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A Nigerian national, Chukwuemeka Victor Amachukwu (aliases Chukwuemeka Victor Eletuo and So Kwan Leung), 40, was sentenced to eight years in prison for his role in spearphishing attacks against US tax preparation businesses between 2019 and 2021. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit computer intrusions and wire fraud after being extr…
A new dark web identity theft service called Nexus, advertised on the Russian cybercrime forum Exploit on Aug. 31, 2026, is selling scans of more than 153 million driver's licenses from the US and Canada. It also lists over 10 million ID cards, 3 million travel documents and 579,000 medical cards. KrebsOnSecurity's analysis points to the …
Robert Wayne Boling Jr., a 45-year-old US citizen living in Angeles City, Philippines, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering, the US Department of Justice announced. Prosecutors call him the principal orchestrator of a scheme that used stolen PII to compromise bank accounts of thousands of US servicemember…
A 40-year-old Nigerian national, Chukwuemeka Victor Amachukwu, was sentenced to eight years in prison by a US federal court for a 2019-2023 scheme that combined hacking of US tax preparation businesses, filing of fraudulent tax returns and fake investment fraud. He used identities stolen from victim organizations to file false returns wit…
Trend Micro published a report, Deepfake it 'til You Make It: A Comprehensive View of the New AI Criminal Toolset, describing how cybercriminals use inexpensive, off-the-shelf generative AI platforms to produce deepfake video, audio and images. Many of these platforms are marketed to content creators. Observed abuse includes CEO fraud wit…
Scammers are exploiting the annual Medicare Open Enrollment period (October 15 to December 7) as a pretext to impersonate insurers, agencies or Medicare itself. Contact comes by phone, SMS, email, social media and malicious Google ads that lead to spoofed, official-looking websites. Lures include plan changes, card replacement, lower prem…
