Google Takes Down Influence Campaigns Tied to China, Indonesia, and Russia Google has revealed that it took down 1,320 YouTube channels and 1,177 Blogger blogs as part of a coordinated influence operation connected to the People’s Republic of China (PRC). “The coordinated inauthentic network uploaded content in Chinese and English Read more…
FBI Takes Down BlackCat Ransomware, Releases Free Decryption Tool Dec 19, 2023NewsroomRansomware / Cybercrime The U.S. Justice Department (DoJ) has officially announced the disruption of the BlackCat ransomware operation and released a decryption tool that victims can use to regain access to files locked by the malware. Court documents show Read more…
Microsoft Takes Legal Action to Crack Down on Storm-1152’s Cybercrime Network Dec 14, 2023NewsroomCybercrime / Threat intelligence Microsoft on Wednesday said it obtained a court order to seize infrastructure set up by a group called Storm-1152 that peddled roughly 750 million fraudulent Microsoft accounts and tools through a network of Read more…
U.S. Takes Down IPStorm Botnet, Russian-Moldovan Mastermind Pleads Guilty Nov 15, 2023NewsroomCyber Crime / Network Security The U.S. government on Tuesday announced the takedown of the IPStorm botnet proxy network and its infrastructure, as the Russian and Moldovan national behind the operation pleaded guilty. “The botnet infrastructure had infected Windows Read more…