Collaborate Disseminate
After taking down the world’s most prolific ransomware group, a police messaging campaign is trying to undermine its leaders.
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Documents that appear to belong to the offensive security firm I-SOON provide a rare window into the world of Beijing’s hackers for hire.
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An international law enforcement operation on Monday seized servers and disrupted the infrastructure used by the LockBit ransomware syndicate, a government official confirmed to CyberScoop after websites used by the ransomware group displayed messages that they had been seized. An operation carried out by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the UK’s National Crime Agency […]
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Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov pleaded guilty to two counts, each of which carries a possible 20-year prison term.
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U.S. authorities disrupted the infrastructure used by a notorious Russian hacking group linked to the country’s military intelligence agency.
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Details about the spyware firms, based in Italy, Spain and the UAE, were shared by the social media giant in its quarterly adversary threat report.
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Objectives from the hacking groups include espionage, information operations or destructive activities, researchers say.
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Roughly 6,600 people — primarily current and former Government Accountability Office employees — had their data accessed, the agency said.
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FBI, NSA and CISA officials warn that Volt Typhoon actors are “pre-positioning themselves on IT networks to enable lateral movement to OT assets to disrupt functions.”
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Stepped up coordination among Iranian cyber actors may improve their ability to hit U.S. critical infrastructure, Microsoft researchers say.
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