Bite Sized Cyber Crime

Hacker Fakes and Tries to Sell Europcar Data

Data breaches are the worst nightmare of many organizations that collect sensitive data. Europcar was going to be the next company breached, except on closer inspection, none of the data posted was real.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/wDwTunKb

Pegasus: The Spyware Sold to Governments

The fear that the government or someone else is spying on you is a common one, moreso with modern technology. In some cases, that fear is not unreasonable. Pegasus is spyware developed by Israeli cyber-arms company NSO Group, and it has been sold to many governments and fallen into the wrong hands.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/9JHz3ZDU

iShutDown: A New Method for Detecting iOS Spyware

Mobile devices are everywhere, carried with us everywhere we go in our day. This makes them perfect targets for Spyware. Recently a new method was discovered to uncover hidden Spyware on suspected infected phones.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/5pYN9bnj

Russian and Ukrainian Hackers Take Down Each Other’s ISPs

Russia and Ukraine are at war, but these days war is not always boots on the ground. The internet and modern technology introduced a whole new way to attack enemies, and after Russia took down Ukraine's biggest telecoms provider a Ukrainian group decided to take revenge.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/SwDJiy1r

Terrapin Vulnerability Leaves Millions of SSH Servers Vulnerable

A new attack method against the SSH protocol, the very first of its kind, was recently discovered by German researchers. It leaves millions of servers at risk of attack, and it practical to exploit, but is it as bad as it sounds? Find out today!
 
Sources: https://pastebin.com/kTpwXexy

GTA6 Hacker Sentenced to Secure Hospital

Rockstar Games recently released the trailer for GTA6, around the same time a Lapsus$ hacker was sentenced indefinitely to a secure hospital. This sentence has stirred up some controversy and misunderstanding that i will try to contextualize and clarify.
 
Sources: https://pastebin.com/dsSb7uDX

ALPHV Seized by FBI... But not for Long

After infiltrating a prolific ransomware gang, the FBI seized their website and decrypted data for hundreds of companies for free! But instead of going out peacefully, ALPHV may be out with a vengeance.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/VgL3MRii

Cybercrime as a Service Ring Shut Down and Sued by Microsoft

Typically the cybercrime gangs we see launch major ransomware attacks, holding even the biggest companies hostage. However, there are also groups that provide fake accounts and services to those attackers to make their attacks quicker and easier. One of them, Storm-1152 was shut down by Microsoft and Arkose labs. Listen all about it today!
Sources: https://pastebin.com/BeJEAybk