U.S. and German law enforcement seized the domain of the crypto wallet platform Cryptonator, used by ransomware gangs, darknet marketplaces, and other illicit services, and indicted its operator. […]
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U.S. Trades Cybercriminals to Russia in Prisoner Swap
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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 […]
Twilio has finally killed off its Authy for Desktop application, forcibly logging users out of the desktop application. […]
Threat actors uploaded malicious Python packages to the PyPI repository and promoted them through the StackExchange online question and answer platform. […]
Researchers are warning of threat actors increasingly abusing the Cloudflare Tunnel service in malware campaigns that usually deliver remote access trojans (RATs). […]
The United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has shut down Russian Coms, a major caller ID spoofing platform used by hundreds of criminals to make over 1.8 million scam calls. […]
Threat actors have hijacked more than 35,000 registered domains in so-called Sitting Ducks attacks that allow claiming a domain without having access to the owner’s account at the DNS provider or registrar. […]
Pharmaceutical giant Cencora has confirmed that patients’ protected health information and personally identifiable information (PII) was exposed in a February cyberattack. […]
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warns of scammers posing as employees of cryptocurrency exchanges to steal funds from unsuspecting victims. […]