This blog seeks to present five intriguing cybercrime stories to assist you become more aware of cybercrime and be secure while online.
1st Story
In the United Kingdom, a retired GP is on trial for the murder of his pension advisor. Prosecutors from the National Crime Agency (NCA) have also charged him of making harmful phone calls and sending SMS messages. In addition, the prosecutors went to the dark web and discovered some digital evidence linked to the crime. On the dark web, Chechen Mob’s Crime Bay website published an order for the assassination of Mr. Bolden, the pension advisor. According to the agency, GP used a specific browser to reach the site, registered an account, and selected the ‘Kill the Bastard’ hitting choices. The hitman was paid in Bitcoin, which was worth $ 5000 at the time. These documents revealed evidence of his alleged involvement in cybercrime.
2nd Story
A well-known data leak is Ashley Madison. The Australian and Canadian privacy commissioners were in charge of the inquiries. The attack resulted in the online publication of data belonging to millions of site users. This covers a large number of government figures. Personal information, such as email accounts and credit card details, was exposed in the incident. The examination into the breach raised concerns about how users’ data was handled and if standard information security measures were followed. Impact Team, a hacker organisation, threatened to leak the material and requested that the site be shut down.
3rd Story
WannaCry is one of the most well-known and deadly ransomware outbreaks, infecting millions of people, businesses, and government systems. The NSA first found the Windows SMB weakness, which is now being used by a powerful malware. This programme was widely distributed over a variety of healthcare and other networks. When malware reaches a machine, it encrypts all of the hard discs and renders the system useless unless a $300 ransom is paid, despite the fact that Microsoft had previously released a patch that had never been implemented on such a big scale anyplace [3].
4th Story
A group of Iranian hackers carried out a broad hack in the United States in March 2018, compromising 144 US institutions, 176 universities in 21 other countries, 47 commercial companies, and others. The attackers were able to fool university academics using spear-phishing, allowing them to hack their accounts and steal data. Hackers took 31 TB of data, resulting in a $3 billion loss of intellectual property.
5th Story
A new malware has been released by a Russian hacking effort that has infected 500,000 routers. VPNFilter malware established a botnet from the infected machines, which could meddle with web activity and data passing across routers. This malware has the potential to be utilised in spam operations as well as targeted attacks. The LEA has been working to isolate routers and assess the impact of malware.
