At the beginning of 2016, it was reported that two suspected members of the DD4BC, a DDoS extortion group, were arrested in Europe. Throughout 2014 and 2015, DD4BC targeted a number of financial institutions and, according to some reports, were somewhat successful. While these arrests are a great example of the hard work of Europol, […]
A threat actor calling itself “Bozkurt Hackers” posted links to data on Twitter allegedly obtained from a number of banks based in the United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh and Nepal. Posts made by Twitter accounts affiliated with Bozkurt Hackers in relation to the claimed data leaks referenced a number of journalists, media outlets and security researchers. […]