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A Gozi Banking Malware Detector – Zeek Roulette #3
I had talked about Gozi malware in our eCrimeBytes podcast here: Last Man From Gozi Banking Malware Group Sentenced To Three Years – eCrimeBytes Nibble #51 In my technical real life job at Corelight, I ran into a sample of the Gozi banking malware in the wild here: https://malware-traffic-analysis.net/2023/07/12/index.html You…
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Trio Sentenced For Dark Web Drugs – eCrimeBytes Nibble #55
The ages of this criminal group made me pause. Jonathan E. Williams was 39, but Joyce Oldrich was 70 years old and Linus Lee was 51 years old. All three were old enough to know better. Lee and Oldrich were responsible for mailing the drugs, while Williams was the tech…
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eCrimeBytes S 1 Ep 20 Pt 2: Season 1 Review!
Sit back and take in everything that was eCrimeBytes season 1! Part 1 of this episode is at: eCrimeBytes S 1 Ep 20 Pt 1: Season 1 Review! Chapters: Transcript: 00:00:10:00 – 00:00:14:26KeithHey, welcome back to season one wrap up of 00:00:14:26 – 00:00:19:28KeitheCrimeBytes. We’re going to go ahead and…
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Los Angeles SIM Swapper Pleads Guilty – eCrimeBytes Nibble #54
Amir Hossein Golshan, 24, pleaded guilty to one count of unauthorized access to a protected computer to obtain information, one count of wire fraud, and one count of accessing a computer to defraud and obtain value. https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/downtown-los-angeles-sim-swapper-pleads-guilty-hacking-instagram-users-accounts Amir Hossein Golshan was busy. According to his plea agreement, from at least…
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Stingray Catches Tax Fraudster – eCrimeBytes Nibble #53
Daniel Rigmaiden was caught and sentenced for filing large numbers of fraudulent tax returns, but it was how he did it and how he was caught that makes this story interesting. Looking at Rigmaiden’s case, it appeared as a standard IRS tax fraud case: On April 7, 2014, Daniel David…
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eCrimeBytes S 1 Ep 20 Pt 1: Season 1 Review!
Sit back and take in everything that was eCrimeBytes season 1! Chapters: Transcript: 00:00:10:00 – 00:00:23:25KeithHey, welcome to eCrimeBytes Season one Episode 20. I can’t believe it. Episode 20. And I’m going to tell you, we had some two parters in there. So if we did a real episode wise,…
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Lawyer Spies On Former Firm With TeamViewer – eCrimeBytes Nibble #52
You would think lawyers would know better. Justin L. Scott was censured for when he “fell into stupid” and monitored his former partner’s activity via TeamViewer, a remote control software application. An ABA article summed up the situation well: [Justin] Scott and Charles Bratton practiced elder law in a Haddonfield,…
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Last Man From Gozi Banking Malware Group Sentenced To Three Years – eCrimeBytes Nibble #51
The last individual charged was sentenced for the Gozi banking malware. Mihai Ionut Paunescu, a/k/a “Virus,” a dual Romanian and Latvian national was sentenced to three years. The Justice department’s press release sums this case up better than I could: U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “Mihai Ionut Paunescu is alleged…
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eCrimeBytes S 1 Ep 19 Pt 2: A Couple Who Cyberstalks Together, Faces Charges Together
This is part 2. If you haven’t listened to part 1 first, you can find it here: eCrimeBytes S 1 Ep 19 Pt 1: A Couple Who Cyberstalks Together, Faces Charges Together Sit back and listen to a story where Jason Leidel and his new significant other, Sarah Sorg, allegedly…
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Three Russians Charged And Arrested For Conspiring To Commit Lockbit Ransomware Attacks – eCrimeBytes Nibble #50
Ransomware causes a lot of damage, but rarely are those associated with it caught. Well, in this case three Russians were charged and one was arrested! Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov was arrested and charged with conspiracy to distribute ransomware: In furtherance of his LockBit-related activities, Astamirov owned, controlled, and used a…