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FBI’s Operation Ghost Click takes out operators of DNS Changer malware network

10

Nov

2011

The FBI is cock-a-hoop today, having just announced the bust of six Estonians for malware-related cybercrimes. The case goes back to 2007, with the investigation itself apparently having taken two years. The FBI claims that the gang infected 4,000,000 computers in 100 different countries – with 500,000 infections in the USA alone. The crooks are […]

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Busted! Ukrainian cybercrime duo who ripped off $4.5 million sent to prison in UK

02

Nov

2011

The Police Central E-Crime Unit (PCeU) of London’s Metropolitan Police Service has announced the sentencing of two Ukrainian cybercrooks. Yuriy Konovalenko, 29, and Yevhen Kulibaba, 33, were sent down for just short of five years each. According to the PCeU, the pair were the lynchpins in a syndicate which got its hands on at least […]

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Letter from HM Treasury? Just another scam

23

Oct

2011

Over the past 24 hours we have seen a flurry of emails purporting to be from George Osborne MP, the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer. With reference to supposed stalled international fund transfers, the messages attempt to lure recipients into making contact with the fraudsters, in a classic 419 style scam. We have seen at […]

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