Cyber Crimes Center, a division of the US DHS, says it has disrupted 500+ ransomware attacks and seized $4.3B in crypto since 2021, including $180M in 2023
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Cyber Crimes Center, a division of the US DHS, says it has disrupted 500+ ransomware attacks and seized $4.3B in crypto since 2021, including $180M last year
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A look at “Terrorgram”, a network of far-right Telegram channels posting info on power grid attacks, which the North American Reliability Corp. says have spiked
Jeff Stone / Bloomberg : X: @jeffstone500 . Forums: r/technology , r/law , r/politics , and r/conservativeterrorism X: Jeff Stone / @jeffstone500 : new for @BW: Shootings + plots against US power sta...
Microsoft calls on the US Congress to pass a comprehensive law to crack down on AI deepfakes that aim to interfere in elections or maliciously target people
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Source: NSO Group, which has ~$400M in debt, cut 15% of its workforce and raised prices by ~20% after a potential sale to defense contractor L3Harris collapsed
Bloomberg : Tweets: @jeffstone500 Tweets: Jeff Stone / @jeffstone500 : spyware vendor NSO Group cuts staff, raises prices by 15% in the face of the US blacklist, per @ElizaHannon @dscigliuzzo also: I...
Group-IB: since the data of ~1B Chinese citizens appeared for sale, smaller tranches have appeared on forums, often including personal info and national IDs
Bloomberg : Tweets: @jeffstone500 Tweets: Jeff Stone / @jeffstone500 : Vast amount of Chinese data for sale on dark forums after Shanghai cops lost control about 1 billion people, @_szheng finds. Bre...
The DOJ charges four Russian officials for alleged hacking campaigns from 2012 to 2018 on critical US infrastructure, including a Kansas nuclear power plant
Saturday, March 26, 2022 // (IG): BB //Weekly Sponsor: DiyGarage SoCal Gary Warner / CyberCrime & Doing Time : Russia's Invasion of Ukraine and CISA/FBI's New Era of Transparency Cynthia Brumfield / M...
Micfo CEO Amir Golestan pleads guilty to wire fraud charges after fraudulently acquiring thousands of IP addresses from nonprofit ARIN, a first-of-its-kind case
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @jeffstone500 , @dnvolz , and @dnvolz Tweets: Jeff Stone / @jeffstone500 : don't sleep on this @dnvolz @ByronTau story, about an executive who's pleading guilty to creat...
FTC study on the six largest ISPs finds that some fail to fully inform consumers on how their data is monetized, such as using browsing history to serve up ads
The importance of the internet in the daily lives of consumers cannot be overstated. Lily Hay Newman / Wired : Security News This Week: An International Operation Knocked a Notorious Ransomware Group ...
In a 60 Minutes interview, WSJ's Facebook Files whistleblower says Facebook is misleading the public on progress against hate speech, misinformation, and more
or Congress can force it to be ABC News : Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are back after hours-long shutdown Shannon Bond / NPR : Watch Live: Whistleblower to Congress: Facebook products harm kids an...