InfoSec News Nuggets 01/24/2022

FSB detains administrator of UniCC carding forum The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has arrested the administrator of the UniCC carding forum and one of the members of the Infraud cybercrime cartel. The suspect was identified as Andrey Sergeevich Novak and was detained for two months on charges of computer crimes and money laundering. Three other suspects, identified as Kirill Samokutyaev, Konstantin Vladimirovich Bergman, and Mark Avramovich Bergman, were also detained and subsequently placed under…
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InfoSec News Nuggets 06/15/2021

Lewd Phishing Lures Aimed at Business Explode Attackers have amped up their use of X-rated phishing lures in business email compromise (BEC) attacks. A new report found a stunning 974-percent spike in social-engineering scams involving suggestive materials, usually aimed at male-sounding names within a company. The Threat Intelligence team with GreatHorn made the discovery and explained it’s not simply libido driving users to click on these suggestive scams. Instead, these emails popping up on people’s…
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