Die Erpressergruppe Rhysida hat nach dem massiven Datendiebstahl im Berliner Landesnetz ihre Drohung wahr gemacht – und ein rund 5,8 Terabyte großes Datenpaket im Darknet zum Download bereit gestellt: https://t.co/udFL20ELOQ #Datendiebstahl #Darknet #Cyberkriminalität
Eighteen-year-old Fabian Z. from Hamburg was sentenced to four and a half years in prison after he extorted underage girls on the internet and lured homosexual men into violent situations. (translated)
After cyberattacks on authorities and companies, investigators have identified three suspects, including two teenagers, who belong to the group SharkNet and conducted DDoS attacks on websites. (translated)
A new survey from NordVPN shows that stolen browser cookies can give cybercriminals access to Swedish accounts without a password, with 110 million stolen cookies identified in Sweden and 52.4 billion globally. (translated)
A cyber attack on the Berlin administration has stolen extensive data that could be used by criminals for identity theft and extortion, with the darkness of the infrastructure influencing the way this data is used. (translated)
The increasing use of AI enables hackers to conduct attacks on government institutions more effectively and on a large scale, making Germany one of the most attacked countries and simultaneously increasing the security risks for citizens. (translated)
A research by Bayerischer Rundfunk has uncovered a serious security flaw in German mobile networks, through which sensitive device data such as the IMEI number and information about the smartphone model are inadvertently transmitted to callers during phone calls, increasing the risk of targeted attacks by cybercrime and foreign intelligence services. (translated)
Interpol is paying in the context of a global operation against West African organized crime groups responsible for romance fraud and cybercrime, resulting in 58 arrests and the identification of 263 suspects, while uncovering illegal financial flows and new trends such as sextortion among minors. (translated)
Six fraudsters were arrested in India after they deceived unsuspecting applicants into paying registration fees between 7,000 and 10,000 rupees under the pretext of offering jobs at the fictitious airline "Bretish Airways." (translated)
Kyle Spitze (27) from Tennessee was sentenced to 77 years by an American court for manipulating and abusing more than 2,600 victims, including children, through the network "764," where he psychologically tormented them and even drove two of them to suicide. (translated)
A 54-year-old man was sentenced to seven years in prison by the Regional Court in Nuremberg for long-term sexual abuse of a girl from the Philippines via the internet, some of his actions even being broadcast live. (translated)
A 53-year-old man was sentenced to seven years in prison by the Nuremberg-Fürth Regional Court for severely abusing a girl in the Philippines over the years via the Internet and demanding sexual acts for payment. (translated)
A 13-year-old girl from the Ludwigshafen area was sexually blackmailed via TikTok after she sent naked photos to someone she thought was another girl, after which she was threatened to send more photos, prompting the police to warn about the risks of sexual extortion on the internet. (translated)
During the cyber attack on the Principality of Liechtenstein, the data of about 31,000 individuals was stolen from a register for the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing, leading to a crisis team headed by government leader Brigitte Haas and Justice Minister Emanuel Schädler. (translated)
Security experts warn of a new wave of attacks in which hackers gain access to Outlook accounts simply by opening seemingly harmless emails, exploiting a vulnerability in Microsoft's Outlook Web Access (OWA) and spreading the previously unknown malware "OWAReaper." (translated)
Ein Hacker aus Algerien hat die gesamte Grundbuchdatenbank von Rumänien gelöscht, wodurch der Immobilienmarkt lahmgelegt ist und Bürger sowie Behörden keinen Zugriff auf Grundbucheinträge haben. #Cyberkriminalität #Immobilienmarkt #Rumänien
Russische Cyberkriminelle haben Berichten zufolge Anmeldedaten britischer Regierungsbeamter gestohlen und sich durch Ausnutzung einer Sicherheitslücke Zugang zu deren E-Mail-Konten verschafft, wobei die kompromittierten Daten in Darkweb-Foren zum Verkauf angeboten werden. #Datendiebstahl #Cyberkriminalität #FortiBleed
Laut einem neuen Bericht von Europol boomt in Europa die Aktivität krimineller Netzwerke, die über 400.000 Mitglieder aus 118 Nationalitäten umfassen und sich zunehmend auf die Digitalisierung stützen, um in Bereichen wie Drogenhandel und Cyberkriminalität tätig zu sein, während trotz Zerschlagungen weiterhin neue Netzwerke entstehen. #Kriminalität #Digitalisierung #Europol
Eine cyberkriminelle Gruppe namens Bashe behauptet, den Flughafen Wien gehackt zu haben und Datensätze im Darknet zum Verkauf anzubieten, während der Flughafen versichert, dass keine passagierbezogenen oder betriebskritischen Daten betroffen sind und der Betrieb ungestört weiterläuft. #Hackerangriff #FlughafenWien #Cyberkriminalität
Ermittler von BKA, Europol und Microsoft haben drei der gefährlichsten Schadsoftware-Varianten vom Netz genommen, die oft als Ausgangspunkt für digitale Erpressungen dienten und zu den Opfern gehörten über 385.000 Menschen, während rund 27 Millionen Zugangsdaten und Kryptowährungen im Wert von mehr als 47 Millionen US-Dollar sichergestellt wurden. #Cyberkriminalität #BKA #Europol
