Tag: #ransomware
The digital age, while brimming with opportunities, has cast a long shadow of cybercrime. A specter that has doubled since the pandemic, cyberattacks now plague businesses of all sizes, from startups to multinational corporations. The 2017 Equifax data breach, which exposed the personal information of 150 million consumers, serves as a stark reminder of the […]
Two Russian nationals have confessed to their roles in numerous LockBit ransomware attacks, which targeted victims in the United States and worldwide. The Justice Department announced on Thursday that Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov, a Russian national, and Mikhail Vasiliev, a dual Canadian/Russian national, were affiliates of LockBit’s ransomware-as-a-service operation. Affiliates like Vasiliev and Astamirov identified and breached […]
In a major victory for international cybersecurity efforts, a coordinated law enforcement operation codenamed “MORPHEUS” has successfully disrupted a significant cybercrime infrastructure built around the penetration testing tool Cobalt Strike. Led by the United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) in collaboration with authorities from Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, and the United States, the […]