Pakistan & India Hit by State-sponsored Cyber Espionage Campaign

Symantec: A security firm has discovered another espionage campaign against Pakistan & Indian likely to be state-sponsored. Symantec security experts have uncovered a sustained cyber champaign against Pakistan and Indian entities involved in regional security issues.

The nature of the targets and the threat actors' techniques suggest it is a state sponsored campaign likely powered by several groups of hackers.

Uk Government Is Recruiting Security Professionals to Crackdown Criminal Communities Operating in Dark Web Marketplaces.

The United Kingdom National Crime Agency (NCA) is recruiting cybersecurity experts and dark web analyst to track down criminals involved in illegal activities and break down drug rings operating in dark web marketplaces.

National Crime Agency aims to improve his abilities to investigate illicit activities in dark web market, the NCA was searching for G5 Armed Surveillance Investigator in the Armed Operations Unit, working for the Intelligence and Operations Directorate. It offered a salary of £33,850.

Cyber security experts and dark web analysts could help the NCA to contrast illegal activities involving drugs, weapon distribution, and money laundering, they can also support law enforcement in investigations on people smuggling and sexual abuse of children.

Another crucial aspect for the NCA is the collaboration with other law enforcement agencies and the information sharing.

Recently the US law enforcement’s successfully shut down some of the world’s biggest black marketplaces such as AlphaBay and Hansa.

Russian Lawmaker’ Son Pleads Guilty & Sentenced to 27 Years in Jail on $50 Million Scam

Roman Valerevich Seleznev, also known by his hacker handle Track2, is a Russian computer hacker. He was indicted in Washington in 2011, and has been convicted of hacking into servers to steal credit card data.

Seleznev's activities have been speculated to have caused damages to banks and credit-card companies ranging in the millions of dollars. Seleznev was arrested on July 5, 2014 and was sentenced to 27 years in prison for counts of wire fraud, intentional damage to a protected computer, and identity theft.

Seleznev's 2014 arrest caused controversy as he was arrested outside of the United States, in Maldives, and transported to Guam to stand trial. Citing "law enforcement reasons" the Justice Department would not disclose the location of Seleznev's arrest.

U.S. Secret Service agents took this photo of Roman Seleznev and an unnamed girlfriend just before his arrest in the Maldives on July 7, 2014. (Courtesy of U.S. Attorney)

Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security, said in a statement that the arrest showed that "despite the increasingly borderless nature of transitional organized crime, the long arm of justice - and the Department of Homeland Security - will continue to disrupt and dismantle sophisticated criminal organizations".

Member of "Crackas With Attitude" Jailed for 5 Years for Hacking US Intel Officials

A member of the notorious hacker group "Crackas With Attitude" Justin G. Liverman aka "D3F4ULT", 25 of Morehead City has claimed of being gulity on January 6, Liverman admitted to being the member of conspiracy that called itself "Crackas With Attitude" to commit unauthorized computer intrusions, identity theft, and telephone harassment.” reads the press release published by DoJ.

More About Justin aka D3F4ULT:

Justin Gray Liverman (24) was identified and arrested in September 2016 along with Andrew Otto Boggs (22), of North Wilkesboro, N.C.

Boggs went online with the handle “INCURSIO,” and Justin Gray Liverman, of Morehead City, used the handle “D3F4ULT.”

 

The hackers leaked the personal details of 31,000 government agents belonging to nearly 20,000 FBI agents; 9,000 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers and some number of DoJ staffers.