Ransomware
The BlackCat/Alphv ransomware group is dealing with the government operation that resulted in website seizures and a decryption tool.
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Two men linked to Garantex are accused of facilitating multi-billion dollar money laundering and sanctions violations.
Tracking & Law Enforcement
Several Venezuelans have been arrested and charged in the US in recent months for their role in ATM jackpotting schemes.
Tracking & Law Enforcement
Amnesty International publishes technical details on zero-day vulnerabilities exploited by Cellebrite’s mobile forensic tools to spy on a Serbian student activist.
Cybercrime
A Singaporean man accused of being a hacker responsible for over 90 data leaks has been arrested in Thailand.
Cybercrime
After governments announced sanctions against the Zservers/XHost bulletproof hosting service, Dutch police took 127 servers offline.
Ransomware
Law enforcement agencies take down the 8Base ransomware group’s infrastructure, arrest four Russian operators.
Ransomware
The US government announced the disruption of the notorious BlackCat ransomware-as-a-service operation and released a decryption tool to help organizations recover hijacked data.
Ransomware
The leak website of the notorious BlackCat/Alphv ransomware group has been offline for days and law enforcement is reportedly behind the takedown.
Tracking & Law Enforcement
FBI Director Christopher Wray calls for the reauthorization of a U.S. government surveillance tool set to expire at the end of the year.
Privacy
The Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee has called for the renewal of a key US government surveillance tool as he proposed a...
Malware & Threats
US government announces the takedown of the IPStorm proxy service botnet and the guilty plea of its creator, a Russian/Moldovan national.
Cyberwarfare
Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: EU regulation enables government surveillance, US offering rewards for Iranian hackers, evolution of Chinese spying.
Privacy & Compliance
France and the UK are calling for greater regulation of commercial surveillance software in the wake of recent Pegasus and Predator spyware scandals.
Tracking & Law Enforcement
Former British cyberespionage agency employee was sentenced in a London court for attempted murder, will have to serve at least 13 years in prison.
CISO Strategy
The SEC filed charges against SolarWinds and its CISO over misleading investors about its cybersecurity practices and known risks.
Cybercrime
A 20-year-old Floridian was sentenced to prison for his role in a hacking scheme that led to the theft of $1 million in cryptocurrency.
Cybercrime
Chinese authorities have netted thousands of people in a crackdown on cyber scams, but the criminal networks remain intact.
Government
The FCC is investigating whether Chinese firms such as Huawei, ZTE and China Telecom are still operating in the US.
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