The use of cryptocurrency kiosks - ATM-like electronic machines that allow users to exchange cash for crypto - have been increasingly used in financial fraud schemes, according to the report. More than 5,500 complaints filed to the FBI involved the use of cryptocurrency kiosks, totaling over $...
Adam Iza, founder of crypto trading platform Zort, allegedly paid Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputies for information on a target he intended to rob. The owner of a crypto company was charged in a case involving cryptocurrency fraud, bribery and corrupt law enforcement officials, federal prosecutors s...
It’s difficult to know how what percentage of ransomware victims paid the ransom or were able to restore from backups, but one thing is for sure: Relatively few victims are reporting cyber fraud to federal investigators. The report notes that only an estimated 15 percent of the nation’s ...
In a hypothetical example, a scammer uses a hacked government email account to request that a service provider place a hold on a specific bank or crypto account that is allegedly subject to a garnishment order, or party to crime that is globally sanctioned, such as terrorist financing or child...
TYPE Ransomware, data locking virus, crypto virus FILE EXTENSION .fbi RANSOM NOTE Fullscreen RANSOM AMOUNT $250 DISTRIBUTION Infected email attachments, peer-to-peer file-sharing platforms, torrents, software vulnerabilities FILE RECOVERY It is almost impossible to recover the files if you do not hav...
Such groups involve operators building and maintaining crypto-locking malware, as well as associated services, such as a dedicated data leak site where they attempt to name and shame victims. Affiliates of these operations use the malware to infect victims, and if a victim pays, the affiliate ...
"The site featured a list of darkweb markets that many users of darkweb marketplaces used as their only list of onion addresses," says the self-described "non-academic cryptomarket researcher" known as Caleb (@5auth), in a blog post....
When ransomware gangs get busted, or whenever security researchers are able to crack the crypto they're using, authorities typically release the decryption keys or related tools to help victims. But the ransomware employed in the targeted attacks seen by Intel Security was designed to complicate ...
By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: May 22, 2018 ~ The name of a confidential FBI informant, Stefan A. Halper, was revealed by a right-wing news website
for targeting employees of companies across the country using social engineering techniques to harvest credentials and using them to gain unauthorized access to sensitive data and break into crypto accounts to steal digital assets worth millions of dollars. All of the accused parties have been charged...