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Trump Revenge Tour Targets Cyber Leaders, Elections

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President Trump last week revoked security clearances for Chris Krebs, the former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) who was fired by Trump after declaring the 2020 election the most secure in U.S. history. The White House memo, which also suspended clearances for other security professionals at Krebs’s employer SentinelOne, comes as CISA is facing huge funding and staffing cuts. Continue reading Trump Revenge Tour Targets Cyber Leaders, Elections→

Who Wrote the ALPHV/BlackCat Ransomware Strain?

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In December 2021, researchers discovered a new ransomware-as-a-service named ALPHV (a.k.a. “BlackCat”), considered to be the first professional cybercrime group to create and use a ransomware strain in the Rust programming language. In this post, we’ll explore some of the clues left behind by the developer who was reputedly hired to code the ransomware variant. Continue reading Who Wrote the ALPHV/BlackCat Ransomware Strain?→

The ‘Groove’ Ransomware Gang Was a Hoax

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A number of publications in September warned about the emergence of “Groove,” a new ransomware group that called on competing extortion gangs to unite in attacking U.S. government interests online. It now appears that Groove was all a big hoax designed to toy with security firms and journalists. Continue reading The ‘Groove’ Ransomware Gang Was a Hoax→