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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Russian soldiers stand on Red Square in central Moscow on September 29, 2022, as the square is sealed prior to a ceremony of the incorporation of the new territories into Russia. (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Four Americans and two Russians conspired to sway elections, influence politics, Justice Department says

Threats

The flag of the People’s Republic of China flies in the wind above the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in San Francisco, California on July 23, 2020. (Photo by PHILIP PACHECO/AFP via Getty Images)

US charges Chinese government officials in broad scheme to suppress dissent abroad

Threats

A pedestrian walks past the logo of the U.S. computer and micro-computing company, Microsoft on January 25, 2023 in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France. (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images)

Ransomware gangs increasingly deploy zero-days to maximize attacks

Cybercrime

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Microsoft leads effort to disrupt illicit use of Cobalt Strike, a dangerous hacking tool in the wrong hands

Technology

In a photo published by the British National Crime Agency, officers take a suspect in custody related to the Genesis Market investigation. (Photo courtesy of the National Crime Agency)

FBI obtained detailed database exposing 60,000 users of the cybercrime bazaar Genesis Market

Cybercrime

A pedestrian walks past a seal reading “Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation”, displayed on the J. Edgar Hoover FBI building, in Washington, DC, on August 15, 2022. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Notorious Genesis Market cybercrime forum seized in international law enforcement operation

Cybercrime

Tesla CEO Elon Musk smiles as he addresses guests at the Offshore Northern Seas 2022 (ONS) meeting in Stavanger, Norway on August 29, 2022. (Photo by CARINA JOHANSEN/NTB/AFP via Getty Images)

Twitter’s recommendation algorithm opens platform to manipulation, bot attacks, researcher finds

Technology

Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang. (Getty Images)

‘They outsmarted us.’ 3CX CEO acknowledges mistakes handling potential supply chain cyberattack

Threats

Flags of the Workers’ Party of Korea, the foundational political party of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. (Getty Images)

Supply chain cyberattack with possible links to North Korea could have thousands of victims globally

Threats