When Getting Phished Puts You in Mortal Danger

by | Mar 28, 2025 | A Little Sunshine, Artem Tamoian, DuckDuckGo, Freedom of Russia legion, Russia's War on Ukraine, Russian Volunteer Corps, Silent Push, Stark Industries Solutions Ltd, Yandex, Zach Edwards

Many successful phishing attacks result in a financial loss or malware infection. But falling for some phishing scams, like those currently targeting Russians searching online for organizations that are fighting the Kremlin war machine, can cost you your freedom or...

Trump 2.0 Brings Cuts to Cyber, Consumer Protections

by | Feb 24, 2025 | A Little Sunshine, Bruce Schneier, Bybit, Christopher Stanley, Coinbase, Conservative Political Action Conference, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Davi Ottenheimer, Department of Government Efficiency, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Edward Coristine, Gavin Kliger, Global Investigative Journalism Network, Hunter Labs, Internal Revenue Service, Jacob Silverman, Jacob Williams, Katie Arrington, KleptoCapture Task Force, Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative, Latest Warnings, Leland Dudek, lizardstresser, Michelle King, Natalya Martynova, National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Treasury Employees Union, Office of Management and Budget, Office of Personnel Management, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, President Donald Trump, Project 2025, Rep. Andy Ogles, Russia's War on Ukraine, Sean Cairncross, Social Security Administration, starlink, The Coming Storm, Treasury Department, U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Valery Martynov, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky

One month into his second term, President Trump’s actions to shrink the government through mass layoffs, firings and withholding funds allocated by Congress have thrown federal cybersecurity and consumer protection programs into disarray. At the same time, agencies...

How Cryptocurrency Turns to Cash in Russian Banks

by | Jan 27, 2025 | A Little Sunshine, Binance, Blaven Technologies, Breadcrumbs, Chainalysis, Cloudflare, Cryptomus, CTV News, FINTRAC, Icon Tech SRO, Investigative Journalism Foundation, Mezhundarondnaya IBU SRO, Peter German, PQ Hosting, RCMP, Richard Sanders, Russia's War on Ukraine, Vira Krychka, Web Fraud 2.0, WS Management and Advisory Corporation Ltd, Xeltox Enterprises

A financial firm registered in Canada has emerged as the payment processor for dozens of Russian cryptocurrency exchanges and websites hawking cybercrime services aimed at Russian-speaking customers, new research finds. Meanwhile, an investigation into the Vancouver...

From Cybercrime Saul Goodman to the Russian GRU

by | Feb 29, 2024 | A Little Sunshine, Aleksei Valerievich Safronov, Congressional Research Service, Constella Intelligence, Djamix, DomainTools.com, GRU, Guardia Civil, mark rasch, Mazafaka, Meduza, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Russia's War on Ukraine, Stalker

In 2021, the exclusive Russian cybercrime forum Mazafaka was hacked. The leaked user database shows one of the forum’s founders was an attorney who advised Russia’s top hackers on the legal risks of their work, and what to do if they got caught. A review of this...