Silviu Stahie

Sep 23, 2024 | bitdefender.com | Silviu Stahie |Graham Cluley

Two men have been arrested by the FBI and charged in relation to their alleged involvement in a scam which saw almost a quarter of a billion dollars worth of cryptocurrency stolen from a single victim. 20-year-old Malone Lam of Miami, and Jeandiel Serrano, 21, of Los Angeles, are charged with conspiring to steal and launder 3,100 Bitcoin (worth over $230 million) from a victim in Washington DC in August 2024.

Sep 16, 2024 | bitdefender.com | Graham Cluley |Silviu Stahie

A former boss of Ticketmaster has been sentenced after pleading guilty to illegally accessing computer servers of a rival company and stealing sensitive business information. In 2012, Stephen Mead left ticket company CrowdSurge, signing a $52,970 separation agreement promising not to keep or disclose confidential information from his former employer, such as client lists, passwords, marketing strategies, and financial data.

Sep 11, 2024 | bitdefender.com | Graham Cluley |Silviu Stahie

Every month, regular as clockwork on the second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft releases fixes for security vulnerabilities in its products. It's important that these security holes are patched quickly and safely, before they are exploited by cybercriminals.  Some are obviously more important to fix than others as hackers may already be actively exploiting the vulnerabilities in the wild.

Aug 11, 2024 | bitdefender.com | Graham Cluley |Silviu Stahie

A notorious ransomware group has demanded more than half a billion dollars from victims in less than two years. That staggering statistic has been made public in an update to a joint advisory issued by the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) and the FBI, warning organisations about the threat posed by the BlackSuit gang.

Aug 7, 2024 | bitdefender.com | Graham Cluley |Vlad Constantinescu |Silviu Stahie

BBC News cybersecurity journalist Joe Tidy has found himself in the unusual position of being targeted by a scammer calling herself "Jessica", he revealed in a report this week. According to Tidy, someone posing as an attractive, 36-year-old woman claiming to be based in Chicago contacted him via Instagram. For weeks, "Jessica" would contact Tidy every day at around 4pm, oblivious to the fact that he was a cybersecurity correspondent with a history of researching scammers.