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Krebs on Security 1 year, 1 month ago

Oops: DanaBot Malware Devs Infected Their Own PCs

The U.S. government today unsealed criminal charges against 16 individuals accused of operating and selling DanaBot, a prolific strain of information-stealing malware that has been sold on Russian cybercrime forums since 2018. The FBI says a newer version of DanaBot was used for espionage, and that many of the defendants exposed their real-life identities after accidentally infecting their own systems with the malware.

The FBI joined authorities across Europe last week in seizing domain names for Cracked and Nulled, English-language cybercrime forums with millions of users that trafficked in stolen data, hacking tools and malware. An investigation into the history of these communities shows their apparent co-founders quite openly operate an Internet service provider and a pair of e-commerce platforms catering to buyers and sellers on both forums.

Bank Info Security 2 years, 1 month ago

Hacker Sells Apparent Santander Bank Customer Data

ShinyHunters Advertises Data Set of '30 Million Customers' for $2 MillionA hacker is selling the purported data of 30 million customers of Spanish multinational bank Santander for $2 million on a criminal online forum the FBI recently attempted to shut down. Sample data posted online suggests the data set is genuine.

Bank Info Security 2 years, 2 months ago

FBI Seizes Criminal Site BreachForums

Website of BreachForums Administrator 'Baphomet' Also Appears to Be DownAn international law enforcement operation shut down BreachForums, a criminal forum where hackers posted and sold the contents of hacked databases. The website of the criminal forum in its clear and dark web domains displays a seizure notice stating that it is "under the control of the FBI."

Bank Info Security 2 years, 6 months ago

BreachForums Boss Jailed for Violating Release Requirements

Conor Fitzgerald Allegedly Violated Computer Monitoring Requirement, VPN BanThe FBI arrested Conor Fitzgerald, the admitted administrator of the notorious, now-defunct BreachForums data breach forum and marketplace, for violating the conditions of his presentencing release, after he allegedly used VPN software and evaded mandatory monitoring of his computers.

Krebs on Security 2 years, 10 months ago

FBI Hacker Dropped Stolen Airbus Data on 9/11

In December 2022, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that a cybercriminal using the handle "USDoD" had infiltrated the FBI's vetted information sharing network InfraGard, and was selling the contact information for all 80,000 members. The FBI responded by reverifying all InfraGard members and by seizing the cybercrime forum where the data was being sold. But on Sept. 11, 2023, USDoD resurfaced after a lengthy absence to leak sensitive employee data stolen from the aerospace giant Airbus, while promising to visit the same treatment on top U.S. defense contractors.

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