Network Security

The ransomware landscape is characterized by a heavy churn in both actor groups and malware families, with only a few players exhibiting relative longevity. Once feared threats such as REvil and Conti have either been dismantled or dissolved, while others – ALPHV, Black Basta and LockBit, for example – continue to extort businesses with impunity. […]

The Good | Co-Founder of Criminal Crypto Exchange Pleads Guilty to Money-Laundering Schemes Anatoly Legkodymov (aka “Gandalf” or “Tolik”), co-founder of the Bitzlato cryptocurrency exchange, has pleaded guilty to his role in aiding ransomware gangs and other cybercriminals in laundering over $700 million. Legkodymov has agreed to disband Bitzlato and forfeit his claim to approximately

Last week’s AWS re:Invent 2023, held in Las Vegas, was a milestone event showcasing the latest innovations in cloud security. This year, the focus was on the transformative role of Generative AI in cloud computing, a theme that resonated throughout the conference’s keynotes, breakout sessions, and hands-on labs. In this post, we unpack the essential

The Good | Ukrainian Ransomware Gang Busted By Cyber Cops A ransomware gang operating out of Kyiv, Ukraine has been taken down by European police, it was announced this week. It is estimated the gang had attacked more than 250 servers across 71 countries during its active lifetime and caused losses of several hundred million

Earlier this week, CISA released an advisory warning of active exploitation of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) used in Water and Wastewater treatment plants following intrusions into two U.S. critical infrastructure installations. The advisory and attacks come in the wake of increased public threats made by the Iran-backed Cyber Av3ngers “hacktivist” group to target industries using

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North Korean-aligned threat actors targeting macOS have had a busy 2023, with two major campaigns noted so far: RustBucket and KandyKorn. The initial RustBucket campaign used a second-stage malware, dubbed ‘SwiftLoader’, which functioned externally as a PDF Viewer for a lure document sent to targets. While victims viewed the lure, SwiftLoader retrieved and executed a

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At this year’s VirusBulletin conference, VB2023, SentinelOne’s Juan Andrés Guerrero Saade, a.k.a. JAGS, Associate Vice President of SentinelLabs delivered a keynote speech calling for a reevaluation of the conventional understanding of the cybersecurity sector. His talk, “The Physics of Information Asymmetry” challenged us to reconsider and reinterpret the fundamental concepts and language of our discipline.

The Good | FBI Takes Down IPStorm Botnet A botnet that had been running since 2019 infecting thousands of internet-connected devices around the world has been taken down, the FBI said this week. IPStorm was operated by Sergei Manikin, a Russian and Moldovan national, who has also pleaded guilty to three counts of computer fraud.