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The agency’s deployment of additional cyber assistant legal attachés comes as it takes on a more proactive approach to combating cybercrime operations and infrastructure.
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Law enforcement seized the websites of the notorious Russian-speaking group before the criminals say they seized it back.
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The coalition aims to encourage members to no longer pay ransoms demanded by criminal hacking groups to discourage attacks from taking place.
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A Russian man identified by KrebsOnSecurity in January 2022 as a prolific and vocal member of several top ransomware groups was the subject of two indictments unsealed by the Justice Department today. U.S. prosecutors say Mikhail Pavolovich Matveev, a.k.a. “Wazawaka” and “Boriselcin” worked with three different ransomware gangs that extorted hundreds of millions of dollars from companies, schools, hospitals and government agencies. Continue reading Russian Hacker “Wazawaka” Indicted for Ransomware
As international law enforcement agencies turn up the heat on ransomware gangs, LockBit’s high-profile cyberattacks make it a prime target.
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Americans already trying to avoid calls from telemarketers, call support scammers and long-winded in-laws now have another reason to ignore that ringing phone: ransomware hackers. Scammers affiliated with a digital extortion outfit known as Hive are using phone calls to dial victims who are infected with a malicious software strain that locks up their files until they agree to pay a hostage fee, according to an August 25 FBI alert. Investigators first observed hackers deploying the malware in June, with attackers leveraging Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Protocol to infect business networks. In some cases, if victims don’t pay the demanded fee within two to six days, they have reported receiving phone calls from the hacking group. It’s the latest iteration of a personal tactic pioneered by other gangs — Maze, Conti and Ryuk, for instance — in which malware operators are thought to outsource tasks to a call center. Security firms […]
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