Pakistani man sentenced to 12 years in prison for unlocking nearly 2M AT&T phones

Pakistani man sentenced to 12 years in prison for unlocking nearly 2M AT&T phones

A Pakistani man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in a seven-year scheme that involved fraudulent unlocking of over 1.9 million of AT&T phones due to which AT&T, the world’s largest telecommunications company suffered more than $200 million losses. In 2012, Muhammad Fahd, a citizen of Pakistan and Grenada, contacted an…

New licensing conditions for cyber-security service providers to kick in by early 2022, Tech News News & Top Stories

New licensing conditions for cyber-security service providers to kick in by early 2022, Tech News News & Top Stories

SINGAPORE – Cyber-security service providers, which verify if businesses are vulnerable to hacking and monitor information technology systems for suspicious activities, will soon have to be licensed. This aims to give greater assurance of safety to customers and raise the quality of the providers, said the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) on Monday (Sept…

CVE-2021-41073 – Alert Detail – Security Database

CVE-2021-41073 – Alert Detail – Security Database

Executive Summary This vulnerability is currently undergoing analysis and not all information is available. Please check back soon to view the completed vulnerability summary Informations Name CVE-2021-41073 First vendor Publication 2021-09-19 Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2021-09-19 Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3 Cvss vector : N/A Overall CVSS Score NA Base Score NA Environmental Score NA…

Treasury to issue new cryptocurrency sanctions after ransomware attacks

Treasury to issue new cryptocurrency sanctions after ransomware attacks

The Biden administration is preparing to issue a series of actions, including sanctions, to make it more difficult for hackers to profit off of ransomware attacks through the use of digital currency, as first reported by the Wall Street Journal on Friday. According to the Journal, the Treasury Department plans to impose these new sanctions…

Illinois Man Convicted of Running DDoS Facilitation Websites

Illinois Man Convicted of Running DDoS Facilitation Websites

Cybercrime , Cybercrime as-a-service , DDoS Protection Matthew Gatrel Offered Subscription-Based Computer Attack Platforms Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • September 19, 2021     An Illinois man has been found guilty of running subscription-based distributed denial of service attacks that flood targeted computers with information and prevent them from being able to access the internet, reports…

Trial Ends in Guilty Verdict for DDoS-for-Hire Boss – KK Hack Labs

Trial Ends in Guilty Verdict for DDoS-for-Hire Boss – KK Hack Labs

A jury in California today reached a guilty verdict in the trial of Matthew Gatrel, a St. Charles, Ill. man charged in 2018 with operating two online services that allowed paying customers to launch powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against Internet users and websites. Gatrel’s conviction comes roughly two weeks after his co-conspirator pleaded guilty…

Bitdefender releases REvil decryptor as ransomware gang shows signs of return

Bitdefender releases REvil decryptor as ransomware gang shows signs of return

Written by Tim Starks Sep 16, 2021 | CYBERSCOOP As law enforcement braces for the revival of the REvil ransomware gang, a cybersecurity firm on Thursday released a free decryption tool for early victims of the criminals. The decryptor, which Bitdefender developed in coordination with an unnamed law enforcement partner, will aid victims hit before…

Republican Governors Association Targeted in Exchange Attacks

Republican Governors Association Targeted in Exchange Attacks

Application Security , Breach Notification , Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks Breach Notification Report Reveals Some PII Could Have Been Exposed Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • September 16, 2021     The Republican Governors Association was one of several U.S. organizations targeted in March when a nation-state group took advantage of vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange email servers,…

Telegram emerges as new dark web for cyber criminals

Telegram emerges as new dark web for cyber criminals

Telegram has exploded as a hub for cybercriminals looking to buy, sell, and share stolen data and hacking tools, new research shows, as the messaging app emerges as an alternative to the dark web. An investigation by cyber intelligence group Cyberint, together with the Financial Times, found a ballooning network of hackers sharing data leaks…