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Cybercrime Experts Greet Announcement With SkepticismHunters International said Thursday it closed shop, provoking skepticism among cybercrime experts who said it's more likely the Russian-speaking hackers behind the ransomware group will start up again under a new brand name. "Ransomware groups often rebrand themselves."
A Russian APT known as "Gamaredon" is using spear-phishing attacks and network-drive weaponization to target government entities in Ukraine.
Aeza Group accused of assisting data bandits and BianLian ransomware crooks The US Treasury has sanctioned Aeza Group, a Russian bulletproof hosting (BPH) provider, and four of its cronies for enabling ransomware and other cybercriminal activity.…
The Treasury said that Aeza Group has provided infrastructure services for notorious infostealer and ransomware operators
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has levied sanctions against Russia-based bulletproof hosting (BPH) service provider Aeza Group to assist threat actors in their malicious activities and targeting victims in the country and across the world
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has sanctioned Russian hosting company Aeza Group and four operators for allegedly acting as a bulletproof hosting company for ransomware gangs, infostealer operations, darknet drug markets, and Russian disinformation campaigns. [...]
Russian Bulletproof Host Also Designated a Front Company in the UKThe United States cut off from the U.S.-dominated international financial system a Russian provider of digital infrastructure to cybercriminal groups, accusing St. Petersburg-based Aeza Group of hosting infostealers and ransomware operations. The U.S. said Aeza is a bulletproof hosting service.
Proofpoint has identified similarities between the tactics of a pro-Russian cyber espionage group and a cybercriminal gang
The threat actor known as Blind Eagle has been attributed with high confidence to the use of the Russian bulletproof hosting service Proton66