2025-11-13
New from @europol.europa.eu: 1025 servers taken down; Operation Endgame's latest phase targeted the infostealer Rhadamanthys, Remote Access Trojan VenomRAT, and the botnet Elysium. www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/ ... #cybercrime #cybersecurity @gate15.bsky.social @campuscodi.risky.biz
BleepingComputer
Europol, Eurojust, and others dismantle 1,025 servers used by the Rhadamanthys infostealer, VenomRAT, and Elysium botnet, in the latest Operation Endgame phase
Law enforcement authorities from nine countries have taken down over 1,000 servers used by the Rhadamanthys infolstealer …
2025-08-31
New from @davidgilbert.bsky.social in @wired.com: 'Purgatory...is offering its followers a menu of services, including hoax threats against schools—known as swatting—for just $20...threats against hospitals, businesses...airports can cost up to $50 www.wired.com/story/purgat... @gate15.bsky.social
Wired
Purgatory, tied to online community The Com, claims responsibility for swatting attacks on US universities, airports, and more, charging $20 to $95 per incident
known as swatting—for just $20...threats against hospitals, businesses...airports can cost up to $50 www.wired.com/story/purgat... @gate15.bsky.social Waldo Jaquith / @waldo.net : ...
2025-07-04
Good threat overview from @mattburgess1.bsky.social & @lhn.bsky.social in @wired.com: ‘Scattered Spider (has) increasingly coalesced around a tactic of using targeted social engineering to get a foothold inside company networks’ www.wired.com/story/scatte... cc @gate15.bsky.social #cybersecurity
Wired
A look at Scattered Spider, a group of mostly young UK and US hackers using targeted social engineering to gain access to company networks and deploy ransomware
The Scattered Spider hacking group has caused chaos among retailers, insurers, and airlines in recent months.
2025-05-05
👀 ‘cybersecurity researchers are warning that a widely used piece of open source code...linked to...Russian developers—may pose a “persistent” national security risk to the United States.’ 🇷🇺 🇺🇸 @mattburgess1.bsky.social in @wired.com www.wired.com/story/easyjs... #cybersecurity @gate15.bsky.social
Wired
Researchers warn that open-source Go serialization tool easyjson, owned by Russia's VK Group and used by the US DOD and others, poses a national security risk
The open source software easyjson is used by the US government and American companies. But its ties to Russia's VK …
2025-01-18
Exciting growth, and good security and moderation updates from @bsky.app in the #Bluesky 2024 Moderation Report. ‘In 2024, Bluesky grew from 2.89M users to 25.94M users.’ #672,276 here! bsky.social/about/blog/0...
TechCrunch
Bluesky 2024 moderation report: Bluesky gained 23M+ users, its moderation team grew to ~100, and its moderation service received 6.48M reports, up 17x from 2023
This is what failing at your job looks like, @aaron.bsky.team. — So, ya know, thanks for the heads up. [embedded post] Trisha Soncini Lane / @tslwhidbey : I seriously don't like...