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Law enforcement officers closed the hacker resource RaidForums

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyApril 13, 2022

During the international operation TOURNIQUET, which was coordinated by Europol, the well-known hacker resource RaidForums, which was mainly used to trade in stolen databases, was closed. The administrator of RaidForums and two of his accomplices have been arrested, and the

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Leaked Conti ransomware source codes were used to attack Russian authorities

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyApril 11, 2022

In March 2022, the source codes of the Conti malware were made public, and now, apparently, other hackers are starting to use them, turning the ransomware against Russian authorities and companies. Let me remind you that this story began back in February 2022, when an

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British police announced the arrest of several members of the Lapsus$ group

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyMarch 28, 2022

Recently, the hack group Lapsus$ mentioned that several of its members were going on vacation, and soon law enforcements in the UK announced the arrest of seven alleged members of Lapsus$. The hack group Lapsus$ has only recently entered the scene, but has already

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Lapsus$ hack group stole the source codes of Microsoft products

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyMarch 23, 2022

The Lapsus$ hack group has released the source codes for Bing, Cortana, and other Microsoft products allegedly stolen from an internal Microsoft Azure DevOps server. Over the weekend, a screenshot appeared on the Lapsus$ Telegram channel demonstrating that hackers attacked

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The popular node-ipc npm package removes files on systems of developers from Russia and Belarus

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyMarch 18, 2022

The developer of the popular npm package node-ipc has released updated versions of his library and in this update expressed its protest against the ongoing Russian aggression in Ukraine. New versions of the package delete all data and overwrite files on the machines of

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DuckDuckGo downgraded Russian state media in search results

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyMarch 16, 2022

The founder and head of DuckDuckGo, Gabriel Weinberg, said that the search engine will lower Russian media and sites that spread “Russian propaganda” in search results. Some were dissatisfied with this decision of the DuckDuckGo management, which has always

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Decryption keys for Maze, Egregor and Sekhmet ransomware were posted on the Bleeping Computer forum

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyFebruary 10, 2022

The Bleeping Computer forum published master keys for decrypting data affected by Maze, Egregor and Sekhmet ransomware attacks. Apparently, the keys were “leaked” by one of the developers of the malware. Journalists remind that the Maze ransomware has been active

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Experts are already fixing attacks on the Log4Shell vulnerability

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyDecember 14, 2021

Security researchers are already scanning the network looking for products affected by a dangerous bug in the Log4j library and are fixing results of cybercriminals’ attacks on a Log4Shell vulnerability. The vulnerability is already being exploited to deploy miners, Cobalt

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Emotet now installs Cobalt Strike beacons

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyDecember 9, 2021

The researchers warn that Emotet now directly installs Cobalt Strike beacons on infected systems, providing immediate access to the network for attackers. Those can use it for lateral movement, which will greatly facilitate extortion attacks. Let me remind you that usually

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyNovember 25, 2021

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced the arrest of five members of the international hacker group Phoenix, which specializes in remote hacking of mobile devices and collection of personal data. Law enforcement officers report that the group included five citizens