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New Cyber Platform Lab 1 Decodes Dark Web Data to Uncover Hidden Supply Chain Breaches

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More organisations chose not to pay ransom demands, according to findings by blockchain firm Chainalysis. Nonetheless, stolen data has value beyond a price tag, and in Ransomware payments fell by over 40% in 2022 compared to 2021.

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Google Disrupts Blockchain-based Glupteba Botnet; Sues Russian Hackers

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Google on Tuesday said it took steps to disrupt the operations of a sophisticated "multi-component" botnet called Glupteba that approximately infected more than one million Windows computers across the globe and stored its command-and-control server addresses on Bitcoin's blockchain as a resilience mechanism.

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Google files lawsuit against blockchain botnet operators

CyberSecurity Insiders

Google has made an official announcement that it has filed a lawsuit against a blockchain on botnet operators to pressurize Russian government to take stringent action against cyber criminals operating from its region. The post Google files lawsuit against blockchain botnet operators appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Details of Google going against Glupteba Botnet Operators

CyberSecurity Insiders

In December 2021, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) discovered the intense activities being conducted by Glupteba Botnet on the internet and filed a lawsuit in a district court of New York. Google won the lawsuit against two Russian nationals who were found guilty in operating the said botnet network.

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Google won a lawsuit against the Glupteba botnet operators

Security Affairs

Unlike other botnets, Gluteba leverages cryptocurrency blockchains as a command-and-control mechanism in an attempt to make it more resilient to takeover. The blockchain is not controlled by any central authority, and each transaction is disseminated to and viewable by any user on the blockchain.”

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Google disrupts the Glupteba botnet

Security Affairs

The blockchain-enabled botnet has been active since at least 2011, researchers estimate that the Glupteba botnet is currently composed of more than 1 million Windows PCs around the world. TAG also partnered with CloudFlare and others take down servers. users were warned via Safe Browsing. ” reads the post published by Google.

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Mar 06- Mar 12 Ukraine – Russia the silent cyber conflict

Security Affairs

March 8 – Google TAG: Russia, Belarus-linked APTs targeted Ukraine. Google TAG observed Russian, Belarusian, and Chinese threat actors targeting Ukraine and European government and military orgs. Coinbase announced that it’s blocking access to more than 25,000 blockchain addresses linked to Russian individuals and entities.

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