Network Security

The Good | U.S. Charges Ransomware Operator, Sanctions $10B Scam Networks & Secures BlackDB Guilty Plea Kosovo national Liridon Masurica (33), has pleaded guilty to operating BlackDB[.]cc, a cybercrime marketplace active online from 2018 to 2025. Arrested in December 2024 and extradited to the U.S. this May, Masurica has admitted to selling stolen credit cards, […]

SentinelOne has long been – and continues to be – a strong advocate and supporter of MITRE and the critical role it plays advancing cybersecurity and being a force for good. The MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations have historically set the standard in helping vendors advance their offerings while helping practitioners evaluate products for their unique security

This morning, SentinelOne entered an agreement to acquire Observo AI—a deal that we believe will prove to be a major accelerator for our strategy and a key step forward in realizing our vision. Data pipelines are key to any enterprise IT transformation. Data pipelines, On-premise, and cloud-native are the modern-day router for how all information

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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,