exam
London Police Arrested 17-Year-Old Hacker Suspected of Uber and GTA 6 Breaches
The City of London Police on Friday revealed that it has arrested a 17-year-old teenager from Oxfordshire on suspicion of hacking. "On the evening of Thursday 22 September 2022, the City of London Police arrested a 17-year-old in Oxfordshire on suspicion of hacking," the agency said, adding "he remains in police custody." The department said the arrest was made as part of an … [Read more...] about London Police Arrested 17-Year-Old Hacker Suspected of Uber and GTA 6 Breaches
Rockstar Games Confirms Hacker Stole Early Grand Theft Auto VI Footage
American video game publisher Rockstar Games on Monday revealed it was a victim of a "network intrusion" that allowed an unauthorized party to illegally download early footage for the Grand Theft Auto VI. "At this time, we do not anticipate any disruption to our live game services nor any long-term effect on the development of our ongoing projects," the company said in a notice … [Read more...] about Rockstar Games Confirms Hacker Stole Early Grand Theft Auto VI Footage
Black Hat USA 2022: Creating Hacker Summer Camp
In part one of this issue of our Black Hat USA NOC (Network Operations Center) blog, you will find: Adapt and Overcome Building the Hacker Summer Camp network, by Evan Basta The Cisco Stack’s Potential in Action, by Paul Fidler Port Security, by Ryan MacLennan, Ian Redden and Paul Fiddler Mapping Meraki Location Data with Python, by Christian Clausen Adapt and Overcome, by … [Read more...] about Black Hat USA 2022: Creating Hacker Summer Camp
New Rust-based Ransomware Family Targets Windows, Linux, and ESXi Systems — The Hacker News
Kaspersky security researchers have disclosed details of a brand-new ransomware family written in Rust, making it the third strain after BlackCat and Hive to use the programming language. Luna, as it's called, is "fairly simple" and can run on Windows, Linux, and ESXi systems, with the malware banking on a combination of Curve25519 and AES for encryption. "Both the Linux and … [Read more...] about New Rust-based Ransomware Family Targets Windows, Linux, and ESXi Systems — The Hacker News
Pegasus Spyware Used to Hack Devices of Pro-Democracy Activists in Thailand — The Hacker News
Thai activists involved in the country's pro-democracy protests have had their smartphones infected with NSO Group's infamous Pegasus government-sponsored spyware. At least 30 individuals, spanning activists, academics, lawyers, and NGO workers, are believed to have been targeted between October 2020 and November 2021, many of whom have been previously detained, arrested and … [Read more...] about Pegasus Spyware Used to Hack Devices of Pro-Democracy Activists in Thailand — The Hacker News
New ToddyCat Hacker Group on Experts’ Radar After Targeting MS Exchange Servers
An advanced persistent threat (APT) actor codenamed ToddyCat has been linked to a string of attacks aimed at high-profile entities in Europe and Asia since at least December 2020. The relatively new adversarial collective is said to have commenced its operations by targeting Microsoft Exchange servers in Taiwan and Vietnam using an unknown exploit to deploy the China Chopper … [Read more...] about New ToddyCat Hacker Group on Experts’ Radar After Targeting MS Exchange Servers
Chinese Hacker Groups Continue to Target Indian Power Grid Assets
China-linked adversaries have been attributed to an ongoing onslaught against Indian power grid organizations, one year after a concerted campaign targeting critical infrastructure in the country came to light. Most of the intrusions involved a modular backdoor named ShadowPad, according to Recorded Future's Insikt Group, a sophisticated remote access trojan which has been … [Read more...] about Chinese Hacker Groups Continue to Target Indian Power Grid Assets