Trump Memo Authorizes U.S. Firms to Hack and Disrupt Foreign Crime Groups
A new White House memo signed by U.S. President Donald Trump directs the National Coordination Center (NCC) to establish a program allowing…
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Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) Targeted by New U.S. Offensive Cyber Program
Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) are foreign groups that conduct cyber-enabled crimes such as ransomware, phishing, financial fraud, sextortion, and pig butchering scams…
Ransomware as a Key Cybercrime Tool Used by Transnational Criminal Organizations
Ransomware is a type of malware deployed by Transnational Criminal Organizations to extort victims. The White House memo highlights ransomware as one…
Ransom Cartel Creator Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison for Ransomware-as-a-Service Operation
A federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, sentenced Maksim Silnikau, a 40-year-old Belarusian national, to 16 years in prison on August 5, 2026,…
Ransom Cartel: Ransomware-as-a-Service Operation
Ransom Cartel is a ransomware-as-a-service operation created by Maksim Silnikau in 2021. It targeted at least 18 companies across the U.S. and…
Angler Exploit Kit: Malvertising Tool
Angler Exploit Kit is a malware toolkit used in malvertising campaigns from 2013 to 2022. It was associated with Maksim Silnikau and…
Snowflake Hacker Pleads Guilty Over Breaches Affecting at Least 100 Million People
Connor Riley Moucka, a 26-year-old Canadian national, pleaded guilty in Seattle federal court to computer fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and…
OpenAI Disrupts Cambodia-Based Scam Network Abusing ChatGPT for Fraud
OpenAI has disrupted a Cambodia-based scam operation that leveraged its ChatGPT AI chatbot to facilitate a wide range of fraudulent schemes, including…
Poison Claude Service Exposes Risks of Discounted AI Access, Okta Warns
Cybersecurity researchers at Okta have uncovered a network of underground services selling discounted access to Anthropic's large language models (LLMs), including Opus…
ANY.RUN Threat Intelligence Reports: Analyst-Compiled Campaign Insights
ANY.RUN Threat Intelligence Reports are manually compiled by analysts and focus on active malware and phishing campaigns, including APTs and cybercriminal groups.…