The Latest: News from the Underworld
Report: Darknet Business is Booming
According to BDO's most recent Scam Culture Report, there is a surge in activity on the dark web due to an increase in users and social media accounts that may be purchased. According to data from the September quarter, 2.7 million people accessed the dark web daily,...
TAJ Group Comprimised: 1.5 Million Datasets leaked
Names, addresses, membership IDs, dates, phone numbers, DOBs, and personally identifiable information (PII) are among the data that have been compromised. There is a significant setback for Taj Hotels. The group's 1.5 million visitors' personal information and data...
Binance hit with $4.3 Billion Penalty
Based on federal sentencing guidelines, the punishment amount is determined. According to the agency, in order to give the company credit for its cooperation following the start of the inquiry and for making improvements to its compliance program, it imposed a 20%...
Owens Group hit by ransomware: Data published
The very real threat that businesses confront in an increasingly digital environment has been hammered home once more by a ransomware cyberattack on a trucking company in the UK. This month, a cyberattack on the Welsh company Owens Group led to the publication of its...
Ransomware Group Files SEC Complaint: Data Breach not reported
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has received a complaint from a well-known ransomware group alleging that a victim failed to notify of a purported data breach that was the consequence of an attack carried out by the cybercrime gang itself. The systems...
For the First Time in 17 Months, Net Capital Inflows Into the Crypto Market
The supply of the top four stablecoins has changed over the past 90 days in a positive manner, signifying an influx of capital into the market. For the first time in more than a year, funds are entering the cryptocurrency market through stablecoins or US dollar-pegged...
Monopoly Market Operator could face life in jail
On Wednesday, a Serbian man entered a guilty plea for running the darknet drug trafficking portal Monopoly Market. The 33-year-old Milomir Desnica is accused of starting and running Monopoly in late 2019 and using it to help sell a variety of substances, including...
Ransomware criminal sabotages his own operation
After responding to an advertisement offering to become part of a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation, researchers found themselves in a cybercriminal job interview with one of the most active threat actors in the affiliate industry, who happens to be the source...
Two Californians charged with selling Meth on the Darknet
Federal charges were brought on Tuesday against two Los Angeles men who were reportedly providing methamphetamine and tablets laced with fentanyl to a drug trafficking enterprise that sold drugs to individuals in all 50 states via encrypted communications and the...
US Government seizes $54 million in Cryptocurrency
The head of a well-known narcotics gang in New Jersey has had $54 million worth of cryptocurrency taken by federal law enforcement, according to a statement released on Thursday by U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger. Federal officials claim that the money was found in...