Category Archives: Russia’s War on Ukraine

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Alexander Vinnik, Alsu Kurmasheva, BTC-e, Evan Gershkovich, German Moyzhes, Ivan Ermakov, Krebs, Maxim Marchenko, Mt. Gox, Ne'er-Do-Well News, News, Paul Whelan, ransomware, Roman Seleznev, Russia's War on Ukraine, Security, trickbot, Vadim Krasikov, Vladimir Putin, Vladislav Klyushin

U.S. Trades Cybercriminals to Russia in Prisoner Swap

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01
Aug

Twenty-four prisoners were freed today in an international prisoner swap between Russia and Western countries. Among the eight Russians repatriated were several convicted cybercriminals. In return, Russia has reportedly released 16 prisoners, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and ex-U.S. Marine Paul Whelan. Among the more notable Russian hackers released in the prisoner swap […]

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The Stark Truth Behind the Resurgence of Russia’s Fin7

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10
Jul

The Russia-based cybercrime group dubbed “Fin7,” known for phishing and malware attacks that have cost victim organizations an estimated $3 billion in losses since 2013, was declared dead last year by U.S. authorities. But experts say Fin7 has roared back to life in 2024 — setting up thousands of websites mimicking a range of media […]

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Stark Industries Solutions: An Iron Hammer in the Cloud

Posted on by [email protected]
23
May

The homepage of Stark Industries Solutions. Two weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, a large, mysterious new Internet hosting firm called Stark Industries Solutions materialized and quickly became the epicenter of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on government and commercial targets in Ukraine and Europe. An investigation into Stark Industries reveals it is […]

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A Little Sunshine, Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, Krebs, LockBitSupp, Ne'er-Do-Well News, News, Russia's War on Ukraine, Security, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger, U.S. Department of Justice, Дмитрий Юрьевич Хорошев

U.S. Charges Russian Man as Boss of LockBit Ransomware Group

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07
May

The United States joined the United Kingdom and Australia today in sanctioning 31-year-old Russian national Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev as the alleged leader of the infamous ransomware group LockBit. The U.S. Department of Justice also indicted Khoroshev and charged him with using Lockbit to attack more than 2,000 victims and extort at least $100 million in […]

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A Little Sunshine, Alexandr Ermakov, Andrey Sokol, Breadcrumbs, fory66399, Hkleaks, Krebs, Latest Warnings, MetaMask, News, Privnote, privnote.com, Russia's War on Ukraine, Security, Taylor Monahan, Tornote.io, Web Fraud 2.0

Fake Lawsuit Threat Exposes Privnote Phishing Sites

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04
Apr

A cybercrook who has been setting up websites that mimic the self-destructing message service privnote.com accidentally exposed the breadth of their operations recently when they threatened to sue a software company. The disclosure revealed a profitable network of phishing sites that behave and look like the real Privnote, except that any messages containing cryptocurrency addresses […]

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From Cybercrime Saul Goodman to the Russian GRU

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07
Feb

In 2021, the exclusive Russian cybercrime forum Mazafaka was hacked. The leaked user database shows one of the forum’s founders was an attorney who advised Russia’s top hackers on the legal risks of their work, and what to do if they got caught. A review of this user’s hacker identities shows that during his time […]

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