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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A view of the Russian Central Bank headquarters in downtown Moscow on May 26, 2022. (Photo by Natalia KOLESNIKOVA / AFP)

Ukrainian hackers target telecom firm connected to Russian central bank

Geopolitics

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US cyber officials offer technical details associated with CL0P ransomware attacks

Uncategorized

A participant walks past a Google logo at a stand at the 2022 Re:publica digital society festival on June 9, 2022 in Berlin, Germany. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Security professional’s tweet forces big change to Google email authentication

Research

A man talks on the phone walking along Red Square in front of St. Basil’s Cathedral in central Moscow on February 28, 2023. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP) (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Russian government accuses Apple of colluding with NSA in iPhone spy operation

Geopolitics

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi during the signing of the comprehensive program of strategic and long-term cooperation between Iran and Syria on May 03 in Damascus. (Photo by Borna News/Matin Ghasemi/Aksonline/ATPImages)

Iranian dissidents’ claim of presidential hack likely legitimate, experts say

Geopolitics

A vendors looks at her phone in Hanoi on March 31. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP via Getty Images)

Southeast Asian hacking crew racks up victims, rapidly expands criminal campaign

Geopolitics

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Brazilian hackers target Portuguese financial institutions

Threats

A photo taken on March 31, 2023 in Manta, near Turin, shows a computer screen with the home page of the artificial intelligence OpenAI web site, displaying its chatGPT robot.(Marco BERTORELLO / AFP)

Reality check: What will generative AI really do for cybersecurity?

Technology

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FIN7 returns with new ransomware attacks

Cybercrime