Cybercriminals allegedly used Stububb backdoor to steal Taylor Swift tickets
As Donald Trump’s administration continues to relentless restructuring of the U.S. federal government, documents obtained by Wired this week suggest that the Department of Defense is considering reducing the workforce that is particularly focused on formulating the proliferation of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons. Meanwhile, the U.S. Army is using its “camogpt” AI tool to “review” the diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility policies of the Trump administration’s orders. The military initially developed AI services to increase productivity and operational readiness.
The American Civil Liberties Organization is promoting the Director of National Intelligence. Tulsi Gabbard, who is to decrypt details about Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a central overseas eavesdropping authority that is notorious, also captured a large number of phone calls, texts and emails sent or sent by Americans. The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday charged 10 suspected hackers and two Chinese government officials with more than a decade of digital crimes, part of China’s broad employee ecosystem.
Continuous analysis by researchers led by human security found that at least one million cheaper Android devices, such as TV streaming boxes and tablets, were compromised as part of the scam and ad fraud campaign, called Badbox 2.0. The activity came from China, the researchers said.
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Two people are allegedly part of a group that sold this week for more than $600,000 in profits, and charged potential crimes in Queens this week. Queens Attorney Melinda Katz said Tyrone Rose, 20, and Shamara P. Simmons, 31, of Jamaica, Queens, were arrested and arraigned for theft and sales.
Between June 2022 and July 2023, 350 orders (approximately 993 tickets) were reportedly visited by third-party contractor Sutherland. Sutherland employees, defendant Tyrone Rose, and an incomprehensible associate allegedly used their access to Stubhub’s computer system to find the backdoor to the backdoor into the cybersecurity area where tickets have been sold and lined up to email it to buyers for download,” the district attorney’s office wrote in a statement.
The office said they then sent the URL to another dead accomplice and then posted the ticket to Stubhub before reselling it. While conducting the investigation, the District Attorney’s Office claimed that the proceeds from cybercrime totaled about $635,000, and also involved tickets to the Ed Sheeran concert, NBA games and the U.S. Open Tennis Championship.
Every year, criminals earn billions of dollars in operations of highly organized scam compounds in Southeast Asia. As these operations grow, so does the broader ecosystem, which provides them with the technology and services they need to run a scam. Experts say there is no bigger market guaranteed than Huione – the Cambodia Grey Market Sales Scam Service, which researchers claim has facilitated more than $24 billion in deals.
According to a report by Asia Radio Asia Radio, a banking unit of Huione Group, the parent company of Huione guarantee company, the financial license was suspended this week by Cambodian officials. According to the report, Huione Pay Service withdraws its license for failure to comply with “existing regulations.” Elliptic, a UN drug and crime and cryptocurrency tracking company, has previously linked funds through Huione Pay to online computers. “They are willing to promote the facilitators of pig slaughter and other fraud, so any regulatory action should be welcomed,” said Tom Robinson, the founder of the Elliptical Machine, who claims to be Radio Free Asia.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced this week an action with Germany and Finland to undermine the digital infrastructure behind the notorious Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex. For years, the platform has been allegedly used for money laundering and other criminal transactions, including evasion of sanctions. The Justice Department claimed in its announcement that “transnational criminal organizations, including terrorist organizations” have used the exchange. Law enforcement said the platform has processed at least $96 billion in cryptocurrency transactions since April 2019. U.S. authorities said they have frozen more than $26 million in funding to promote money laundering as part of Garantex thedown.
The FBI warned this week that fraudsters pretending to be attackers of Bianlian ransomware gangs demand ransom for U.S. company executives. Requirements include the group’s requirement to violate the company’s network and threaten to publish sensitive information unless the target pays. This criminal digital blackmail is common enough that scammers will obviously feel that they can make reasonable claims and intimidate the target without attacking the target. The fellow ransom demands for fraudsters say they are from Bianlian, ranging from $250,000 to $500,000 for QR codes linked to Bitcoin wallets. According to a November alert from the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the real Bianlia Group has been linked to Russia since June 2022 and targeted critical infrastructure in the U.S.
