AJ Vicens

AJ was a senior reporter for CyberScoop covering nation-state threats and cybercrime. He was previously a reporter at Mother Jones.

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Activists hold a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin near Red Square in Moscow, on June 24, 2023. President Vladimir Putin on June 24, 2023 said an armed mutiny by Wagner mercenaries was a “stab in the back” and that the group’s chief Yevgeny Prigozhin had betrayed Russia, as he vowed to punish the dissidents. Prigozhin said his fighters control key military sites in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images)

Hackers attack Russian satellite telecom provider, claim affiliation with Wagner Group

Geopolitics

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi speaks during a meeting with Cuba’s president Miguel Diaz Canel (out of frame) at the Revolution Palace in Havana, on June 15, 2023. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP)

The potent cyber adversary threatening to further inflame Iranian politics

Geopolitics

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Apple issues emergency patch to address alleged spyware vulnerability

Threats

Assistant U.S. Attorney General for the National Security Division Matt Olsen left a meeting with Congressional leadership on Feb. 28 in Washington. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

DOJ establishes cybercrime enforcement unit as U.S. warnings mount over Chinese hacking

Cybercrime

BLAHODATNE, UKRAINE: Soldiers of the 68th Jaeger Brigade “Oleksa Dovbush” stand in the Palace of culture in the newly liberated village on June 10, 2023 in Blahodatne, Ukraine.(Photo by Serhii Mykhalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

Pro-Russian hackers remain active amid Ukraine counteroffensive

Geopolitics

Flags of Department of Energy and USA painted on cracked wall. (Getty Images)

Two Energy Department entities breached as part of massive MOVEit compromise

Threats

A seal reading "Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation" is displayed on the J. Edgar Hoover FBI building in Washington, DC, on August 9, 2022. — (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Russian national arrested in Arizona, charged for alleged role in LockBit ransomware attacks

Cybercrime

Cars drive past the headquarters of the Russian General Staff’s Main Intelligence Department (GRU) in Moscow on December 30, 2016. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images)

Microsoft identifies new hacking unit within Russian military intelligence

Geopolitics

Password compromise. — (Boris Zhitkov/Getty Images)

Researchers unpack massive email scam targeting dozens of companies

Cybercrime