Mar 14, 2024NewsroomRansomware / Cyber Crime A 34-year-old Russian-Canadian national has been sentenced to nearly four years in jail in Canada for his participation in the LockBit global ransomware operation. Mikhail Vasiliev, an Ontario resident, was originally arrested in November 2022 and charged by the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) with "conspiring with others to … [Read more...] about LockBit Ransomware Hacker Ordered to Pay $860,000 After Guilty Plea in Canada
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U.S. Federal Agencies Ordered to Patch Hundreds of Actively Exploited Flaws
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published a catalog of vulnerabilities, including from Apple, Cisco, Microsoft, and Google, that have known exploits and are being actively exploited by malicious cyber actors, in addition to requiring federal agencies to prioritize applying patches for those security flaws within "aggressive" … [Read more...] about U.S. Federal Agencies Ordered to Patch Hundreds of Actively Exploited Flaws
Hacker Ordered to Pay Back Nearly £1 Million to Phishing Victims
A prolific hacker who carried out phishing scams against hundreds of companies worldwide has been ordered to pay back more than $1.1 million (over £922,000) worth of cryptocurrencies to his victims.Grant West, a 27-year-old resident of Kent, England, targeted several well-known companies around the world since 2015 to obtain the financial data of tens of thousands of customers … [Read more...] about Hacker Ordered to Pay Back Nearly £1 Million to Phishing Victims