Cyber-Mercenary Group Void Balaur Attacks High-Profile Targets for Cash

Cyber-Mercenary Group Void Balaur Attacks High-Profile Targets for Cash

A Russian-language threat group is available for hire, to steal data on journalists, political leaders, activists and from organizations in every sector. Russian-language group Void Balaur, also tracked under the name Rockethack, has been identified as a prolific...
Cyber-Mercenary Group Void Balaur Attacks High-Profile Targets for Cash

Congress Mulls Ban on Big Ransom Payouts Unless Victims Get Official Say-So

A bill introduced this week would regulate ransomware response by the country’s critical financial sector. A U.S. lawmaker has introduced a bill – the Ransomware and Financial Stability Act (H.R.5936) (PDF) – that would make it illegal for financial firms to pay...
Cyber-Mercenary Group Void Balaur Attacks High-Profile Targets for Cash

Teen Rakes in $2.74M Worth of Bitcoin in Phishing Scam

The kid was busted after abusing Google Ads to lure users to his fake gift card site. During the early days of the pandemic, while the rest of the world was stress streaming and working on sourdough starter, an ambitious teen stuck in his bedroom decided to set up a...
Cyber-Mercenary Group Void Balaur Attacks High-Profile Targets for Cash

VPN Exposes Data for 1M Users, Leading to Researcher Questioning

Experts warn that virtual private networks are increasingly vulnerable to leaks and attack. Free virtual private network (VPN) service Quickfox, which provides access to Chinese websites from outside the country, exposed the personally identifiable information (PII)...
Cyber-Mercenary Group Void Balaur Attacks High-Profile Targets for Cash

Twitch Gets Gutted: All Source Code Leaked

An anonymous user posted a link to a 125GB torrent to 4chan yesterday, containing all of Twitch’s source code, comments going back to its inception and more. An attacker claims to have ransacked Twitch for everything it’s got, including all of its source code and...