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We have disclosed information about a vulnerability (CVE-2023-6200) in the Linux kernel network stack, which, under certain circumstances, allows an attacker from a local network to execute their code by sending a specially designed ICMPv6 packet with an RA (Router Advertisement) message...

Check Point experts have identified a new variant of quishing (phishing with QR codes). A link embedded in the QR code leads to a resource that captures the user's digital fingerprint.Based on the results of verification, it works out a particular redirect. According to analysts, in August –...

The US authorities accused the organizers of the HyperFund cryptocurrency scheme, in which $1.89 billion was invested, of fraud. One of the promoters of the crypto scheme admitted the charges. According to court documents, from June 2020 to early 2022, HyperFund employees sold so-called...

Attackers use artificial intelligence to deceive investors, and the popularity of social networks and influencers makes it easier to spread false information. The CFTC's Office for Training and Working with Clients warned about this. "Unfortunately, AI has become another opportunity for...

An investigator of the Investigative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the city of Novosibirsk has completed the investigation of a criminal case under parts 1 and 2 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation against two men and a woman aged 27 and...

A 72-year-old Minsk resident believed the words of a false law enforcement officer that her money was being threatened by scammers, and in order to secure her savings, she transferred Br32 thousand to scammers. However, the attackers did not stop there. Details of the investigation of the...

The girl registered a fake profile on a dating site under a man's name, and the photo was stolen from the page of a real person in one of the social networks. After meeting another girl, she started writing romantic messages to her on behalf of a fictional guy. The victim, not suspecting who was...

Every day, citizens use bank cards to pay for services and transfer funds. Paying "in cash" has become somewhat inconvenient, because everything can be done with one touch of plastic to the terminal. Acquiring, contactless payment, transfer of funds via Internet banking and this is not all the...

Developers of the anonymous Tor network have published the results of an audit of the Tor Browser and the OONI Probe, rdsys, BridgeDB, and Conjure tools developed by the project, which are used for anonymous network connections that are protected from eavesdropping and traffic analysis...

A Canadian court has sentenced a man to two years in prison for allegedly distributing ransomware and carrying out malicious attacks on individuals, businesses and government agencies. Matthew Filbert, 33, pleaded guilty last October to charges of fraud and unauthorized access to computers...

A murder order in an encrypted chat turned into a prison for bandits According to court documents released recently in the United States , in 2020, an Iranian drug dealer and two alleged mercenaries from Canada planned to kill two people. To coordinate their actions, the group used the...

In a historic court case, US authorities seized more than $150 million worth of cryptocurrency from Indian citizen Banmit Singh, who pleaded guilty to selling hundreds of kilograms of drugs over the Internet. The case was the largest seizure of cryptocurrency/cash in a single case conducted by...

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued an official warning about the growing number of fraudulent transactions that use courier services to collect money and other valuable resources from victims. The main targets of these scams are the elderly. Fraudsters, posing as technical...

A Chinese woman living in London was accused of laundering $6.3 billion worth of bitcoins allegedly obtained by her friend from investment fraud. This is reported by Law360. According to the British prosecutor's office, 42-year-old Jian Wen converted cryptocurrency into cash, real estate...

The Abracadabra Finance DeFi protocol was affected by the exploit, the amount of damage was ~$6.5 million. This was reported by PeckShield experts. Specialists of the Blocksec company confirmed the project's losses of "millions of dollars". They noted that the attacks are long-lasting and...

American payment giant Visa has added the ability to directly withdraw funds from cryptocurrency wallets to its cards. At the same time, cryptoassets will be automatically converted to national currencies. Residents of 145 countries will have access to the new feature, and to withdraw funds...

Qualys has identified a dangerous vulnerability (CVE-2023-6246) in the standard C library Glibc, which allows you to manipulate the launch of SUID applications to execute your code with elevated privileges. Researchers were able to develop a working exploit that allows you to gain root rights by...

And even after transferring money to him and ignoring him, I didn't understand that the boyfriend was fake. 55-year-old Svetlana and Frank Wagner met on the banned Facebook page a year ago. A woman from childhood dreamed of marrying a military man, and therefore communication blitzkrieg came to...

Aktau City Court of Mangystau region sentenced 25-year - old Elnur A. to three years in prison and banned him from engaging in activities in the field of informatization and communications for the same period. According to the materials of case No. 4710-23-00-1 / 527 dated December 13, 2023...

The Zavodsky (Minsk) district Department of the Investigative Committee establishes the circumstances of large-scale theft of property by modifying computer information. According to the case file, a 73-year-old resident of the capital received a call. The woman introduced herself as a mobile...