Masked Actors

Send us Fan Mail Cybercrime operates at a scale most people never see. A single incident can cost hundreds of millions of pounds, disrupt businesses overnight, or devastate individuals and families. What often follows is a simple question: how do you stop something that moves this fast, across so many borders? The reality is far from straightforward. Building a case against cybercriminals means tracing activity across jurisdictions, piecing together fragments of digital evidence, and turning ...

Send us Fan Mail If evolution has taught humanity anything, it’s that adaptation is key to survival. As prey develop camouflage techniques, predators get faster, sturdier, and better at detection. Now this game of cat and mouse is taking over the digital world. All cybergangs are on a cycle of relentless adaptation – but a group that stands out from all the rest is Boolka, innovating near-constantly since it first landed on the cybercriminal scene in 2022. Its primary goal is to steal u...

Send us Fan Mail Cyber criminals are masters at exploiting human vulnerability and trust. In Uzbek folklore, there's a creature known for causing chaos, preying on humans, lurking in the dark and changing its face to trick its victims before it pounces. In December 2023, it lent its name to a sophisticated Android malware campaign using the same tactics that emerged in the digital underworld. The banking malware masqueraded as legitimate applications, leaving users confused – like its ...

Send us Fan Mail Forget everything you think you know about hackers. Today’s cybercriminals aren’t lurking in shadowy basements - they’re teenagers mastering cheat codes on Roblox, swapping tips on Discord, and using AI to launch attacks from their bedrooms. Join Group-IB’s Gary Ruddell and Nick Palmer as they sit down with Fergus Hay, CEO and co-founder of The Hacking Games, to explore how cybercrime is becoming more accessible than ever. They dive into the rise of Ransomware-as-a-Service (R...

Send us Fan Mail Empty shelves, lost customers, and hundreds of millions of pounds in lost profit are just some of the outcomes that retailers have faced in the wake of recent ransomware attacks. From the Co-operative to M&S, the recent cyber attacks on UK retail giants have dominated headlines and wreaked havoc that’s been felt by customers, staff, and government officials alike. The culprits behind it? A highly organised group of ransomware specialists, codename: DragonForce.&nbsp...

Send us Fan Mail If a cybercriminal steals your password, you can change it. But what happens if they steal your face? Former soldier turned hacker, Gary Ruddell and financial crime veteran, Nick Palmer, explore the actors behind GoldFactory - a cybercriminal group stealing users' facial recognition data to clean out victims bank accounts. Joined by Craig Jones, who spent five years at Interpol as the director of cybercrime, Group-IB's Gary and Nick explore how masked actors are exploit...