A Nigerian threat actor has been observed attempting to recruit employees by offering them to pay $1 million in bitcoins to deploy Black Kingdom ransomware on companies' networks as part of an insider threat scheme. "The sender tells the employee that if they're able to deploy ransomware on a company computer or Windows server, then they would be paid $1 million in bitcoin, or … [Read more...] about Cybercrime Group Asking Insiders for Help in Planting Ransomware
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Russian Arrested After Offering $1 Million to U.S. Company Employee for Planting Malware
Hackers always find a way in, even if there's no software vulnerability to exploit.The FBI has arrested a Russian national who recently traveled to the United States and offered $1 million in bribe to an employee of a targeted company for his help in installing malware into the company's computer network manually.Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov, 27-year-old, entered the United States … [Read more...] about Russian Arrested After Offering $1 Million to U.S. Company Employee for Planting Malware
Siemens Contractor Pleads Guilty to Planting ‘Logic Bomb’ in Spreadsheets
A former Siemens contractor has pledged guilty in federal court Friday to secretly planting code in automated spreadsheets he had created for the company over a decade ago that deliberately crashes the program every few years.David Tinley, a 62-year-old resident of Harrison City, Pennsylvania, was hired by Siemens as a contract employee for Monroeville, Pennsylvania location, … [Read more...] about Siemens Contractor Pleads Guilty to Planting ‘Logic Bomb’ in Spreadsheets