DOJ seizes piracy sites, Italian police dismantle illegal IPTV operation

Officials took down three U.S.-registered domains that distributed copyrighted content and received tens of millions of visits a year.

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Google’s disruption rips millions out of devices out of malicious network

The actions impaired some of IPIDEA’s proxy infrastructure, but not all of it. The effort underscores the back-and-forth struggle of taking out pieces of cybercriminals’ vast and growing infrastructure.

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Long-running North Korea threat group splits into 3 distinct operations

The trio, which share lineage with the more broadly defined Lazarus Group, are focused on espionage and cryptocurrency theft, according to CrowdStrike.

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Fortinet’s latest zero-day vulnerability carries frustrating familiarities for customers

Attackers have exploited the critical defect to reconfigure firewall settings, create unauthorized accounts with privileged access to multiple versions of the vendor’s security products.

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Cybercriminals and nation-state groups are exploiting a six-month old WinRAR defect

Nation-state groups are consistently exploiting the defect to target victims in military, government and technology for espionage.

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A new wave of ‘vishing’ attacks is breaking into SSO accounts in real time

Cybercrime groups, including one that identifies as ShinyHunters, are targeting single sign-on services to gain access to victim networks and steal data.

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Leader of ransomware crew pleads guilty to four-year crime spree

Ianis Antropenko, a Russian national living in California, admitted to committing ransomware attacks against at least 50 victims. He faces up to 25 years in jail.

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Black Basta’s alleged ringleader identified as authorities raid homes of other members

Oleg Evgenievich Nefedov, a 35-year-old Russian national, is accused of forming and running the ransomware outfit since 2022. He’s now on Europol and Interpol’s most-wanted lists.

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The thin line between saving a company and funding a crime

Ransomware negotiators dish on being in a ‘moral gray zone,’ unrestricted by accountability or industrywide rules of engagement.

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Jordanian national pleads guilty after unknowingly selling FBI agent access to 50 company networks

Authorities linked the 40-year-old to multiple crimes by tracing the email address he used for a cybercrime forum to the same account he used to apply for a U.S. visa in 2016.

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