Collaborate Disseminate
A 30-year old Romanian man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for leveraging the Netwalker ransomware to extort money from victims, the US Department of Justice announced on Thursday. Daniel Christian Hulea, of Jucu de Mijloc, Cluj, Romania, was arres… Continue reading Another NetWalker affiliate sentenced to 20 years in prison
It’s part of a broader effort to counter Pyongyang’s use of tech professionals to fool U.S. companies and nonprofits.
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As part of an ongoing international crackdown known as Operation PowerOFF, international law enforcement has seized over two dozen platforms used to carry out Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. These “booter” (aka “stresser… Continue reading 27 DDoS-for hire platforms seized by law enforcement
Evgenii Ptitsyn is said to have helped operate a ransomware-as-a-service organization that extorted millions from more than 1K victims, including schools and hospitals.
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The reported scope of the Salt Typhoon hacks has expanded in recent days and weeks, from the incoming president to top U.S. officials.
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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