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Armenia Detains Russian Tourist on U.S. Warrant for REvil Hacker, Lawyers Say Wrong Man
Armenia has held a Russian tourist named Aleksandr Ermakov in a detention center since June 28, on a U.S. extradition…
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ThreatsDay: Game Cheat Spyware, 24-Hour Ransomware, Chrome Sync Stalking + 12 More Stories
Ravie LakshmananJul 16, 2026Hacking News / Cybersecurity News A lot of this week’s trouble starts with something that looks close…
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U.S. Sanctions First VPN Service and Malware Cryptor Seller Over Ransomware Support
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has designated two individuals and a VPN service provider for…
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Ransomware Negotiator Gets 70 Months in Prison for Aiding BlackCat Attacks
Ravie LakshmananJul 10, 2026Cybercrime / Law Enforcement A 41-year-old former ransomware negotiator has been sentenced to nearly six years (i.e.,…
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GodDamn Ransomware Uses PoisonX Driver to Disable Endpoint Defenses
Ravie LakshmananJul 09, 2026Malware / Endpoint Security Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new ransomware family called GodDamn that employs the…
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ThreatsDay: Cloud Bucket Hijacking, Windows LPE Chain, Global Fraud Bust + 17 More Stories
Ravie LakshmananJul 09, 2026Hacking News / Cybersecurity News Most security mess starts as admin work. A link gets clicked. A…
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New Avalon Malware Framework Packs CrownX Ransomware Capabilities
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a previously undocumented modular malware framework codenamed Avalon that’s distributed by means of a multi-stage phishing…
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AI-Generated Browser Ransomware Abuses Chromium API on Windows, Linux, macOS, Android
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malware artifact generated using DeepSeek that constructed a novel attack path combining “unrealistic browser-malware…
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SharePoint RCE CVE-2026-45659 Added to CISA KEV After Active Exploitation
Ravie LakshmananJul 02, 2026Vulnerability / Threat Intelligence The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added a high-severity…
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FortiBleed Credential Theft Linked to INC and Lynx Ransomware Operations
The recently discovered financially-motivated FortiBleed campaign has been attributed to INC and Lynx ransomware operations, indicating that the verified, stolen…