Evil Corp.
Russia Sends Cybersecurity CEO to Jail for 14 Years
The Russian government today handed down a treason conviction and 14-year prison sentence on Iyla Sachkov, the former founder and CEO of one of Russia's largest cybersecurity firms. Sachkov, 37, has been ...
Rene Ritchie’s ‘How Apple DESTROYED Facebook’s Spyware’
Simply superb video, published on YouTube by the eponymous Rene Ritchie, targeting the criminal behavior of Facebook. Permalink ...
Ransomware Gangs and the Name Game Distraction
It's nice when ransomware gangs have their bitcoin stolen, malware servers shut down, or are otherwise forced to disband. We hang on to these occasional victories because history tells us that most ...
Ransomware Victims That Pay Up Could Incur Steep Fines from Uncle Sam
Companies victimized by ransomware and firms that facilitate negotiations with ransomware extortionists could face steep fines from the U.S. federal government if the crooks who profit from the attack are already under ...
Garmin Pays Ransom to Evil Corp – Despite Russian Sanctions
It’s emerged that Garmin caved into pressure and paid several million dollars’ ransom to WastedLocker-wielding criminals ...
Evil Corp’s WastedLocker Demanding Millions of Dollars for Decryption
What happens when one of the most prolific and infamous financially motivated cybercriminal organizations decides to develop a new ransomware strain? Unfortunately for us, this can be answered without conjecture or assumptions ...
Dutch university pays $220,000 ransom to infamous Russian cybercrime ring
The University of Maastricht in Holland has ended up paying a $220,000 ransom to a group of Russian hackers after an unwary employee fell for a phishing scam. The university was attacked ...
Russian Cybercrime Boss Burkov Pleads Guilty
Aleksei Burkov, an ultra-connected Russian hacker once described as "an asset of supreme importance" to Moscow, has pleaded guilty in a U.S. court to running a site that sold stolen payment card ...
Inside ‘Evil Corp,’ a $100M Cybercrime Menace
The U.S. Justice Department this month offered a $5 million bounty for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a Russian man indicted for allegedly orchestrating a vast, international cybercrime network ...
