Malware & Threats
Law enforcement reveals the identities of eight cybercriminals linked to recently disrupted malware loaders.
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Cybercrime
We all know they’re watching us. But we don’t know who they are, nor why nor how they are doing it.
Cybercrime
Thalha Jubair and Owen Flowers were prosecuted over a 2024 cyberattack targeting Transport for London (TfL).
Cybercrime
Prosecutors say 19-year-old Peter Stokes was a member of Scattered Spider, the hacking group linked to more than 100 network intrusions and over $100...
Cybercrime
NetNut rented access to millions of compromised devices, allowing cybercriminals and nation-state actors to mask their identities during attacks.
Malware & Threats
The TrickBot botnet and other malware droppers have been targeted by international law enforcement in Operation Endgame.
Malware & Threats
The US announced that the 911 S5 (Cloud Router) botnet, likely the world’s largest, has been dismantled and its administrator arrested.
Cybercrime
The US government has announced sanctions against three Chinese nationals accused of creating and operating the 911 S5 proxy botnet.
Tracking & Law Enforcement
The US government has announced charges, seizures, arrests and rewards as part of an effort to disrupt a scheme that generates revenue for North...
Cybercrime
The hacking forum BreachForums is displaying a notice claiming that the website is under the control of the FBI.
Tracking & Law Enforcement
Apple and Google have rolled out a new mobile feature that warns users of unwanted trackers moving with them.
Ransomware
Charges and sanctions announced against Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, the alleged developer and operator of LockBit ransomware.
Cybercrime
In February 2023, French police arrested well-known Finnish hacker Aleksanteri Kivimäki, who was living under a false identity near Paris. He was deported to...
Tracking & Law Enforcement
The judge with Spain’s National Court said there is reason to believe that the new information provided by France can “allow the investigations to...
Government
The bill was approved on a bipartisan basis, 273-147, though it will still have to clear the Senate to become law.
Government
Speaker Mike Johnson is expected to bring forward a Plan B that would reform and extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act...
Government
A bill that would reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was blocked by a conservative revolt.
Privacy & Compliance
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act expires on April 19.
Ransomware
The US is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information on BlackCat ransomware affiliates that targeted US critical infrastructure.
Tracking & Law Enforcement
UK Judges said the U.S. must guarantee that Assange, who is Australian, “is afforded the same First Amendment protections as a United States citizen,...
Cybercrime
German authorities took down the Nemesis Market, a major online marketplace for drugs, cybercrime services and stolen credit card data.
Artificial Intelligence
Justice Department Beefs up Focus on Artificial Intelligence Enforcement, Warns of Harsher Sentences
Officials are set to warn that companies and people who deliberately misuse AI technology to advance a white-collar crime like price fixing and market...
Malware & Threats
The Treasury Department sanctioned individuals associated with Intellexa Consortium, maker of the powerful Predator Spyware.
Tracking & Law Enforcement
The 22-year-old Air National Guard member admitted illegally collecting some of the nation’s most sensitive secrets and sharing them with other users on Discord.
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Organizations are rushing to implement AI without fully grasping where its legal protections begin and end.
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Build your strategy around answering these questions to ensure employees use AI productively while keeping sensitive data, IP, and agent behavior within the boundaries set for safe AI use.
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The best compliance programs aren't the biggest ones. They're the ones built on a short list of questions that can actually be answered, and that still hold true when the models change.
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Identity confidence changes throughout every interaction and should be reassessed continuously as new risk signals emerge.
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