Authorities bust multi-million message SMS fraud and 730 million call VoIP scam in Thailand
The scale and technological sophistication of the scam is staggering
Thieves steal $1.5 million worth of Oculus VR headsets, $900K in Microsoft goods during truck heists
And sold it to someone in Florida for a fraction of the price
Biden Administration to support the UN convention against cybercrime sponsored by autocratic nations
A hot potato: A controversial proposal to strengthen international cooperation against cybercrime has gained US support. The Biden Administration is interested in signing the treaty, while politicians are still warning about its potential for misuse and human rights abuse.
FBI alerts tech companies of forged subpoenas used by data-stealing hackers
Cybercriminals are leveraging fake law enforcement requests to access user data
Federal judge rules Google not responsible for refunding gift card scam victims
Google receives 15% to 30% commissions on gift card purchases
Ransomware attacks hit record levels in 2024 despite law enforcement crackdowns
Is it time to ban payments to ransomware gangs?
Someone tried to smuggle 100kg of synthetic drugs into Australia inside a bunch of PC cases
"That's some strange custom PC builds you've got there..."
Eurojust, FBI, and other agencies join forces to take down two major data-stealing malware rings
"We are looking forward to seeing you soon..." in jail
FBI creates fake cryptocurrency in sting operation to catch pump-and-dump market manipulators
This was a first for the bureau
Cloudflare recently mitigated a 3.8 Tbps DDoS attack, the largest ever recorded
The CDN protected one of its customers with fully autonomous systems
Law enforcement arrests vacationing LockBit developer in ongoing operation
Ransomware criminals shouldn't leave Russia
Consultant behind deepfake Biden robocalls hit with $6 million fine, faces criminal charges
A tale involving deepfakes, politics, and a magician
Telegram will provide authorities with IP addresses, phone numbers of suspects
The service is trying to change its reputation as a safe haven for criminals
German investigators successfully tracked suspects inside the Tor network
Tor Browser developers say the program is still safe to use
International law enforcement shuts down cybercrime communication platform Ghost
A major blow to digitally-adapted organized crime
Retro gaming crime ring busted in Italy, seizing 12,000 fake consoles
Facepalm: Retro gaming has become a lucrative market, with companies repackaging old titles as new experiences. However, criminals are also taking advantage of the retro appeal, flooding the market with cheap, counterfeit replicas of "official" consoles pre-loaded with classic, emulated games.
This AI claims to predict crimes before they happen based on real-time CCTV analysis
Is this the future of crime prevention?
What now? Ransomware victim pays hacker, but decryption key fails
Hazard ransomware is good at encrypting files, less so at decrypting them
FBI says Americans lost $5.6 billion to crypto scams only in the last year
A 45% increase from 2022 from nearly 70,000 victim complaints
Two ex-Samsung executives arrested for stealing chip technology to build factory in China
The stolen technology has been valued at $3.2 billion
Analysis of thousands of channels reveals Telegram is flooded with criminal networks
Drug dealers, scammers, white nationalists, and toxic content thrive on the platform
Man charged with streaming his AI-generated music billions of times using bots, generating $12 million
Crime does pay, until you're caught
What just happened? In what appears to be a devious use of generative AI and bots, a man has been accused of conning music services out of $12 million by uploading AI-generated music tracks and using an army of over 1,000 bots to repeatedly stream them. Unfortunately for the man in question, he's been arrested for his actions and faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
Man who landed chief railway engineer job using fake CV is sentenced to 15 years
An elaborate lie gets derailed
In brief: A South African man who pulled off one of the biggest qualification-fraud cases in recent memory has finally been sentenced to 15 years behind bars. Daniel Mthimkhulu's con job allowed him to climb the ranks at the state-owned Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa), eventually becoming their chief engineer while earning a cool $156,000 per year salary - not bad at all for a person whose highest educational attainment was high school.
South Korea is facing a digital sex crime epidemic, and Telegram is the accomplice
The dark side of AI and digital communication platforms
Two European men charged with making multiple swatting calls and bomb threats in the US
Victims included members of the House and Senate