The US Treasury sanctions Philippines-based Funnull Technology for allegedly facilitating “pig butchering” crypto scams that stole over $200M from US victims
The U.S. government imposed sanctions on FUNNULL, a company accused of providing infrastructure for cybercriminals running so-called …
The US sanctions Beijing-based cybersecurity company Integrity Technology Group over its alleged links to attacks by China-backed hacking group Flax Typhoon
home.treasury.gov/news/press- r... Steve Herman / @newsguy : US imposes sanctions on the Beijing-based cybersecurity company Integrity Tech, which has links to China's Ministry of ...
The US sanctions Beijing-based cybersecurity company Integrity Technology over its alleged links to China-backed hacking group Flax Typhoon
home.treasury.gov/news/press- r... Steve Herman / @newsguy : US imposes sanctions on the Beijing-based cybersecurity company Integrity Tech, which has links to China's Ministry of ...
The US Treasury sanctions Iranian and Russian entities over attempted election interference, including a Moscow entity that directed the creation of deepfakes
The Treasury Department said Iran and Russia sought to divide Americans through targeted disinformation campaigns in the 2024 elections.
As the US and allies try to sanction Evil Corp., the UK NCA says the ransomware gang conducted cyberattacks and espionage ops on NATO allies on Kremlin orders
- Evil Corp. cybercrime crew conducted espionage on NATO members — UK, US and Australia issued sanctions against alleged hackers
Around 200 nations approved the UN Convention against Cybercrime, expected to win General Assembly approval; critics say it could be used to justify repression
A global deal on the criminal use of computer technology is moving ahead despite worries it will let governments around …
Europol says police in Germany, the UK, the US, and others took down botnets spreading ransomware via infected emails, arrested four, and seized 2,000+ domains
Police coordinated by the European Union's justice and police agencies have taken down computer networks responsible …
The US State Department implements a new policy that allows “the imposition of visa restrictions on individuals involved in the misuse of commercial spyware”
Sam Sabin / Axios :
Google's TAG publishes a report on commercial spyware, detailing ~40 vendors, and says global governments should take more aggressive steps to combat spyware
The commercial spyware industry continues to supply highly advanced surveillance capabilities despite efforts to better regulate it.
The US and the UK sanction seven people based in Russia, with likely FSB ties, connected to the Conti and Ryuk ransomware gangs and the Trickbot banking trojan
on par with terrorism and military crisis between states. Cheyenne Ligon / CoinDesk : Russian Cybercrime Gang Trickbot Sanctioned by US, UK Maggie Miller / Politico : U.S., U.K. sa...
Biden signs an EO to implement Privacy Shield 2.0, the EU-US data transfer framework seeking to address EU concerns of surveillance by US intelligence agencies
- President Joe Biden signed an executive order to implement a new framework to protect the privacy of personal data shared between the U.S. and Europe.
The US Treasury sanctions crypto mixing service Tornado Cash and 44 related ETH and USDC wallets, citing their use in high-profile hacks, such as by North Korea
- The Treasury is sanctioning DeFi mixing service, Tornado Cash. — The move is the agency's second sanction of a mixing service. Source: U.S. Department … .
Costa Rica's president declares a state of emergency after the Conti ransomware group published 672GB of data that appears to be from government agencies
The Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves has declared a national emergency following cyber attacks from Conti ransomware group on multiple government bodies.
A Moscow court finds Meta guilty of “extremist activity”, applying the decision to the already-banned Facebook and Instagram; WhatsApp remains unaffected
Biden signed an executive order directing federal agencies to study the risks posed by digital assets, such as evading sanctions, and consider a digital dollar
US announces anti-ransomware measures, including rewards of up to $10M for information about foreign state-sanctioned hackers targeting critical infrastructure
BOSTON (AP) — The State Department will offer rewards up to $10 million for information leading to the identification …