China-based SMS Phishing Triad Pivots to Banks

by | Apr 11, 2025 | A Little Sunshine, Citigroup, CSIS Security Group, Darcula, Ford Merrill, Google Android, iMessage, Latest Warnings, Lighthouse, mastercard, Ne'er-Do-Well News, paypal, ProDaft, Resecurity, SecAlliance, SilentPush, Smishing Triad, Stripe, The Coming Storm, Visa, Web Fraud 2.0, Xinxin Group, Z-NFC, Zach Edwards

China-based purveyors of SMS phishing kits are enjoying remarkable success converting phished payment card data into mobile wallets from Apple and Google. Until recently, the so-called “Smishing Triad” mainly impersonated toll road operators and shipping companies....

Feds Seize LockBit Ransomware Websites, Offer Decryption Tools, Troll Affiliates

by | Feb 29, 2024 | Artur Sungatov, Bassterlord, europol, FBI, Ivan Gennadievich Kondratyev, Lockbit, LockBitSupp, Mark Stockley, Mikhail Matveev, Mikhail Vasiliev, NCA, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Operation Cronos, ProDaft, Ransomware, Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov, U.K. National Crime Agency

U.S. and U.K. authorities have seized the darknet websites run by LockBit, a prolific and destructive ransomware group that has claimed more than 2,000 victims worldwide and extorted over $120 million in payments. Instead of listing data stolen from ransomware victims...