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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.…
Authorities in the United States and United Kingdom today levied financial sanctions against seven men accused of operating "Trickbot," a cybercrime-as-a-service platform based in Russia that has enabled countless ransomware attacks and bank account takeovers since its debut in 2016. The U.S. Department of the Treasury says the Trickbot group is associated with Russian intelligence services, and that this alliance led to the targeting of many U.S. companies and government entities.
The seven Russian nationals are members of the notorious Trickbot malware gang
The United States and the United Kingdom have sanctioned seven Russian individuals for their involvement in the TrickBot cybercrime group, whose malware was used to support attacks by the Conti and Ryuk ransomware operation. [...]
UK company set up to illegally profit from trade in protective equipment
The SNP MP revealed details of the incident, in which he clicked on a malicious file purportedly about the military situation in Ukraine
A UK government official asks the cyber industry, including the open software community, to help shape software security policies
The engineering firm has started an investigation “to identify the extent of the issue”
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Which? study finds many fail to provide basic online protection
The LockBit ransomware operation has claimed the cyberattack on UK's leading mail delivery service Royal Mail that forced the company to halt its international shipping services due to "severe service disruption." [...]