Collaborate Disseminate
The identity of a suspected developer and administrator of the Redline malware-as-a-service operation has been revealed: Russian national Maxim Rudometov. Infrastructure takedown As promised on Monday when they announced the disruption of the Redline a… Continue reading US charges suspected Redline infostealer developer, admin
A criminal complaint says the group jeopardized lives via DDoS attack, with 35,000 attacks since the beginning of 2023.
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Microsoft and the US Justice Department have seized over 100 domains used by Star Blizzard, a Russian nation-state threat actor. “Between January 2023 and August 2024, Microsoft observed Star Blizzard target over 30 civil society organizations – … Continue reading 100+ domains seized to stymie Russian Star Blizzard hackers
The third phase of Operation Cronos, which involved officers from the UK National Crime Agency (NCA), the FBI, Europol and other law enforcement agencies, has resulted in the arrest of four persons for allegedly participating in the LockBit ransomware-… Continue reading 4 new LockBit-related arrests, identities of suspected Evil Corp members, affiliates revealed
A botnet operated by the Chinese state-sponsored threat actor known as Flax Typhoon has been disrupted by the law enforcement agency and abandoned by the group, FBI Director Chris Wray confirmed on Wednesday. “We executed court-authorized operati… Continue reading FBI forced Flax Typhoon to abandon its botnet
The US Department of Justice has named five Russian computer hackers as members of Unit 29155 – i.e., the 161st Specialist Training Center of the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) – which they deem resposible for the… Continue reading Exposed: Russian military Unit 29155 does digital sabotage, espionage
Ping Li gave the Chinese government information about the country’s hacking of a major U.S. company and cyber training materials, the DOJ said.
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The suit relies on a Civil War-era law that DOJ has increasingly turned to for cyber cases.
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A federal grand jury in Maryland returned an indictment charging a Russian citizen with conspiracy to hack into and destroy computer systems and data. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison. The U.S. Department of State’s Rewa… Continue reading US offers $10 million for information on indicted WhisperGate malware suspect
The influence campaign includes a phony Netflix documentary and seeks to undermine France and the International Olympic Committee.
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