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A 27-year-old Russian national has been sentenced to over three years in prison for peddling financial information, login credentials, and other personally identifying information (PII) on a now-defunct dark web marketplace called Slilpp.
Georgy Kavzharadze, 27, of Moscow, Russia, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud earlier this February. In addition to
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Many organizations struggle with AI literacy, cautious adoption, and risks of immature implementation, leading to disruptions in security, including data threats and AI misuse.
Ransomware groups have earned over $450 million in H1 2024 by extorting victims through cryptocurrency payments, according to a report by Chainalysis. It has risen from the previous year, with a record ransom payment of $75 million reported.
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Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a sophisticated information stealer campaign that impersonates legitimate brands to distribute malware like DanaBot and StealC.
The activity cluster, orchestrated by Russian-speaking cybercriminals and collectively codenamed Tusk, is said to encompass several sub-campaigns, leveraging the reputation of the platforms to trick users into downloading the
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Security researchers at Palo Alto Networks discover a threat actor extorting organizations after compromising their cloud environments using inadvertently exposed environment variables.
Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: there are 400 CVE Numbering Authorities, crash reports can be a valuable source of information, and Schlatter was hit by a cyberattack.
A Russian citizen, known by various online names like “TeRorPP,” has been sentenced to 40 months in a U.S. prison for selling financial data and login credentials on the criminal marketplace Slilpp.
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Institutionalizing and sustaining fundamental cybersecurity practices requires a commitment to ongoing vigilance, active management, and a comprehensive understanding of evolving threats.
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