FIN-CRIME

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Sep
Medusa's Affiliate Model Hits Full Stride: 500 Critical-Infrastructure Victims and a Hint of Cracks Beneath- 339

Medusa's Affiliate Model Hits Full Stride: 500 Critical-Infrastructure Victims and a Hint of Cracks Beneath- 339

August 20, 2026 An updated federal advisory on the Medusa ransomware-as-a-service operation reads less like a warning
3 min read
07
Sep
From Leaked Code to RaaS Empire: Inside the Gunra Ransomware Warning- 325

From Leaked Code to RaaS Empire: Inside the Gunra Ransomware Warning- 325

August 13, 2026 US federal agencies and South Korea's National Police Agency issued a joint advisory this month
3 min read
07
Sep
No Single Actor Controls Enough to Be Deterred: Why Law Enforcement Keeps Losing the Cybercrime Race- 323

No Single Actor Controls Enough to Be Deterred: Why Law Enforcement Keeps Losing the Cybercrime Race- 323

August 7, 2026 At Black Hat USA 2026, Carole House, CEO of Penumbra Strategies and a senior fellow at the
3 min read
07
Sep
Borrowed Trust: How Moscow Turns Everyday Software Into an Access Network- 316

Borrowed Trust: How Moscow Turns Everyday Software Into an Access Network- 316

August 6, 2026 A fake job offer, a hijacked hotel Wi-Fi login, a criminal marketplace listing, and an advertising
7 min read
07
Sep
You Don't Have to Hack In, You Just Have to Log In: Phishing's New Engineering Problem- 315

You Don't Have to Hack In, You Just Have to Log In: Phishing's New Engineering Problem- 315

August 6, 2026 For twenty years, phishing's basic engineering problem was getting a password. Multifactor authentication and email-
6 min read
07
Sep
Scaling the Scam: Inside One AI-Powered Compound While Washington Argues With Beijing- 313

Scaling the Scam: Inside One AI-Powered Compound While Washington Argues With Beijing- 313

August 5, 2026 A single disrupted network in a Cambodian border town and a Senate hearing three thousand miles away
5 min read
07
Sep
Fear or False Comfort: Ransomware Gangs Are Now Managing the Whole Story- 310

Fear or False Comfort: Ransomware Gangs Are Now Managing the Whole Story- 310

August 5, 2026 Encryption used to be the entire product. A ransomware group broke in, locked the files, left a
5 min read
04
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
3 min read
04
Sep
A Familiar Hand, A New Weapon: Storm-1175 Steps Out From Medusa's Shadow- 308

A Familiar Hand, A New Weapon: Storm-1175 Steps Out From Medusa's Shadow- 308

August 11, 2026 A ransomware group going quiet for four months usually means one of two things: law enforcement caught
6 min read
04
Sep
New Name, Same Playbook: How a Vishing Crew Climbed From Retail to Wall Street in 18 Months- 307

New Name, Same Playbook: How a Vishing Crew Climbed From Retail to Wall Street in 18 Months- 307

August 11, 2026 A criminal group that spent early 2025 attacking retail and hospitality chains does not, under ordinary circumstances,
7 min read