UK and US authorities identify and charge the leader of the LockBit ransomware gang, a 31-year-old Russian national; the US also issued sanctions against him
$10 million reward for his arrest Pierluigi Paganini / Security Affairs : Law enforcement agencies identified LockBit ransomware admin and sanctioned him Hannan Mundia / Android Headlines : US indicat...
Sources: in January, the US DOJ charged three people over a phone-hacking scheme that included the FTX hack to steal $400M+ during the exchange's 2022 collapse
Another great article by Brian Krebs on SIM-swapping risks and countermeasures. … Kelvin Low : FTX hack demonstrates the fatal flaw in the cryptoverse's design. — Bloomberg reports: — “Three peopl...
The US charges two US members of the ViLE cybercriminal group for an alleged May 2022 hack into a DEA portal that taps into 16 federal law enforcement databases
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Sources: Switzerland arrests Vyacheslav “Tank” Penchukov, a Ukrainian accused of leading a cybercriminal group that stole from SMBs using JabberZeus malware
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IoT manufacturer Ubiquiti sues cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs, claiming he falsely accused the company of covering up a cyberattack
This week we made available an interview with a senior manager of an intelware company. See also Mediagazer
US Treasury says those who facilitate payments on behalf of ransomware victims, including digital forensics firms, face fines if recipients are under sanctions
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Israeli court sentences the co-owners of vDOS, a now defunct DDoS-for-hire service, to six months of community service
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