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Ukrainian hacker charged with helping Russian hacktivist groups
Bleeping Computer reports: U.S. prosecutors have charged a Ukrainian national for her role in cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure worldwide, including U.S. water systems, election systems, and nuclear facilities, on behalf of Russian state-backed hacktivist groups. On Tuesday, 33-year-old Victoria Eduardovna Dubranova (also known as Vika, Tory, and SovaSonya) was arraigned on charges related to her […]
Romanian National Sentenced in Louisiana to One Year in Prison for Access Device Fraud
The United States Attorney’s Office for Eastern District of Louisiana issued a press release about the sentencing of a Romanian national who was arrested one week after installing skimming devices at three locations in Louisiana: Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced that ANDREI FAGARAS (“FAGARAS”), age 35, a Romanian national, was sentenced on December 2, 2025 […]
FinCEN Issues Financial Trend Analysis on Ransomware
On December 4, the U.S. Department of the Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Financial Trend Analysis of ransomware incidents since January 2022: FinCEN
Privacy concerns raised as Grok AI found to be a stalker’s best friend
Your personal security may be at greater risk than you knew, thanks to Grok AI. Bitdefender reports: Grok, the AI chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, has been found to exhibit more alarming behaviour – this time revealing the home addresses of ordinary people upon request. And, as if that wasn’t enough of a privacy […]
Japan: 17-yr-old suspected of carrying out cyberattack with AI help
There have been many articles written about the threat of artificial intelligence (AI) being used to program or assist cybercrime, but very little evidence of it actually happening. Here is a case where it has reportedly happened. Kyodo News reports: A 17-year-old boy was served an arrest warrant on Thursday on suspicion of breaching the […]
Portugal updates cybercrime law to exempt security researchers
Good news for “white hat” researchers. Bleeping Computer reports: Read more at Bleeping Computer.
UK Government Considers Computer Misuse Act Revision
Data Breach Today reports: The U.K. government is considering amending its three-decade-old hacking law to include a “statutory defense” cover for security researchers, Security Minister Dan Jarvis said. The announcement comes amid concerns that the law penalizes white hat hackers for essential security practices such as participating in bug bounties. Speaking at a Financial Times […]
LockBit 5.0 Infrastructure Exposed in New Server, IP, and Domain Leak
Cyber Security News reports that LockBit 5.0’s infrastructure was leaked on X.com on December 5 by Rakesh Krishnan: LockBit 5.0 key infrastructure exposed, revealing the IP address 205.185.116.233, and the domain karma0.xyz is hosting the ransomware group’s latest leak site. According to researcher Rakesh Krishnan, hosted under AS53667 (PONYNET, operated by FranTech Solutions), a network frequently […]