Judgement Day for Romanian cybercriminal Cezar Butu. He’ll serve 21 months in a US prison for his role in a $ 10M carding heist against sandwich giant Subway and other US businesses.
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Android adware, Zitmo botnets and Romanian hackers, oh my!
Infosecurity Magazine We're not in Kansas anymore: The third quarter of 2012 saw a marked increase in Android adware, while new evidence surfaced suggesting that the Zeus-in-the-Mobile (Zitmo) banking trojan is evolving into a botnet. And, Romanian hackers are continuing to … Surge in Android adware |
Arrested: online
scammers rounded up
More than 100 alleged cyber criminals were targeted July 14 in Romania as part of an ongoing investigation by that country and the United States into an Internet fraud ring.
During the Romanian raids, law enforcement authorities in that nation executed 117 searches involving more than 100 individuals.
According to U.S. court documents, in many of the cases, conspirators located in Romania would post items for sale such as cars, motorcycles and boats on Internet auction and online Websites.
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Romanian authorities have arrested nine individuals believed to be part of a phishing gang that used hacked accounts to make bids on fake online auctions. Prosecutors from the Romanian Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT …
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