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$285 Million Drift Protocol Exploit Shows Signs of North Korea-Linked Hackers
Bys sAbdelaziz Fathi reports: Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic said the $285 million exploit of Solana-based Drift Protocol shows multiple indicators associated with North Korea’s state-sponsored hacking groups. The firm’s assessment is based on onchain behavior, laundering patterns, and network-level signals that align with previous incidents attributed to DPRK-linked actors. The attack is the largest crypto exploit……
Alleged Israeli LockBit Developer Rostislav Panev Extradited to U.S. for Cybercrime Charges
Bys sA 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. Rostislav Panev was previously arrested in Israel in August 2024. He is said to have been…
Smishing Triad Linked to 194,000 Malicious Domains in Global Phishing Operation
Bys sThe threat actors behind a large-scale, ongoing smishing campaign have been attributed to more than 194,000 malicious domains since January 1, 2024, targeting a broad range of services across the world, according to new findings from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42. “Although these domains are registered through a Hong Kong-based registrar and use Chinese nameservers,…
Two Americans Sentenced to Prison for Using BlackCat Ransomware to Attack Multiple Entities
Bys sThere is an update on the criminal cases against Ryan Goldberg and Kevin Martin, security professionals who turned to the dark side and cut a deal with ALPHV/BlackCat operators to use their ransomware and pay BlackCat 20% of whatever they collected in ransom. From the DOJ’s press release today: Two American cybersecurity professionals were sentenced……
Shrinking the IAM Attack Surface through Identity Visibility and Intelligence Platforms (IVIP)
Bys sThe Fragmented State of Modern Enterprise Identity Enterprise IAM is approaching a breaking point. As organizations scale, identity becomes increasingly fragmented across thousands of applications, decentralized teams, machine identities, and autonomous systems. The result is Identity Dark Matter: identity activity that sits outside the visibility of centralized IAM and
Cyberattack on Puerto Rico IT vendor Truenorth hits 3 agencies
Bys sDysruption Hub reports: Puerto Rico officials say a Thanksgiving-week cyberattack on IT contractor Truenorth Corporation briefly disrupted systems at three major agencies but did not compromise citizen data, even as independent reporting describes a broader ransomware incident. Truenorth Corporation, an IT services firm that runs key systems for multiple Puerto Rico government agencies, was the……