Financial Cyberscoop

An international effort sanctioned Russia-based Media Land and took action against companies and people who helped Aeza Group evade previously issued sanctions. The post Five Eyes just made life harder for bulletproof hosting providers appeared first on CyberScoop.

Federal prosecutors secured five guilty pleas from people who supported overseas remote IT workers, and seized $15 million in stolen cryptocurrency tied to the North Korean regime. The post DOJ lauds series of gains against North Korean IT worker scheme, crypto thefts appeared first on CyberScoop.

SecAlliance and Silent Push confirmed that the suspected Chinese operators of the phishing kit appear to have been affected. The post Google, researchers see signs that Lighthouse text scammers disrupted after lawsuit appeared first on CyberScoop.

The suspected Chinese schemers behind it enable those constant fake E-Z Pass and U.S. Postal Service smishing messages. The post Google files lawsuit against Lighthouse ‘phishing for dummies’ text scammers appeared first on CyberScoop.

Suspected foreign hackers reportedly breached Congressional Budget Office, possibly exposing communications with lawmakers. The post Agency that provides budget data to Congress hit with security incident appeared first on CyberScoop.

The Treasury Department on Tuesday sanctioned eight people and two companies it accused of laundering money obtained from cybercrime and IT worker schemes to fund North Korean government objectives. According to the department, over the last three years North Korea-linked cybercriminals have stolen over $3 billion, mostly in cryptocurrency. In addition, it said, North Korean The post North Korean companies, people sanctioned for money laundering from cybercrime, IT worker schemes appeared first on CyberScoop.

The New York Department of Financial Services has clarified rules for financial institutions, highlighting AI oversight and lessons from recent cloud outages. The post New York updates third-party risk guidance, adds AI provisions appeared first on CyberScoop.

The cryptocurrency seizure and sanctions targeting the Prince Group, associates and affiliated businesses mark the most extensive action taken against cybercrime operations in the region to date. The post Officials crack down on Southeast Asia cybercrime networks, seize $15B appeared first on CyberScoop.

The contentious hearing focused on other subjects, but lawmakers still had cyber questions and accusations for the head of the bureau. The post Senators, FBI Director Patel clash over cyber division personnel, arrests appeared first on CyberScoop.

Disaster was averted after widely used open-source packages were compromised via social engineering. The post The npm incident frightened everyone, but ended up being nothing to fret about appeared first on CyberScoop.