Treasury updates Lazarus Group sanctions with digital currency address linked to Ronin Bridge hack

The address received $600 million in Ethereum and other digital currency during the March attack, crypto-tracking company Chainalysis said.

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A practical reason why crypto might not work for large-scale sanctions evasion

According to crypto-tracking company Chainalysis, the markets probably couldn’t handle it without prices tanking.

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Hospital hallway robots get patches for potentially serious bugs

Five zero-days found in Aethon TUG robots included one that could allow an attacker to control the machines, Cynerio said.

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Microsoft seizes internet domains linked to GRU cyberattacks against Ukraine

Strontium — a group linked to Russian military intelligence — was using the domains to target Ukrainian institutions, Microsoft said.

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CrowdStrike, Mandiant announce ‘strategic partnership’

CrowdStrike’s Falcon platform will be integrated into Mandiant’s services for existing customers. More crossover is planned later this year.

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US says it disrupted Russian botnet ‘before it could be weaponized’

The botnet was being assembled by Russia’s foreign intelligence agency, the GRU, Attorney General Merrick Garland said at a news conference.

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Hydra market’s servers, $25M in bitcoin seized by German police in dark web sting

Narcotics trafficking and money laundering were the main business for Hydra, which researchers say was the largest dark-web market.

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State Department’s cyber bureau begins operations

The announcement comes after years of back-and-forth between Congress and multiple presidential administrations about consolidating how the department handles cyber diplomacy.

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‘Spring4Shell’ bug in framework for Java programming draws widespread warnings

Web applications created in the Spring platform could leave users open to remote code execution, CISA and others are warning.

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Treasury sanctions Russian research center blamed for Trisis malware

The list also includes Evgeny Viktorovich Gladkikh, the researcher indicted for creating the malware, which targets industrial control systems.

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