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Prisoner Swap: Huge Russian Hackers Freed — Seleznev and Klyushin
Richi Jennings | | cyber attacks russia, Putin, Roman Seleznev, Russia, russia hacker, russia-based, Russian hacker, Russian hackers, Russian hacking, SB Blogwatch, Vladimir Putin, Vladislav Klyushin
Pragmatic politics: Anger as Putin gets back two notorious cybercriminals ...
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Black Basta Ascension Attack Redux — can Patients Die of Ransomware?
Richi Jennings | | Ascension, Black Basta Ransomware, Conti, Conti Gang, Conti ransomware, Conti Ransomware Gang, exposed healthcare records, health care, health care organizations, Health Care Security, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), healthcare, Healthcare company, Healthcare Compliance, Healthcare Compliance & Security, HIPAA, HIPAA Compliance, hipaa laws, RaaS, Ransomware, Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS), Russia, russia hacker, russia-based, russian, Russian Cyber War, Russian cybercrime, Russian government, Russian hacker, Russian hackers, Russian hacking, Russian malware, SB Blogwatch
Inglorious Basta(rds): 16 days on, huge hospital system continues to be paralyzed by ransomware—and patient safety is at risk ...
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FBI/CISA Warning: ‘Black Basta’ Ransomware Gang vs. Ascension Health
Richi Jennings | | #StopRansomware, Ascension, Benefits of healthcare software, Black Basta Ransomware, cisa, CISA Threat Update, CISA warning, CISA.gov, Conti, Conti Gang, Conti ransomware, Conti Ransomware Gang, exposed healthcare records, health care, health care organizations, Health Care Security, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), healthcare, Healthcare company, Healthcare Compliance, Healthcare Compliance & Security, HIPAA, HIPAA Compliance, hipaa laws, NSA/CISA, RaaS, Ransomware, Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS), Russia, russia hacker, russia-based, russian, Russian Cyber War, Russian cybercrime, Russian government, Russian hacker, Russian hackers, Russian hacking, Russian malware, SB Blogwatch
Будет! Russian ransomware rascals riled a Roman Catholic healthcare organization ...
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Russia Hacked Microsoft Execs — SolarWinds Hackers at it Again
Richi Jennings | | APT29, azure, Azure cloud, Cozy Bear, lateral attack, lateral movement, LateralMovement, Microsoft, Microsoft 365, Midnight Blizzard, password spraying, Russia, Russian Cyber War, Russian cybercrime, Russian FSB, Russian hacker, Russian hackers, Russian hacking, Russian Threat Actors, SB Blogwatch
AKA APT29: Midnight Blizzard / Cozy Bear makes it look easy (and makes Microsoft look insecure) ...
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IPStrom Takedown Russian Mastermind Pleads Guilty
Wajahat Raja | | botnet, cybercrime, Cybercrime Crackdown, Cybercriminal, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Collaboration, Cybersecurity Measures, Cybersecurity News, DOJ (Department of Justice), Golang-based Botnet, internet security, ipstorm botnet, IPStrom, law enforcement, Malware, Qakbot Threat, Russian hacker, Sergei Makinin, takedown
On Tuesday, November 14th, 2023, the United States (US) government initiated the IPStrom takedown, Russian mastermind pled guilty to being the brains behind the operation. The IPStrom malware network was taken down ...

Where Did REvil Ransomware Go? Will it Be Back?
Speculation swirled over why the prolific and dangerous REvil ransomware went offline – blog, payment processing, all suddenly went kaput – it’s important not to lose sight of the bigger issues. While ...
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Man who lived luxury lifestyle after hacking LinkedIn and Dropbox is found guilty
Graham Cluley | | Formspring, Industry News, LinkedIn breach, linkedin hack, Russian hacker, Yevgeniy Nikulin
A US District court in California has found a Russian hacker guilty of breaking into the networks of LinkedIn, Dropbox, and the now defunct social network Formspring, and selling their user databases ...

Hacker accused of orchestrating massive hack of US financial institutions arrested
Luana Pascu | | data theft, financial institutions, hacking operation, Industry News, Russian hacker
A 35-year-old Russian national has been extradited from Georgia to the United States and arrested for allegedly taking part in a major hacking operation that targeted US-based financial companies, financial news media ...

Russian hacker gets 35 years in prison for running counter-AV service
Filip Truta | | counter AV, DOJ, hacker, Industry News, malware scanner, prison, Russia, Russian hacker, scan4you, sentence
A citizen of the former USSR who had been living in Riga, Latvia faces three charges related to his operation of “Scan4you,” an online counter-antivirus service that helped hackers dodge anti-malware solutions, ...