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Pompompurin: The Good Boy Gone Bad For Running BreachForums – eCrimeBytes Nibble #16
Forget the usual suspects. It’s always the ones with cute and innocent-sounding usernames that you have to watch out for. Lesson learned, Pompompurin. But you know what they say, never judge a cybercriminal by their username. “Pompompurin”, boss of “BreachForums”, was arrested by the FBI. This case has been all…
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eCrimeBytes S 1 Ep 11 Pt 1: The Mann Behind The Curtain: How Michael Mann’s Ponzi Scheme Crashed And Burned
How much would it take for you to lose your job, and your career, if you helped your friends make millions defrauding financial companies? Did you say $11,300 in Amazon gift cards? No? Well that’s what one criminal settled for from his “friends” in this scheme! This week we look…
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Crypto Cash for Classified Cache: The Failed Espionage Attempt Of An NSA Employee – eCrimeBytes Nibble #15
Well, well, well, looks like Jareh Sebastian Dalke wanted to play James Bond and sell classified information to a foreign government. From June 6, 2022, to July 1, 2022, he was an Information Systems Security Designer at the NSA, but apparently, that wasn’t exciting enough for him. With a thirst…
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Police Officer’s Lies Were Bench-Pressed Out Of A Job – eCrimeBytes Nibble #14
Jonathan Andino formerly from the New Haven, CT police department was sentenced to 2 years for computer crime. Andino was found guilty of providing information from investigative database about a DEA target, to that target. Meanwhile, the New Haven DEA Field Office had an investigation into drug trafficking in East…
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CT State Trooper Shares Info With GF’s Ex, Because Who Needs Job Security? – eCrimeBytes Nibble #13
At a first glance this case did not look that interesting, but after reading deeper it appears as if a CT state trooper (Mitchell Paz) let his girlfriend (Amanda Marino) use his laptop to look at investigative records of her ex (Shawn Roka). Now, you might be thinking, “Okay, that’s…
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Detecting njRAT/Bladabindi Malware With Zeek – Zeek Roulette #1
Welcome to the first edition of Zeek Roulette, where I pick a random Zeek topic and try to solve it! For this article I picked njRAT malware from Any.Run and tried to write a detector for it. There is a copy of the njRAT malware, PCAP, and its analysis available…
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SIM Swapping: The Hobby That Could Cost You Your Freedom (and $200k) – eCrimeBytes Nibble #12
This case has very little news written about it, but it was interesting enough that it was worth making into an eCrimeBytes Nibble. Let’s dive into the fascinating world of SIM Swapping! Being a SIM Swapper isn’t all sunshine and rainbows. In fact, it’s more like being a punching bag…
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eCrimeBytes S 1, Ep 10, Pt 2: Threesomes And Hitmen!
This is part 2! If you haven’t listened to it already, go back and listen to part 1 first: https://drkeithjones.com/index.php/2023/04/12/ecrimebytes-s-1-ep-10-pt-1-threesomes-and-hitmen/ We will learn about one Spokane, WA doctor’s desire to hurt those he thought got the best of him. The doctor’s first victim is a former coworker at the center…
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Naval Officer And Senior Government Trial Attorney Arrested For Cyberstalking – eCrimeBytes Nibble #11
You would think a Naval Officer and a senior government trial attorney would have higher morals than these two: A federal criminal complaint has been filed charging Jason Michael Leidel, age 42, an active-duty commissioned officer of the United States Navy and Sarah Elizabeth Sorg, age 43, a Senior Trial…
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Serial Swatting, Stalking, And A Body In A River – eCrimeBytes Nibble #10
This is wild. A serial swatter and a stalker were arrested after dumping a body in a river! Who was this taxi driver that appeared to have helped dispose of a body with no questions asked?! Things must work differently in Manila. Police in Manila say U.S citizens Mir Islam, 22, and Troy Woody…