Operation Cronos and this latest leak increase pressure on LockBit, which was once behind 40% of global ransomware attacks. LockBit, one of the most notorious ransomware groups of recent years, has suffered a significant breach of its dark web platform. Its admin and affiliate panels were defaced and replaced with a message linking to a […]

Oh dear, what a shame, never mind.  Yes, it’s hard to feel too much sympathy when a group of cybercriminals who have themselves extorted millions of dollars from innocent victims have found themselves dealing with their own cybersecurity problem.  And that’s just what has happened to the notorious LockBit ransomware gang, which has been given […]

Significant blow to cybercriminal infrastructure, Europol has coordinated an international operation resulting in the arrest of four individuals in Poland who allegedly operated six DDoS-for-hire platforms. These platforms, which allowed paying customers to launch devastating cyberattacks for as little as €10, were responsible for thousands of attacks against schools, government services, businesses, and gaming platforms […]

LockBit has suffered a data breach following panel defacement. (Photo: Tero Vesalainen/ Shutterstock) LockBit, a ransomware group known for numerous cyberattacks, has encountered a data breach following the defacement of its dark web affiliate panels. These panels now display a message stating, “Don’t do crime CRIME IS BAD xoxo from Prague,” along with a link […]

Edge devices have become prime targets for cyber threat actors, particularly routers that are no longer receiving security updates and patches, leaving them vulnerable to exploitation. The FBI recently published a report sharing new findings about threat actors exploiting known vulnerabilities to compromise obsolete routers, also dubbed as end-of-life (EOL) routers in the cyber community. […]