Bitfinex Hacker Sentenced to 5 Years, Guilty of Laundering $10.5 Billion in Bitcoin
Ilya Lichtenstein, who pleaded guilty to the 2016 hack of cryptocurrency stock exchange Bitfinex, has been sentenced to five years in prison, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced Thursday.
First sketches of ‘masterminds’ of nationwide ‘digital arrest scam’ released
Gujarat police on Wednesday released the first sketches of the suspected masterminds of the ongoing digital arrest scam across the country, based on the description of the complainants from Surat city.
New Phishing Tool GoIssue Targets GitHub Developers in Bulk Email Campaigns
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new sophisticated tool called GoIssue that can be used to send phishing messages at scale targeting GitHub users.
Cybercriminals Use Excel Exploit to Spread Fileless Remcos RAT Malware
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new phishing campaign that spreads a new fileless variant of known commercial malware called Remcos RAT.
IAS Officer Duped of Rs 1 Crore in Investment Scam; Fraudster Promised High Returns
An IAS officer has reported being defrauded of over Rs 1 crore by a purported investment advisor who had promised high returns on her investment.
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Bengaluru man held for cyber fraud worth Rs 2.3cr
Kumar Utlasar, 50, a Bengaluru resident, was arrested by the cyber crime cell of Goa police in connection with an alleged high-value investment fraud worth Rs 2.3 crore.
