Cybercrime

A British IT manager and former hacker from Darlington ran a disinformation campaign that duped former US intelligence agents and provided Donald Trump with manufactured “evidence” to deny that Russia interfered with the US election

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252445769/Briton-ran-pro-Kremlin-disinformation-campaign-that-helped-Trump-deny-Russian-links

There are 10 common activities on the dark web that indicate a data breach or some other security compromise has taken place, according to a specialist monitoring firm

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252446043/Top-dark-web-indicators-of-compromise

A principal research scientist at Sophos offers a glimpse into the abysses of the dark web in a bid to uncover what cyber crooks are up to

https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/An-insiders-look-into-the-dark-web

Fewer organisations are worried about ransomware even though it remains one of the most costly cyber attacks

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252445447/Ransomware-concern-drops-despite-being-top-cost

Children and young people across the UK are getting ready to have more free time to spend with friends and family as the summer holidays get into full swing.

https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/blog/staying-safe-online-summer-holidays-%E2%80%93-advice-parents-and-carers

Android users have been warned about another Exobot banking malware source code (v. 2.5) that was leaked online.

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/exabot-android-malware-targets/

Cybercriminals are putting a new spin on the old trick of hiding malware code in Exchangeable Image File Format (EXIF) data.

https://www.scmagazine.com/attackers-concealing-malware-in-images-uploaded-to-google-servers/article/782393/?platform=hootsuite

A popular wireless security camera designed to safeguard businesses and homes was vulnerable to a spying hack.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-44809152

Brute-force attacks launched by cyber-criminals can allow them to compromise corporate e-mail systems such as Office365, steal login credentials, and then use such credentials to read sensitive emails and to send malicious ones to unsuspecting employees

https://www.scmagazineuk.com/hackers-using-brute-force-attacks-infiltrate-e-mail-systems-protected-mfa/article/1488046

Demand for malware creation is three times greater than supply, according to analysis of more than 10,000 hack-for-hire and malware-related postings on dark web markets.

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252445554/Dark-web-cyber-crime-markets-thriving