Alleged 764 member arrested, charged with CSAM possession in New York

Authorities have arrested multiple members of 764 during the past year, reflecting heightened law enforcement activity targeting the violent extremist collective.

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Ivanti’s EPMM is under active attack, thanks to two critical zero-days

Limited attacks occurred prior to Ivanti’s disclosure, followed by mass exploitation by multiple threat groups. More than 1,400 potentially vulnerable instances remain exposed.

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China-based espionage group compromised Notepad++ for six months

The Chinese APT group Lotus Blossom intruded the tool’s internal systems to snoop on a limited set of users’ activities, according to researchers.

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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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