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Cybersecurity Pros Sentenced for Running ALPHV BlackCat Ransomware ALPHV BlackCat Affiliates Ransomware Insider Threat

Cybersecurity Pros Sentenced for Running ALPHV BlackCat Ransomware

Do Son May 2, 2026

Two American cybersecurity professionals were sentenced today to four years each in federal prison. Leveraging the very...

“IT Support” Imposters: ShinyHunters Vishing Rings Bypass MFA to Steal Data ShinyHunters Vishing Corporate Vishing Attacks

“IT Support” Imposters: ShinyHunters Vishing Rings Bypass MFA to Steal Data

Do Son February 4, 2026

A new report from Mandiant details how sophisticated voice phishing (vishing) rings are bypassing modern security controls...

The $100M Stalker: Nefilim Ransomware Affiliate Pleads Guilty as DOJ Hunts Fugitive Leader Elderly lottery fraud scam DOJ wire fraud conspiracy ALPHV BlackCat, Insider Threat Nefilim ransomware Artem Stryzhak guilty plea, Volodymyr Tymoshchuk $11M reward CoinDCX, Employee Arrest Operation PowerOFF Cybercrime, Self-Promotion Hacking

Elderly lottery fraud scam DOJ wire fraud conspiracy ALPHV BlackCat, Insider Threat Nefilim ransomware Artem Stryzhak guilty plea, Volodymyr Tymoshchuk $11M reward CoinDCX, Employee Arrest Operation PowerOFF Cybercrime, Self-Promotion Hacking

The $100M Stalker: Nefilim Ransomware Affiliate Pleads Guilty as DOJ Hunts Fugitive Leader

Do Son December 22, 2025

A Ukrainian national has admitted his role in the notorious Nefilim ransomware operation, confirming the inner workings...

Next-Gen Ransomware Targets AWS S3: Five Cloud-Native Variants Exploit Misconfigurations for Irreversible Data Destruction S3 Ransomware, Cloud-Native Extortion

Next-Gen Ransomware Targets AWS S3: Five Cloud-Native Variants Exploit Misconfigurations for Irreversible Data Destruction

Do Son November 20, 2025

A new report from Trend Research warns that ransomware operators are rapidly shifting their focus from traditional...

Trinity of Chaos: How LAPSUS$, Scattered Spider, and ShinyHunters Forged a Cybercrime Alliance WhatsApp Worm, Brazilian Banking Trojan LAPSUS$ Alliance, Scattered Spider Ransomware, Cybercrime RedCurl APT group Russian Cyberespionage, ApolloShadow Malware

WhatsApp Worm, Brazilian Banking Trojan LAPSUS$ Alliance, Scattered Spider Ransomware, Cybercrime RedCurl APT group Russian Cyberespionage, ApolloShadow Malware

Trinity of Chaos: How LAPSUS$, Scattered Spider, and ShinyHunters Forged a Cybercrime Alliance

Do Son September 29, 2025

A new report from Resecurity sheds light on the growing convergence between three of the most notorious...

DOJ Charges UK National Linked to Scattered Spider in $115M Cyber Extortion Scheme Romanian hacker sentenced identity theft conviction Pig-Butchering Crackdown Operation Level Up Oleksandr Didenko North Korean IT Workers Coinbase TaskUs insider breach, Hyderabad police Coinbase arrest Scattered Spider, Cybercrime Scattered Spider group

Romanian hacker sentenced identity theft conviction Pig-Butchering Crackdown Operation Level Up Oleksandr Didenko North Korean IT Workers Coinbase TaskUs insider breach, Hyderabad police Coinbase arrest Scattered Spider, Cybercrime Scattered Spider group

DOJ Charges UK National Linked to Scattered Spider in $115M Cyber Extortion Scheme

Do Son September 19, 2025

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has unsealed a criminal complaint charging Thalha Jubair, a 19-year-old United...

FBI Alert: Two Cybercriminal Groups Are Actively Compromising Salesforce TanStack Typosquatting npm Supply Chain Attack Axios Supply Chain Attack npm Poisoning eScan Supply Chain Attack Antivirus Compromise APT-36, NCERT WhatsApp Advisory FBI alert, Salesforce Salt Typhoon, APT group ConnectWise ScreenConnect hack Nation-state cyberattack FortiGate Leak - zkLend vulnerability - TRIPLESTRENGTH Threat Actor Group Dark Storm

TanStack Typosquatting npm Supply Chain Attack Axios Supply Chain Attack npm Poisoning eScan Supply Chain Attack Antivirus Compromise APT-36, NCERT WhatsApp Advisory FBI alert, Salesforce Salt Typhoon, APT group ConnectWise ScreenConnect hack Nation-state cyberattack FortiGate Leak - zkLend vulnerability - TRIPLESTRENGTH Threat Actor Group Dark Storm

FBI Alert: Two Cybercriminal Groups Are Actively Compromising Salesforce

Do Son September 15, 2025

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in coordination with DHS/CISA, has released a new FLASH Alert (FLASH-20250912-001)...

A New Threat to Artists: Hackers Threaten to Feed Stolen Art to AI AI extortion, artists' rights

A New Threat to Artists: Hackers Threaten to Feed Stolen Art to AI

Do Son September 8, 2025

For content creators, the unauthorized scraping of their work by AI companies for training artificial intelligence models...

UK Moves to Ban Ransomware Payments for Public Sector Bodies, Criminalizing Extortion Compliance INC Ransom Pacific Cyber Threats OysterLoader Malware Rhysida Ransomware Black Basta Ransomware BYOVD Technique Velociraptor Abuse, Storm-2603 Ransomware Crypto24, Ransomware Ransomware Payments, UK Legislation ZACROS data breach

INC Ransom Pacific Cyber Threats OysterLoader Malware Rhysida Ransomware Black Basta Ransomware BYOVD Technique Velociraptor Abuse, Storm-2603 Ransomware Crypto24, Ransomware Ransomware Payments, UK Legislation ZACROS data breach

UK Moves to Ban Ransomware Payments for Public Sector Bodies, Criminalizing Extortion Compliance

Do Son July 24, 2025

Ransomware continues to inflict substantial damage each year on businesses, educational institutions, government agencies, and other organizations....

US Army Soldier “kiberphant0m” Pleads Guilty to Telecom Hacking & $1M Extortion Scheme Soldier Hacker, Telecom Extortion Curious Serpens

US Army Soldier “kiberphant0m” Pleads Guilty to Telecom Hacking & $1M Extortion Scheme

Do Son July 15, 2025

Cameron John Wagenius, a 21-year-old former U.S. Army soldier stationed in Texas, has pleaded guilty to conspiring...

DOJ Probes Ex-Ransomware Negotiator Over Alleged Collusion With Hackers AccountDumpling Phishing Google AppSheet Abuse AI-Generated Malware PureRAT Campaign RondoDoX Botnet, Next.js React2Shell EchoGather, Paper Werewolf Salt Typhoon, Telecom Espionage BreachForums, Conor Fitzpatrick Ransomware Negotiation, DOJ Investigation MirrorFace group - Earth Kasha Emperor Dragonfly

AccountDumpling Phishing Google AppSheet Abuse AI-Generated Malware PureRAT Campaign RondoDoX Botnet, Next.js React2Shell EchoGather, Paper Werewolf Salt Typhoon, Telecom Espionage BreachForums, Conor Fitzpatrick Ransomware Negotiation, DOJ Investigation MirrorFace group - Earth Kasha Emperor Dragonfly

DOJ Probes Ex-Ransomware Negotiator Over Alleged Collusion With Hackers

Do Son July 5, 2025

The U.S. Department of Justice has recently launched a criminal investigation into a former ransomware negotiation specialist,...

RapperBot Resurfaces: 50,000+ Bots Demand Monero Extortion in New DDoS Campaigns RapperBot Botnet, DDoS Extortion

RapperBot Resurfaces: 50,000+ Bots Demand Monero Extortion in New DDoS Campaigns

Do Son June 23, 2025

A botnet called RapperBot blends technical evolution with internet-era bravado to launch attacks on over 50,000 devices...

Robbinhood Ransomware Operator Pleads Guilty to Targeting U.S. Cities Robbinhood ransomware Sina Gholinejad

Robbinhood Ransomware Operator Pleads Guilty to Targeting U.S. Cities

Do Son May 28, 2025

The U.S. Department of Justice announced a major breakthrough in an international cybercrime investigation as Sina Gholinejad,...

Luna Moth’s Callback Phishing Attacks Target US Legal and Financial Firms

Do Son May 3, 2025

A new threat intelligence report from EclecticIQ unveils the evolving tradecraft of Luna Moth, a financially motivated...

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