The United States Department of Justice has charged a Russian national with two indictments. The individuals executed attacks against U.S. infrastructure. The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) …
US, Ukraine Shut Down Cryptocurrency Exchanges Used by Cybercriminals
Authorities in the United States and Ukraine have shut down nine websites that had been offering cryptocurrency exchange services to cybercriminals. he takedowns are the result of cooperation between …
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U.S. says it ‘hacked the hackers’ to bring down ransomware gang, helping 300 victims
The FBI on Thursday revealed it had secretly hacked and disrupted a prolific ransomware gang called Hive, a maneuver that allowed the bureau to thwart the group from collecting more than $130 million …
Cryptocurrency ransom payments drop amid record-high illicit transactions in 2022: reports
Ransomware payments in cryptocurrency saw a sharp drop in 2022 despite a record-high volume of illicit transactions, according to research firm Chainalysis, as the virtual asset sector continues to …
Preventing Cryptocurrency Cyber Extortion
To solve crime, the old saying still holds: “Follow the money.” But how do you do that for cybercrimes when the money itself is decentralized and anonymous—as is the case with cryptocurrency? In …
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DOJ charges 3 Iranians with hacking hundreds of U.S. computers to extort ransom
The Justice Department announced charges Wednesday against three Iranian men accused of hacking into hundreds of U.S. computer systems, encrypting data and extorting victims for ransom. Victims of the …
North Korean Lazarus Group Hacked Energy Providers Worldwide
A malicious campaign conducted by the North Korean threat actor Lazarus Group targeted energy providers around the world between February and July 2022. The campaign was previously partially disclosed …
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TeslaGun Primed to Blast a New Wave of Backdoor Cyberattacks
A newly discovered cyberattack panel dubbed TeslaGun has been discovered, used by Evil Corp to run ServHelper backdoor campaigns. Data gleaned from an analysis by the Prodraft Threat Intelligence …
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Crypto’s collapse isn’t solving the ransomware problem
It's going to take more than a months-long cryptocurrency free fall to squash the mounting ransomware problem, cyber incident responders and threat analysts tell Axios. Why it matters: Companies have …
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Why Hackers Are Winning the Ransomware Game
The threat landscape is in a constant state of flux. While malicious activity is incessant and we know it will continually occur, the methods and the rates of which threat actors target victims …
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