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Groups calling themselves IT Army of Russia and TwoNet are newly active on Telegram, coordinating operations and seeking new members, researchers at Intel 471 said.

Interpol said it analyzed five years of data about the illicit industry, which relies on human trafficking to staff up centers with people who are forced to conduct investment fraud, romance scams and other schemes.

Microsoft said it has spent years monitoring North Korea’s campaign to get its citizens hired in IT roles at U.S. companies and recently saw changes in how the campaign operates.

Russian authorities said the man used malware to attack Russian information systems in 2022, blocking access to websites of several local companies and damaging critical infrastructure.

“After careful consideration and in light of recent developments, we have decided to close the Hunters International project,” the prolific cybercrime gang wrote on its darknet site.

Google's data transfers from idle Android phones on cellular networks essentially amounted to stealing, lawyers alleged in a class-action case where a jury awarded $314 million to plaintiffs. Google said it will appeal.

The campaign uses thousands of phishing websites that mimic the design and product listings of retailers like Apple, Nordstrom and Hermes to trick people into entering their credit card information.

Surmodics, a Minnesota-based company that makes specialized coatings for medical devices, reported a cyberattack to federal regulators.

The initiative, dubbed the “Cyber Dome,” involves the creation of a German-Israeli cyber research center and expanded cooperation between Israel’s Mossad and Germany’s BND intelligence agency.

Columbia University said the hacker stole data from a “limited portion" of its network but that it was still determining the size of the breach.

Spain’s Interior Ministry said the suspects were responsible for stealing and leaking personal data belonging to high-ranking political figures, including Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, President of the Congress of Deputies Francina Armengol and Catalonia’s President Salvador Illa.

Support for ransomware, darknet drug markets and other cybercrime activity landed the Russian company Aeza Group on the U.S. government's sanctions list, the Treasury Department said.

A Russian hosting provider allegedly involved in a recent cyberattack against independent media organizations in the country is reportedly connected to a state-affiliated research center sanctioned by the U.S.

Three Democrats on the committee gave Cairncross the nod to be considered for a full Senate vote, including committee ranking member Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) who has been a leader in the Senate on cybersecurity issues.

Spain's Guardia Civil and Europol touted an operation that took down an international scheme that lured victims into bogus cryptocurrency investments.

The ICC credited its “alert and response mechanisms” for “swiftly” discovering, confirming and containing a cyberattack.

The Justice Department announced a coordinated action to disrupt a Pyongyang campaign to get North Koreans hired at U.S.-based companies.

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in favor of Texas' law requiring age verification for porn-site users will have ripple effects across other states — and also for personal data privacy and security, experts say.

Canadian Minister of Industry Mélanie Joly said in a statement that the determination was made with “information and evidence provided by Canada's security and intelligence community” and that she strongly encourages Canadians to “take note of this decision and make their own decisions accordingly.”

Russia has been cracking down on Cloudflare for months, with similar restrictions imposed on other foreign cloud and hosting providers.