The national cyber director is pitching an approach that blends cyber operations with diplomacy, law enforcement and pressure on CEOs to shore up their organizations.

Acting Director Madhu Gottumukkala said it could affect everything from responding to threats to finalizing CIRCIA regulations.

It stems from how the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority functions, the official said.

Ilya Lichtenstein was supposed to serve five years after being sentenced in late 2024.

Payments declined one-third to $734M, yet the number of victims confronting ransomware still remains a largely unchanged epidemic, sliding just 2% last year.

The cryptocurrency mixing service helped cybercriminals launder more than $1.5 billion in Bitcoin since it began operations in 2016, Europol said.

An international effort sanctioned Russia-based Media Land and took action against companies and people who helped Aeza Group evade previously issued sanctions.

Federal prosecutors secured five guilty pleas from people who supported overseas remote IT workers, and seized $15 million in stolen cryptocurrency tied to the North Korean regime.

SecAlliance and Silent Push confirmed that the suspected Chinese operators of the phishing kit appear to have been affected.

The suspected Chinese schemers behind it enable those constant fake E-Z Pass and U.S. Postal Service smishing messages.