mark rasch – Computer Security Articles

From Cybercrime Saul Goodman to the Russian GRU

February 7, 2024 admin A Little Sunshine, aleksei valerievich safronov, congressional research service, constella intelligence, djamix, DomainTools.com, gru, guardia civil, mark rasch, mazafaka, meduza, Ne'er-Do-Well News, russia's war on ukraine, stalker

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2024 17:10:18 +0000

In 2021, the exclusive Russian cybercrime forum Mazafaka was hacked. The leaked user database shows one of the forum’s founders was an attorney who advised Russia’s top hackers on the legal risks of their work, and what to do if they got caught. A review of this user’s hacker identities shows that during his time on the forums he served as an officer in the special forces of the GRU, the foreign military intelligence agency of the Russian Federation.

Independent Krebs

Here’s Some Bitcoin: Oh, and You’ve Been Served!

January 13, 2024 admin A Little Sunshine, Coinbase, ethan mora, judge helena m. march-kuchta, mark rasch, nick bax, ryan dellone, SIM swapping, The Coming Storm

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 13:39:37 +0000

A California man who lost $100,000 in a 2021 SIM-swapping attack is suing the unknown holder of a cryptocurrency wallet that harbors his stolen funds. The case is thought to be the first in which a federal court has recognized… Read More »

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Hackers Gaining Power of Subpoena Via Fake “Emergency Data Requests”

March 29, 2022 admin anitsu, data extortion, discord, Doxbin, emergency data request, everlynn, fake edr, FBI, kt, lapsus$, mark rasch, microsoft, miku, Ne'er-Do-Well News, oklaqq, Palo Alto Networks, pompompurin, recursion team, The Coming Storm, unit 221b, Web Fraud 2.0, white, whitedoxbin

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 14:07:27 +0000

There is a terrifying and highly effective “method” that criminal hackers are now using to harvest sensitive customer data from Internet service providers, phone companies and social media firms. It involves compromising email accounts and websites tied to police departments and government agencies, and then sending unauthorized demands for subscriber data while claiming the information being requested can’t wait for a court order because it relates to an urgent matter of life and death.