Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

UK cops trace street-level crime to sanctions-busting networks tied to Moscow's war economy On Christmas Day 2024, a Russian-linked laundering network bought itself a very special present: a controlling stake in a Kyrgyzstan bank, later used to wash cybercrime profits and funnel money into Moscow's war machine, according to the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA).…

Any act that sends so much as a ruble to seven named netizens now forbidden The US and UK have sanctioned seven Russians for their alleged roles in disseminating Conti and Ryuk ransomware and the Trickbot banking trojan.…

Feds also said the biz sucked at policing transactions for suspicious activity – as if! Bittrex will cough up $53 million after being accused of flouting US sanctions and breaking federal money laundering laws and other banking rules.…