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DOJ Seizes Ransomware Site as BlackCat Threatens More Attacks
U.S. law enforcement agencies said they shut down the online operations of the notorious Russia-linked BlackCat ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group and developed a decryption tool that will help more than 500 victims regain ...
Play Ransomware Has Hit 300 Entities Worldwide: FBI
The Play ransomware group, which was behind such high-profile attacks as those on the city of Oakland, California, and Dallas County, Texas, is behind at least 300 similar cyber-incidents since June 2022, ...
FBI Details How Companies Can Delay SEC Cyber Disclosures
The FBI is outlining how its agents will handle requests from publicly traded companies that want to delay having to disclose a cybersecurity incident under the new controversial Securities and Exchange Commission ...
FBI Shuts Down IPStorm Botnet as Its Operator Pleads Guilty
The notorious IPStorm botnet proxy network, which first spun up in 2019 targeting Windows systems and two years later expanded to devices running other operating systems, is shut down and its creator ...
FBI’s Warrantless Spying on US Must Continue, Says FBI
Privacy, schmivacy: FBI head Christopher Wray (pictured) doesn’t see what all the fuss is about. Just renew FISA section 702 already! ...
FBI and CISA Say the Royal Ransomware Group May Rebrand
The prolific Royal ransomware group, which has demanded more than $275 million in ransom from as many as 350 targets since September 2022, may be preparing to rebrand itself or spin off ...
Special Guest Jayson E. Street, Phantom Hacker Scams, 23andMe User Data For Sale
In milestone episode 300, Jayson E. Street (a renowned hacker, helper, and human who has successfully robbed banks, hotels, government facilities, and Biochemical companies on five continents) joins us to share what ...
CISA and FBI to Network Admins: Patch Atlassian Confluence Now
Federal security agencies are urging network administrators to immediately patch Atlassian Confluence servers to protect against a critical security flaw that is being exploited by cybercriminals. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ...
Threat Groups Accelerating the Use of Dual Ransomware Attacks
Ransomware groups are shrinking the time between attacks on the same victim, sometimes targeting the same company twice within 48 hours using different malware variants, according to the FBI. In a notice ...
A Closer Look at the Snatch Data Ransom Group
Earlier this week, KrebsOnSecurity revealed that the darknet website for the Snatch ransomware group was leaking data about its users and the crime gang's internal operations. Today, we'll take a closer look ...
