Collaborate Disseminate
Hambardzum Minasyan, an Armenian man extradited to the United States, is accused of conspiring with others to develop and operate the RedLine infostealer malware used to steal sensitive data, including login credentials, from victims’ computers. Minasy… Continue reading Second RedLine infostealer operator ends up in US custody
Three individuals, Stanley Yi Zheng, Matthew Kelly, and Tommy Shad English, have been charged with conspiracy to commit smuggling and export control violations after allegedly attempting to procure millions of dollars’ worth of restricted computer chip… Continue reading Mission to smuggle $170 million worth of AI tech to China collapsed for three men
Google is preparing for the quantum era, a turning point in digital security, with a 2029 timeline for post-quantum cryptography (PQC) migration. Security professionals warn that current encryption could be broken by large-scale quantum computers in th… Continue reading Google races to secure encryption before quantum threats arrive
A Russian national has been sentenced to 24 months in prison after admitting he managed a botnet used to launch ransomware attacks against dozens of U.S. companies. The judge also imposed a $100,000 fine and ordered him to forfeit $1.6 million linked t… Continue reading Botnet operator behind $14 million in ransomware extortion payments gets 24 months behind bars
To help teams make faster and more accurate decisions on emerging threats, Google has introduced a dark web intelligence capability in Google Threat Intelligence. Powered by Gemini, the feature analyzes millions of dark web events each day and surfaces… Continue reading Gemini picks up criminal activity buried in dark web noise
Auto mode is a new permissions feature in the Claude Code system that allows the AI to make approval decisions on a user’s behalf while safeguards review actions before execution. The feature is available on Team plans and requires administrator approv… Continue reading Anthropic cuts action approval loop, lets Claude Code make the call
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has imposed a ban on all new routers manufactured overseas being imported into and sold within the United States.
The post Uncle Sam closes the door on all new foreign-made routers appeared first on Help N… Continue reading Uncle Sam closes the door on all new foreign-made routers
A Russian citizen, Aleksei Volkov, was sentenced to 81 months in prison for helping ransomware groups carry out attacks causing over $9 million in actual losses and over $24 million in intended losses, after being arrested in Italy and extradited to th… Continue reading Russian initial access broker helped ransomware gangs extort millions, sentenced to 81 months
Exploitation timelines continued to compress in enterprise environments, with newly disclosed flaws reaching active use almost immediately and older weaknesses remaining active years after disclosure. (Source: Cisco Talos) Findings from Cisco Talos’ 20… Continue reading 32% of top-exploited vulnerabilities are over a decade old
GitHub is expanding its application security capabilities with AI-powered security detections designed to identify risks earlier in the development process, with public preview planned for early Q2. The update is intended to improve code scanning, secr… Continue reading GitHub just made it much harder to ship a vulnerable pull request