In April 2023, Remy Ra St. Felix targeted a 76-year-old couple for a cryptocurrency robbery. The couple, residing in Durham, North Carolina, were identified as potential victims through a hacked email account. St. Felix and associate Elmer Castro cosplayed as construction workers to earn the couple’s trust before they bound the pair and threatened to mutilate and kill them if they didn’t cooperate. They then used remote-control software to facilitate the heist.
Qualys uncovers large-scale Murdoc Botnet campaign
The Murdoc Botnet, a new element of the Mirai campaign, is targeting IoT devices worldwide. Uncovered by Qualys, the botnet targets vulnerabilities in AVTECH cameras
