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How Does One Get Hired by a Top Cybercrime Gang?

Krebs on Security

Department of Justice (DOJ) last week announced the arrest of a 55-year-old Latvian woman who’s alleged to have worked as a programmer for Trickbot , a malware-as-a-service platform responsible for infecting millions of computers and seeding many of those systems with ransomware. Image: DOJ. nl — circa October 2018.

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The new DOJ Law Enforcement Crypto Reports (TL;DR)

Security Boulevard

Good news! Since then, we have seen the Department of Treasury release three reports: " Action Plan to Address Illicit Financing Risks of Digital Assets " (20 pages), " Crypto-Assets: Implications for Consumers, Investors, and Businesses " (58 pages), " The Future of Money and Payments " (56 pages). I read them for you! .