Romanian cybercrime gang Diicot builds DDoS botnet with Mirai variant
The main focus of Diicot’s attacks appears to support cryptojacking efforts but the group is also employing botnets and brute-force tactics for other purposes.
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AFP investigation lands alleged phishing scam mastermind
An AFP operation has led to the arrest of the alleged developer of a phishing package and administrative panel thought to be involved in roughly 50 per cent of all phishing scams in Australia in 2019.
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Kaspersky partners with Interpol to fight cybercrime
Cybersecurity firm, Kaspersky, and Interpol have inked a new five-year deal to fight against global cybercrime.
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Darknet market bundling card details with device fingerprints to beat fraud detection
Researchers have uncovered an invitation-only Tor-concealed marketplace where stolen credit card details are bundled with the victim's device fingerprint, meaning criminal buyers can use them to beat numerous fraud detection systems.
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‘Revolutionary’ cybercrime reporting site ACORN a flop finds internal report
The Australian Cybercrime Online Reporting Network initiative has made little difference to the number of victims reporting cybercrimes.
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Hackers stole $2.3 billion from Australians last year
Hackers fleeced more than $2.3 billion from Australian consumers last year with more than six million people falling victim to cybercrime.
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National security contractor hacked, government reveals
A hacker gained access to a national security contractor’s system for an “extended period of time” and stole a “significant” amount of data last year, the government will reveal today.
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Queensland business loses $1.9M to cyber scam
The Queensland Police Financial and Cyber Crime Group is warning small businesses of a scam that has cost one local business $1.9 million.
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Threat landscape changes as destruction of service attacks increase
Destruction of service (DeOS) attack could be the next play for cyber criminals
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Interpol leans on industry for support in latest cyber crime sting
The private sector has come to the aid of law enforcement in an operation identifying nearly 9000 command and control servers and hundreds of compromised websites.
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Aussie critical infrastructure organisations in the cyber firing line
A new report has revealed that more than half of Aussie organisations surveyed have experienced an incident in which their data or systems were compromised.
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Symantec - Insurers poised to disrupt cyber-security channels
A series of product partnerships with cyber insurance providers locally and globally is signalling ICT security firm Symantec is preparing for what could be a major market shift.
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UPDATED: Cyber adviser to the PM says elements of new strategy will fail
The new adviser to the department of Prime Minister and Cabinet on cyber security matters, Alastair MacGibbon, has criticised the government’s strategy, saying that elements of it will fail.
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Account takeovers on the rise as DDoS trends continue
Cybercriminals who hack one account have been trawling databases to see if they can use the same credentials to compromise other sites. This is not new, but a recent report by Akamai shows this practice is gaining increasing popularity in the criminal underworld.
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Cybercriminals are increasingly embracing a sophisticated business-model approach
Many cybercriminals can call on an extensive network of specialists for "business" expertise, including people who train and recruit, who launder money, and who provide escrow services, according to a new white paper.
