Two men have been extradited from Malaysia to face charges in Singapore for their suspected involvement in a series of malware-enabled scams that have targeted Singaporeans since June 2023.
Two men, aged 26 and 47, will be charged in court on 15 June 2024 for their suspected involvement in malware-enabled scams against Singaporeans since June 2023.…
Two members of the notorious hacking group called “ViLE” have pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to commit computer intrusion and aggravated identity theft. Sagar Steven Singh and Nicholas Ceraolo, who were charged in March 2023, admitted to using a stolen law enforcement officer’s password to gain unauthorized access to a restricted portal maintained by a US law enforcement agency.…
Spanish police apprehended a suspected ringleader of the Scattered Spider cybercrime group, known for its attacks against multiple enterprises worldwide, including Twilio, LastPass, DoorDash, and Mailchimp.
A 22-year-old British national was arrested at Palma Airport as part of a coordinated effort between Spanish police and the FBI.…
Kandula Nagaraju, a former IT consultant for the NCS Group, has been sentenced to two years and eight months in prison by a Singapore court for unauthorized access to the company’s software test environment and wiping out 180 virtual servers. His actions resulted in damages estimated at $678,000.…
Ukrainian authorities have apprehended a 28-year-old native of the Kharkiv region accused of developing malware for the infamous LockBit and Conti ransomware operations. According to the police, the suspect had been working with Russian hacker groups, receiving payment in cryptocurrencies for his services.
The suspect allegedly developed “cryptors,” specialized software designed to mask malware as legitimate files, effectively evading detection by popular antivirus programs.…
A Zambian court has sentenced 22 Chinese nationals to long prison terms for their involvement in a multinational cybercrime operation that targeted individuals in Zambia, Singapore, Peru, and the United Arab Emirates. The sentences range from seven to eleven years of imprisonment. In addition to their prison terms, the defendants were fined amounts between $1,500 and $3,000.…
Senior officials working for the anti-terror police in Bangladesh have been accused of selling classified and personal information of citizens to criminals via the messaging app Telegram. This included national identity details, cell phone call records, and other classified information.
The police agents sold data obtained through the National Intelligence Platform (NIP) run by the National Telecommunications Monitoring Center (NTMC).…
A Turkish student has been arrested for using an elaborate AI-powered setup to cheat during a university entrance exam. The student was apprehended by Turkish authorities after he was spotted acting suspiciously during the exam.
The student used a tiny camera disguised as a shirt button to scan exam questions, a router hidden in the shoe sole to transmit images to an AI model over the internet, and an earpiece to receive answers.…
The UK authorities have apprehended two individuals suspected of employing a homemade mobile antenna to distribute thousands of smishing messages posing as UK banks and other official organizations.
The duo, using a device referred to as a “text message blaster,” managed to circumvent telecommunications security systems designed to intercept and block SMS spam.…
Robert Reger and David Lytle were found guilty of criminal charges, including conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, as well as multiple counts of substantive mail and wire fraud.
Reger and Lytle participated in a decade-long scheme to sell consumer data to perpetrators of mass-mailing fraud schemes while employed at the advertising and marketing technology company Epsilon.…
A major multinational operation, conducted by Interpol and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) with the cooperation of French and British authorities, has resulted in the arrest of four people in Moldova involved in a sophisticated scheme aimed at circumventing the Interpol-run Red Notice system.…
Vlad Terebes, a Romanian citizen, was extradited from the United Kingdom to Puerto Rico on May 31, 2024, to face multiple charges, including aggravated identity theft and bank fraud.
The indictment alleges that Terebes and his accomplices used card skimming devices to obtain sensitive information from credit and debit card transactions at several major retail stores across Manatí, Canóvanas, Caguas, and Carolina, Puerto Rico.…
Italian and Portuguese authorities, with support of Europol and law enforcement agencies from six countries, have dismantled two networks of money-mule recruiters associated with a criminal organization specializing in cryptocurrency scams.
The criminal organization in question specialized in ‘rip-deal’ scams, targeting affluent individuals looking to invest or sell properties.…