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Sep
Fifteen Years in the Making: The Sentencing of Ransomwareas- a-Service's Original Architect- 309

Fifteen Years in the Making: The Sentencing of Ransomwareas- a-Service's Original Architect- 309

August 7, 2026 When a US federal judge in the Eastern District of Virginia sentenced Maksim Silnikau to 16 years
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04
Sep
The Whole Pipeline: How Breached Data Becomes Cash, Leverage, and Sextortion Material- 306

The Whole Pipeline: How Breached Data Becomes Cash, Leverage, and Sextortion Material- 306

August 13, 2026 A data breach is usually reported as a single event — a company discloses an intrusion, a number
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04
Sep
The Authentic Trap: How H1 2026's Scam Campaigns Learned to Borrow Trust Instead of Faking It- 305

The Authentic Trap: How H1 2026's Scam Campaigns Learned to Borrow Trust Instead of Faking It- 305

August 15, 2026 Security vendors publish threat reports constantly, and most of them read the same way: a pie chart
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04
Sep
One Regime, Four Fronts: Inside North Korea's Parallel Cyber Enterprise- 302

One Regime, Four Fronts: Inside North Korea's Parallel Cyber Enterprise- 302

August 8, 2026 It would be easier to track North Korea's state-linked cyber activity if it all
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03
Aug
When cybercrime borrows a spy's toolkit: the UAT-11795 campaign hiding inside everyday software- 292

When cybercrime borrows a spy's toolkit: the UAT-11795 campaign hiding inside everyday software- 292

July 18, 2026 A financially motivated, Russian-speaking hacking crew has spent over a year quietly trojanizing the installers of
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03
Aug
The hacktivist who helped a hacker flee: inside Spain's arrest of a pro-Russia network operative- 286

The hacktivist who helped a hacker flee: inside Spain's arrest of a pro-Russia network operative- 286

July 8, 2026 Spanish police have arrested a man in the central city of Palencia they believe was embedded in
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03
Aug
Fifteen Years, Nine Countries: The EU and UK Name the FSB Behind Europe's Infrastructure Sabotage Campaign- 275

Fifteen Years, Nine Countries: The EU and UK Name the FSB Behind Europe's Infrastructure Sabotage Campaign- 275

July 14, 2026 The United Kingdom and European Union have taken a step neither has taken before: attributing years of
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22
Jul
Bulletproof No Longer: The Unsealing of the Media Land Indictment- 270

Bulletproof No Longer: The Unsealing of the Media Land Indictment- 270

July 16, 2026 Three years after federal prosecutors first built their case, the US Justice Department this week unsealed an
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22
Jul
When the Basics Fail: FSB Center 16's Router Campaign and the West's First Joint Cyber Sanctions Response- 269

When the Basics Fail: FSB Center 16's Router Campaign and the West's First Joint Cyber Sanctions Response- 269

July 15, 2026 A joint advisory issued this month by cybersecurity and intelligence agencies from twelve allied nations laid out,
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21
Jul
Following the Money: Inside the Takedown of a €140 Million Iberian Fraud Network- 262

Following the Money: Inside the Takedown of a €140 Million Iberian Fraud Network- 262

July 17, 2026 Spain's national police disrupted, on July 13, a criminal network whose scale illustrates a pattern
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