The latest cybercrime news.
He got caught red-handed in a log cabin in the Stadspark in Groningen, The Netherlands, he was on the phone and pretended to be an employee of Rabobank. In that phone call, made on July 20, 2021, the now 20-year-old…
The cybercriminals ‘0x_dump’ stated on their Telegram channel that they have breached the Deutsche bank security systems, and are now selling access for 7.5 BTC. In short, the cybercriminals claim to have accessed 21000 machines and have access to 16TB…
The notorious cybercrime group Lockbit has blackmailed the German automotive supplier Continental. The perpetrators had previously stolen large amounts of company data. Apparently, there has been a significant outflow of data at the Hanover-based automotive supplier Continental, this was reported…
In this post, I will provide you a view on how millions of Australian residents got impacted by cyber attacks in 2022. To provide you a quick timeline, on the 4th of October 2022, the Australian telecom giant Optus confirmed…
On the 5th of November, 2022, the train network of Denmark suffered a cyber attack, this cyber attack forced the subcontractor Supeo to shut down its servers. Supeo cyber attack The shutdown by Supeo affected locomotive drivers their ability to…
A collaboration between Orange CERT-CC and Group-IB has resulted in an awesome report on a French speaking cybercriminal group located in Africa. The cybercriminal group got dubbed ‘OPERA1ER‘. The investigation started in 2019, at this moment Orange CERT-CC and Group-IB got…
The alleged author of the Raccoon malware ‘Mark Sokolovsky’ has been arrested in The Netherlands. His arrest took place in March and he is currently being held until he is extradited to the United States. Mark Sokolovsky, a 26 year…
The Dutch Public Prosecution Service sees the suspects in the criminal case 26Lemont about the crypto messaging service EncroChat as participants in a criminal organization. According to the Public Prosecution Service, they have thus been helpful in all criminal offenses…
Cyber criminals are reselling the Turkish Database which was leaked in 2016. In 2016 the Turkish government had a major leak which contained personal data on 49 million citizens. The 1.5GB database is being resold and offered for free on…
The “Edaalate Ali” hacking group hacked (watch the video here) the TV news channel of the Islamic Republic of Iran at 9:00 p.m. on the 9th of October 2022. The hackers screened the pictures of the four dead girls on…
A 24-year-old Amsterdam man suspected of sending phishing emails got arrested because he pasted a personalized link from a real email addressed to him in the phishing emails. This link pointed to a personalized web version of the message showing…
The hacking group ‘3ackd0or’ has shared with the ‘Iran International‘ website the alleged identities of the team which was responsible for the arrest of Mahsa Amini. The names will not be published here, but the report states that 4 people…