Crime ring first uncovered by Nasa’s New York office Six Estonians arrested in their home country – seventh member of team at large They had been spreading virus since 2007 By Daniel Miller Last updated at 5:29 PM on 10th November 2011 A gang of internet ‘cyber bandits’ who stole…
Zeus gang mastermind gets jail for £3 million online raid
The last two people found guilty of being part of the gang behind the UK’s biggest ever cybercrime phishing spree have been sentenced to nearly five years in jail each. Ukrainians Yuriy Konovalenko, 29, and Yevhen Kulibaba, 33, were the ringleaders of the largely UK-based gang that police believe managed…
Zeus gang mastermind gets jail for online bank raid
The last two people found guilty of being part of the gang behind the UK’s biggest ever cybercrime phishing spree have been sentenced to nearly five years in jail each. Ukrainians Yuriy Konovalenko, 29, and Yevhen Kulibaba, 33, were the ringleaders of the largely UK-based gang that police believe managed…
Zeus gang mastermind gets jail for online bank raid
The last two people found guilty of being part of the gang behind the UK’s biggest ever cybercrime phishing spree have been sentenced to nearly five years in jail each. Ukrainians Yuriy Konovalenko, 29, and Yevhen Kulibaba, 33, were the ringleaders of the largely UK-based gang that police believe managed…
Zeus Trojan gang member gets jail for huge UK fraud
The most complex cybercrime investigation ever undertaken by UK police has resulted in another member of a gang that used the Zeus Trojan to raid online bank accounts being sentenced to two years behind bars. Latvian Karina Kostromina was originally arrested as part of Operation Lath in September 2010 along…
How the M00p Malware Gang Was Brought Down
A piece of malware from the M00p group showing their name embedded in the code. Courtesy of F-Secure It’s rare that malware-writing crews get arrested for creating the tools that criminals use. But a presentation at the Virus Bulletin conference in Spain this week described an extensive operation in which…
Zeus Trojan gang busted for money smuggling
A mid-level organiser of an international online bank theft ring that relied on the Zeus Trojan faces up to 45 years in prison when he is sentenced early next year, after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and possession of false IDs. Nikolay Garifulin, 27, of Volgograd, Russia,…