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Cybersecurity researchers have charted the evolution of INC from an nascent ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation to one of the most prolific cybercrime groups in 2026, claiming no less than 830 victims since August 2023
‘Bulletproof’ hosts partly dodged the last attack of this sort US, UK, Australia sanction Lockbit gang’s hosting provider ‘Bulletproof’ hosts partly dodged the last attack of this sort Cybercrime fighters in the US, UK, and Australia have imposed sanctions on several Russia-linked entities they claim provide hosting services to ransomware gangs Lockbit, BlackSuit, and Play.…
Treasury Links Russian Bulletproof Host Network to Prolific Ransomware OperationsThe U.S., U.K. and Australia sanctioned Russian bulletproof host Media Land for supporting major ransomware gangs, including LockBit and Play, a move paired with new global guidance urging internet service providers to tighten access controls and disrupt cybercrime infrastructure.
Onslought Also Paved Way for Rise of English-Speaking HackersAn international law enforcement crackdown on the LockBit ransomware group caused fragmentation and distrust among Russian-speaking cybercrime groups, paving the way for English-speaking hacking groups to gain prominence, experts said Tuesday during a London conference.
A 51-year-old dual Russian and Israeli national who is alleged to be a developer of the LockBit ransomware group has been extradited to the United States, nearly three months after he was formally charged in connection with the e-crime scheme
US, UK and Australia Target Zservers for Supporting LockBit, Other Cybercrime GroupsA Russian bulletproof hosting service used by cybercriminals including the LockBit ransomware group has been sanctioned by Australian, British and American agencies. Zservers has been advertised in criminal forums as an aid to avoid law enforcement investigations and takedowns.
The latest in an unusual change of fortune for group once protected by the Kremlin An alleged former affiliate of the LockBit and Babuk ransomware operations, who also just happens to be one of the most wanted cybercriminals in the US, is now reportedly in handcuffs.…
Data Leak Preceded Law Enforcement Crackdown on Group That Targets Health SectorA clinic in Hawaii is notifying 124,000 patients that their health data was potentially compromised in a May hack. Lockbit 3.0 claims to have published the stolen records on its data leak site in June - months before global authorities this week disclosed a crackdown on the cybercrime gang.
Naming and Sanctioning Cybercrime Syndicate Members Has Repercussions, Police SayWestern law enforcement may not be able to bust every last Russian cybercrime suspect, but newly revealed efforts against Evil Corp and LockBit reveal suspects arrested while on vacation, as well as the psychological fallout criminal syndicates face when members get named, indicted and sanctioned.
A global operation cuffed four LockBit suspects and offered more details into the org chart of Russia's infamous Evil Corp cybercrime gang.
An unprecedented period for an unparalleled force in cybercrime Feature For roughly two years, LockBit's ransomware operation was by far the most prolific of its kind, until the fateful events of February. After claiming thousands of victims, extorting hundreds of millions of dollars, and building a robust army of sophisticated cybercriminals, the life's work of its mastermind, LockbitSupp – whom cops claim is Russian national Dmitry Khoroshev – is now hanging by a thread.…
TLDR: Peace in our time is really really hard Interview On Wednesday the FBI and international cops celebrated yet another cybercrime takedown – of ransomware brokerage site BreachForums – just a week after doxing and imposing sanctions on the LockBit ransomware crew's kingpin, and two months after compromising the gang's website.…
Last week, the United States joined the U.K. and Australia in sanctioning and charging a Russian man named Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev as the leader of the infamous LockBit ransomware group. LockBit's leader "LockBitSupp" claims the feds named the wrong guy, saying the charges don't explain how they connected him to Khoroshev. This post examines the activities of Khoroshev's many alter egos on the cybercrime forums, and tracks the career of a gifted malware author who has written and sold malicious code for the past 14 years.
Canadian said to have turned to a life of cybercrime during pandemic, now must pay the price – literally A LockBit ransomware kingpin has been sentenced to almost four years behind bars and ordered to pay more than CA$860,000 ($635,000, £500,000) in restitution to some of his victims by a Canadian court as he awaits extradition to the US.…
LockBitSupp, the individual(s) behind the persona representing the LockBit ransomware service on cybercrime forums such as Exploit and XSS, "has engaged with law enforcement," authorities said
Authorities dismantle cybercrime royalty by making mockery of their leak site In seizing and dismantling LockBit's infrastructure, Western authorities are now making a mockery of the ransomware criminals by promising a long, drawn-out disclosure of its secrets.…
Law enforcement arrested two operators of the LockBit ransomware gang in Poland and Ukraine, created a decryption tool to recover encrypted files for free, and seized over 200 crypto-wallets after hacking the cybercrime gang's servers in an international crackdown operation. [...]
Law enforcement arrested two operators of the LockBit ransomware gang in Poland and Ukraine, created a decryption tool to recover encrypted files for free, and seized over 200 crypto-wallets after hacking the cybercrime gang's servers in an international crackdown operation. [...]
LockBit and Nation-State Groups Using Session Tokens to Access Patched DevicesWith experts warning that NetScaler ADC and Gateway devices are being exploited by nation-state and cybercrime groups, the manufacturer has again urged all users to "patch immediately as well as terminate active sessions, which attackers can otherwise use to access devices even post-patch.
LockBit and Nation-State Groups Using Session Tokens to Access Patched DevicesWith experts warning that NetScaler ADC and Gateway devices are being exploited by nation-state and cybercrime groups, the manufacturer has again urged all users to "patch immediately as well as terminate active sessions, which attackers can otherwise use to access devices even post-patch.