Authorities have seized Garantex, a Russian crypto exchange, frozen $26M in assets, and charged two administrators with money ...

The exchange, which has been linked to Russian banks under EU sanction and criminal groups, has been a target of ...

More than a year's worth of internal chat logs from a ransomware gang known as Black Basta have been published online in a leak that provides unprecedented visibility into their tactics and internal ...

Per data from U.S.-based blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis, the exchange helped facilitate payments linked to ransomware gangs and darknet markets, including the notorious Hydra marketplace, ...

Park Jin Hyok, a long-suspected Lazarus member, emerged as a key figure. Previously linked to the 2014 Sony hack and 2017 WannaCry ransomware, Hyok reportedly led the group’s shift to crypto crimes.

But it was the 2017 WannaCry ransomware outbreak that cemented both Lazarus and Hyok’s reputations as cybercriminal masterminds. The malware encrypted data on infected computers and demanded crypto ...

In it, Tramp mentions a certain closeness to Royal (now BlackSuit), whose ransomware for ESXi he says he helped develop, or at least the automation of its deployment. He also says that - not ...

The U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned Garantex in 2022 and the UK followed suit in 2023, with OFAC describing its platform as a “ransomware-enabling virtual currency exchange.” ...

A large-scale malware campaign has been found leveraging a vulnerable Windows driver associated with Adlice's product suite to sidestep detection efforts and deliver the Gh0st RAT malware. "To further ...

The Lynx Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) group is known as a highly organized entity, offering a structured affiliate program and robust encryption methods. Building upon the foundation of the earlier ...

Garantex was previously sanctioned by OFAC in April 2022, with authorities citing its involvement in facilitating transactions associated with illicit actors and darknet markets, including funds from ...

The FBI is warning about a new ransomware hacker group called "Ghost." The FBI published a security advisory with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency that said the group began ...