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BlackSuit site seizure notice
Seizure notice displayed on BlackSuit’s extortion site. (State Criminal Police Office Lower Saxony, Germany)

Details emerge on BlackSuit ransomware takedown

The Russian cybercrime group attacked more than 180 organizations before members abandoned the brand and dispersed to new ransomware groups earlier this year.
Leucauge venusta, known as the orchard orbweaver spider, resting in the center of her web in Charleston, South Carolina.
Leucauge venusta, known as the orchard orbweaver spider, resting in the center of her web in Charleston, South Carolina. (Daniela Duncan/Getty Images)

Scattered Spider weaves web of social-engineered destruction

The cybercrime ring has infiltrated more than 100 businesses since 2022, including more than a dozen since it regrouped earlier this year.
A screen shows a virtual meeting with Microsoft Teams at ISE 2024 on January 30, 2024 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Cesc Maymo/Getty Images)

Ransomware groups pose as fake tech support over Teams

A researcher at Sophos told CyberScoop that the company observed these tactics being used against multiple individuals and at least 15 organizations.
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BARCELONA, SPAIN – JANUARY 29: A Bitcoin ATM machine, to buy or sell cryptocurrencies, is placed within a safety cage on January 29, 2021 in Barcelona, Spain. The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and local law enforcement busted an allegedly fraudulent scam posing as a firm that specialized in cryptocurrency and foreign exchange investment training out of Andorra. (Photo by Cesc Maymo/Getty Images)

Romance scammers exploit Apple’s developer program to spread fake cryptocurrency apps

Swindlers have defrauded victims out of $1.4 million with the romance scam.
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