The Good | U.S. Puts $10m bounty on Heads of Three Russian FSB Threat Actors The U.S. Department of State has announced a bounty of up to $10 million for information on three Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officers accused of orchestrating cyberattacks against U.S. critical infrastructure. The officers, Marat Valeryevich Tyukov, Mikhail Mikhailovich Gavrilov, …
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The Good | Interpol Cracks Down on Cybercrime as U.S. Sanctions North Korean IT Scheme Interpol announced the arrest of over 1200 suspects in Operation Serengeti 2.0, a three-month crackdown on cybercrime across Africa. Conducted between June and August, the operation dismantled 11,432 malicious infrastructures, seized $97.4 million, and disrupted attacks impacting nearly 88,000 victims …
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PinnacleOne recently partnered with a leading UK construction company to analyze the cybersecurity risks shaping the sector in 2025. This new report explores how evolving threats intersect with the construction industry’s unique challenges, including tight project timelines, complex supply chains, sensitive data, and high-value transactions. Aimed at CISOs and security leaders, it provides actionable guidance …
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The Good | Courts Crack Down on Cybercriminals & Python Package Index Boosts Security Noah Michael Urban, a key UNC3944 member, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud and conspiracy. Arrested in January 2024, he and four others were charged with stealing millions from cryptocurrency wallets using SMS …
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Cybercrime went from a nuisance to a threat when its practitioners realized their crimes could produce benefits such as financial gain, political pressure, and to promote causes supported by the attackers. This spurred innovations in offensive methodologies and required defenders to evolve further. Today, we have fully funded threat operations, state-backed and organized as a …
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The Good | DoJ Charges $100M Fraud Ring & Seizes $1M in Crypto from BlackSuit Ransomware The DoJ has charged four Ghanaian nationals, Isaac Oduro Boateng (aka “Kofi Boat”), Inusah Ahmed (aka “Pascal”), Derrick Van Yeboah (aka “Van”), and Patrick Kwame Asare (aka “Borgar”), for their roles in a $100 million fraud scheme involving romance …
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The Good | U.S. Indicts Tax Fraud Phisher & Cryptomixer Founders for Laundering Millions Nigerian-based Chukwuemeka Victor Amachukwu was extradited this week from France to the U.S. to face multiple charges including identity theft, wire fraud, and hacking. Between 2019 and 2021, Amachukwu and his co-conspirators launched spear phishing attacks on U.S. tax preparation businesses, …
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Staying ahead of cyber threats means constantly evolving defenses and stopping new and often unpredictable threats. From its founding, SentinelOne has embraced AI as a means of detecting and autonomously responding to novel malware and TTPs, revolutionizing and setting the standard for modern endpoint protection in the process. It’s not just central to our philosophy, …
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Organizations around the globe are rapidly adopting AI and embracing accelerated creativity and output, but with this vast opportunity come enormous challenges: visibility, compliance, security, control. From the growth of AI tool usage outside IT and infosec to the emergence of autonomous AI agents and agentic workflows, the undeniable benefits of AI often open the …
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The Good | FBI Seizes Chaos Ransomware Bitcoin as CISA Launches Thorium for Scalable Malware Analysis Over 20 Bitcoins, worth more than $1.7 billion, are now in the possession of the FBI, following their seizure of a cryptocurrency wallet belonging to a Chaos ransomware affiliate named “Hors”. The funds have since been traced to ransomware …
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