Cyberattacks Launch Against Vietnamese Human-Rights Activists
Vietnam joins the ranks of governments using spyware to crack down on human-rights defenders.
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Cybercriminal Enterprise ‘Ringleaders’ Stole $55M Via COVID-19 Fraud, Romance Scams
The Department of Justice (DoJ) cracked down on a Ghana-based cybercriminal enterprise behind a slew of romance scams, COVID-19 fraud attacks and business email compromise schemes since 2013.
Clearview Facial-Recognition Technology Ruled Illegal in Canada
The company’s controversial practice of collecting and selling billions of faceprints was dealt a heavy blow by the Privacy Commissioner that could set a precedent in other legal challenges.
A second APT, potentially linked to the Chinese government, could be behind the Supernova malware.
Cases reported to the FTC doubled last year as cybercriminals took advantage of increased filing for government relief benefits due to the pandemic.
New details emerge of how North Korean-linked APT won trust of experts and exploited Visual Studio to infect systems with ‘Comebacker’ malware.
Pretending to be someone else online could become a criminal offense, setting a precedent for other states to follow.
The suspect allegedly has extorted $27.6 million from ransomware victims, mostly in the healthcare sector.
Hundreds of servers and 1 million Emotet infections have been dismantled globally, while authorities have taken NetWalker’s Dark Web leaks site offline and charged a suspect.
Hackers masquerade as security researchers to befriend analysts and eventually infect fully patched systems at multiple firms with a malicious backdoor.
