FBI Seizes 7 Domains, Disrupts Flax Typhoon Tools Used in Critical Infrastructure Intrusions
FBI and DOJ seized seven domains disrupting Flax Typhoon's Microscan and FishHub tools used to scan and infiltrate U.S. critical infrastructure.
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10 articles · newest firstRansomware recovery firm boss charged with secretly paying attackers and overcharging victims
MonsterCloud owner Zohar Pinhasi charged with wire fraud for secretly paying ransomware gangs over $8M while billing victims over $19M.
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MonsterCloud Owner Accused of Billing Over $19M While Secretly Paying Ransoms to Decrypt Data
DOJ charges MonsterCloud owner Zohar Pinhasi with wire fraud for secretly paying ransoms and overbilling clients more than $19 million total.
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Ryuk ransomware operator gets 2-year sentence after extorting victims for $1.2 million
A Ryuk ransomware operator was sentenced to 2 years in prison for extorting over $1.2 million from victims.
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Russian Man Extradited Over Malware Campaign Targeting Freelancers
A Russian national was extradited to the US for allegedly spreading TVRAT and DarkVNC malware to 80,000 freelance platform users via Excel attachments.
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FBI Disrupts Chinese Proxy Tools Used in Mass Hacking of US Agencies and Infrastructure
FBI disrupted Chinese state-linked proxy infrastructure used in hacking campaigns against NASA, the Federal Reserve, the US Senate, and other US targets.
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FBI Seizes China-Linked Hacking Platforms QScan and QTRouter Used Against Critical Infrastructure
FBI seizes China-linked QScan and QTRouter hacking platforms used by QTFY to obfuscate intrusions against US federal agencies.
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US takes down alleged Chinese hacking tools used against Federal Reserve, DOJ and Senate
DOJ takes down QScan and QTRouter Chinese obfuscation platforms used to breach Federal Reserve, DOE, DOJ, and Senate since 2018.
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Trump taps cyber firms to go on offensive against criminals
Presidential memorandum allows vetted private companies to conduct offensive cyber operations against transnational cybercrime with advance DOJ and DHS approval.
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FBI: Hackers using social engineering to breach accounts and steal explicit content
FBI warns hackers use social engineering and password-stuffing to hijack social media accounts and sell victims' explicit content on criminal marketplaces.
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- FBIorganization · 8
- NASAvictim · 3
- Department of Justicevictim · 3
- Federal Reservevictim · 3
- US Senatevictim · 3
- NIHvictim · 2
- Zohar Pinhasiorganization · 2
- Ministry of State Securityorganization · 2
- PLAorganization · 2
- QTFYthreat actor · 2
- Flax Typhoonthreat actor · 2
- Department of Energyvictim · 2
- Microsoftvendor · 2
- HHSvictim · 2
- MonsterCloudorganization · 2
- F5vendor · 1
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