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Cybercrime
How BRICS Got “Rug Pulled” – Crypto Counterfeiting Is On The Rise
International investigation disrupts the world’s most harmful cyber crime group
U.S. and U.K. Disrupt LockBit Ransomware Variant
Reward Offers for Information on LockBit Leaders and Designating Affiliates
Darknet Drug Dealers Arrested After Packages of Meth-Laced Adderall Repeatedly Returned to Sender
LockBit ransomware gang has over $110 million in unspent bitcoin
Malware
Anatsa Trojan Returns: Targeting Europe and Expanding Its Reach
Migo – a Redis Miner with Novel System Weakening Techniques
Earth Preta Campaign Uses DOPLUGS to Target Asia
Diversifying Defenses: FjordPhantom Malware Shows Importance of a Multi-Pronged Approach
Dormant PyPI Package Updated to Deploy NovaSentinel Stealer
Hacking
GitHub leak exposes Chinese offensive cyber operations – researchers
Joomla: Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities
Announcing Microsoft’s open automation framework to red team generative AI Systems
Vologda hacker will appear in court for cutting off power to 38 settlements
Intelligence and Information Warfare
Exploring the Cyber Dimension of the Current U.S.-Iran Crisis
U.S. Wages Cyber War on Russian Military Botnet
Spyware leak offers ‘first-of-its-kind’ look inside Chinese government hacking efforts
Cybersecurity
Former NSA chief calls for alternative approach to cyberdefense
Spyware startup Variston is losing staff — some say it’s closing
FTC Accuses Avast of Selling Customer Browsing Data to Advertisers
Message with PQ3: The new state of the art in quantum-secure messaging at scale
Cyber Insurance – Models and methods and the use of AI
2024 Unit 42 Incident Response Report: Navigating the Shift in Cybersecurity Threat Tactics
IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2024
CrowdStrike 2024 Global Threat Report: Adversaries Gain Speed and Stealth
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