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Ransomware review: March 2024

Malwarebytes

Before we dive into the two biggest stories of the month, however, let’s start with a quick overview of other significant ransomware developments, including a new Coveware report revealing a record low of 29% of victims paying ransoms in the last quarter of 2023.

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

Security Boulevard

Good news! Despite the Executive Order, it is important to note that the Department of Justice did not need the urging of the White House to establish procedures for addressing Cryptocurrency. That original report characterized the illicit uses of cryptocurrency into three broad categories of criminality: .

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‘Spam Nation’ Villain Vrublevsky Charged With Fraud

Krebs on Security

Following his release from jail, Vrublevsky began working on a new digital payments platform based in Hong Kong called HPay Ltd (a.k.a. There are scant public records that show a connection between ChronoPay and HPay, apart from the fact that the latter’s website — hpay[.]io In 2013, Vrublevsky was sentenced to 2.5

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