cybercrime
LockBit Hacker Sentenced To 4 Years Jail Plus Fined $860K
Recent reports about legal proceedings, a 34-year-old Russian-Canadian national, Mikhail Vasiliev, has been handed a sentence of almost four years in Canadian prison. Vasiliev’s involvement in the global ransomware scheme known as ...
The Professionalism of Cybercrime
In decades past, cybercriminals were a diverse bunch. From hacktivists and hobbyists to grudge-bearing employees and opportunists, organizations suffered at the hands of a broad range of threat actors with a full ...
Evolving Cyber Threats: Insights and Strategies from the 2023 FBI IC3 Report
Latest FBI IC3 Report shows a record year for cybercrime: record-setting $12.5 billion in losses The 2023 FBI IC3 report reveals not just numbers but narratives that underscore the adaptability and cunning ...
Zero-Trust Network Access: Why so Many Teams Get it Wrong
Zero-trust encompasses a variety of technologies, from strong identity systems to microsegmentation. Why are so many organizations getting it wrong? ...
LockBit Ransomware Resurgence After Law Enforcement Takedown
LockBit ransomware, which has also been known as “ABCD,” has resurfaced on the dark web despite being dealt with strictly by the global law enforcement task force. This development of LockBit ransomware ...
BlackCloak Identifies Rising Cyber Threats Against Crypto-Invested Venture Capital and Private Equity Firm
The BlackCloak Threat Intelligence Team is currently observing and pinpointing new strategies deployed by cybercriminals targeting venture capital and private equity firms with investments in cryptocurrency. These malicious actors are not just ...
Locking Up Lockbit: The Fall of a Ransomware Cartel
As of the time I’m writing this, earlier this week a cybersecurity bombshell story just broke that, for once, is actually a positive turn of events. I’m talking about Operation Cronos, an ...
Alert: Coyote Trojan Strike Compromises 61 Brazilian Banks
Financial cyberattacks pose a significant threat to the stability of global economies and the security of financial institutions. In a recent cybersecurity development, a staggering 61 banks in Brazil have fallen victim ...
Cloudflare Breached by Nation-State Hackers
In a recent podcast interview with Cybercrime Magazine's Host, Charlie Osborne, Scott Schober, Cyber Expert, Author, and CEO of Berkeley Varitronics Systems, discusses the latest breach at Cloudflare, which has since been ...
Emulating the Ever-Evolving Loader DarkGate
AttackIQ has released three new attack graphs that seek to emulate the Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs) associated with and exhibited by the infamous loader known as DarkGate during its activities in ...
