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Category: Cyber Warfare

17-Year-Old Linked to Scattered Spider Cybercrime Syndicate Arrested in U.K.

17-Year-Old Linked to Scattered Spider Cybercrime Syndicate Arrested in U.K.

Law enforcement officials in the U.K. have arrested a 17-year-old boy from Walsall who is suspected to be a member of the notorious Scattered Spider cybercrime syndicate. The arrest was made “in connection with a global cyber online crime group which has been targeting large organizations with ransomware and gaining access to computer networks,” West Midlands police said.

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Cybersecurity platform Crowdstrike down worldwide, many users logged out of systems

Cybersecurity platform Crowdstrike down worldwide, many users logged out of systems

HIGHLIGHTS  CrowdStrike that provides advanced cybersecurity solutions to Windows PCs is facing an outage. A Reddit user, TipOFMYTONGUEDAMN has reported that CrowdStrike users are facing a BSOD error. The reason behind the outage is a technical error in their main product, Falcon. CrowdStrike is down! A major cybersecurity platform, CrowdStrike that also provides advanced cybersecurity

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Australian Defence Force Private and Husband Charged with Espionage for Russia

Australian Defence Force Private and Husband Charged with Espionage for Russia

Two Russian-born Australian citizens have been arrested and charged in the country for spying on behalf of Russia as part of a “complex” law enforcement operation codenamed BURGAZADA. This includes a 40-year-old woman, an Australian Defence Force (ADF) Army Private, and her husband, a 62-year-old self-employed laborer. Media reports have identified them as Kira Korolev and Igor Korolev, respectively, noting

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DarkGate Malware Exploits Samba File Shares in Short-Lived Campaign

DarkGate Malware Exploits Samba File Shares in Short-Lived Campaign

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a short-lived DarkGate malware campaign that leveraged Samba file shares to initiate the infections. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 said the activity spanned the months of March and April 2024, with the infection chains using servers running public-facing Samba file shares hosting Visual Basic Script (VBS) and JavaScript files. Targets included

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