Yaroslav Vasinskyi was sentenced to 13 years and seven months in prison for his alleged role in the REvil ransomware operation.
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Verizon DBIR 2024 Shows Surge in Vulnerability Exploitation, Confirmed Data Breaches
Verizon’s 2024 DBIR shows that vulnerability exploitation increased three times and confirmed data breaches doubled compared to the previous year.
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Finnish Hacker Gets Prison for Accessing Thousands of Psychotherapy Records and Demanding Ransoms
In February 2023, French police arrested well-known Finnish hacker Aleksanteri Kivimäki, who was living under a false identity near Paris. He was deported to Finland. His trial ended last month.
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Critical WordPress Automatic Plugin Vulnerability Exploited to Inject Backdoors
A vulnerability in the WordPress Automatic plugin is being exploited to inject backdoors and web shells into websites.
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Cannes Hospital Cancels Medical Procedures Following Cyberattack
Cannes Hospital Centre – Simone Veil cancels medical procedures after shutting down systems in response to a cyberattack.
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Frontier Communications Shuts Down Systems Following Cyberattack
Telecom giant Frontier shuts down systems to contain a cyberattack that led to personal information compromise.
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Phishing Platform LabHost Shut Down by Law Enforcement
LabHost, a major phishing-as-a-service platform, has been shut down as part of a major law enforcement operation.
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Cryptojacker Arrested, Charged for Defrauding Cloud Providers of $3.5 Million
Charles O. Parks III was arrested and charged with defrauding two cloud-services providers of $3.5 million.
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Two People Arrested in Australia and US for Development and Sale of Hive RAT
Authorities in Australia and the US have arrested and charged two individuals for developing and selling the Hive RAT.
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Former Security Engineer Sentenced to Prison for Hacking Crypto Exchanges
Former security engineer Shakeeb Ahmed was sentenced to prison for hacking and defrauding cryptocurrency exchanges.
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