cybercrime

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• C2
• command and control
• cybercrime
• Data Exfiltration
• DNS Tunneling
• ransomware
• Security

Ransomware Spotlight – How Threat Actors use C2 and Data Exfiltration as Part of Double Extortion

Infoblox January 17, 2025

Ransomware attacks have become a significant concern for organizations...

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• China
• cybercrime
• Flax Typhoon
• Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
• Salt Typhoon
• Treasury Department

Treasury sanctions Chinese cybersecurity company, affiliate for Salt Typhoon hacks 

Cyber Scoop January 17, 2025

Treasury sanctions Chinese cybersecurity company, affiliate for Salt Typhoon...

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3 min read

• China
• cybercrime
• Department of Justice
• Government
• PlugX
• Remote Access Trojan
• Sekoia
• Threats

Law enforcement action deletes PlugX malware from thousands of machines

Cyber Scoop January 14, 2025

Law enforcement action deletes PlugX malware from thousands of...

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• artificial intelligence
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• China
• CISA
• Commerce Department
• critical infrastructure
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Department of Defense
• Department of Defense (DOD)
• Dept of Commerce
• DOD
• Executive order
• Government
• Policy
• Privacy
• quantum computing
• regulation

Second Biden cyber executive order directs agency action on fed security, AI, space

Cyber Scoop January 13, 2025

Second Biden cyber executive order directs agency action on...

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3 min read

• crypto mixer
• cybercrime
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• money laundering
• Russia

Russian nationals charged with operating crypto mixers that masked cybercrime funds

Cyber Scoop January 10, 2025

Russian nationals charged with operating crypto mixers that masked...

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• Budapest Convention
• Chris Painter
• cybercrime
• David Kaye
• Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Geopolitics
• Global Forum on Cyber Expertise
• human rights
• Policy
• Privacy
• Russia
• State Department
• treaties
• United Nations

After UN adoption, controversial cybercrime treaty’s next steps could prove vital

Cyber Scoop December 31, 2024

After UN adoption, controversial cybercrime treaty’s next steps could...

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• cybercrime
• North Korea
• North Korean IT workers
• South Korea

South Korea sanctions 15 North Koreans for IT worker scams, financial hacking schemes

Cyber Scoop December 26, 2024

South Korea sanctions 15 North Koreans for IT worker...

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• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• Government
• LockBit
• ransomware
• Threats
• Uncategorized

Justice Department unveils charges against alleged LockBit developer

Cyber Scoop December 20, 2024

Justice Department unveils charges against alleged LockBit developer |...

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7 min read

• cybercrime
• DNS Threat Landscape
• DNS Tunneling
• Domain Hijacking
• Infoblox Threat Intel
• lookalike domains
• RDGA
• Security
• TDS

2024 DNS Threat Landscape

Infoblox December 20, 2024

Authors: Bart Lenaerts and Tom Grimes Expert observations from...

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• cleo
• Clop
• cybercrime
• Huntress Labs
• Intel 471
• Mandiant
• MOVEit Transfer
• Rapid7
• Threats
• vulnerabilities

Clop is back to wreak havoc via vulnerable file-transfer software

Cyber Scoop December 17, 2024

Clop is back to wreak havoc via vulnerable file-transfer...

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