Author: Nancy Bilyeau

Cybercrime experts are asking whether REvil, the notorious group of Russian hackers responsible for million-dollar ransomware attacks worldwide, is really gone for good–or operating under a new name. A more interesting question: has the group’s exposure motivated authorities to strengthen defenses against future attacks?

The mystery over the sudden disappearance of a Russian-speaking cybercrime gang believed responsible for hacking more than 360 targets in the United States in 2021 alone has raised questions about whether the cyber “cold war” between Russia and the U.S. is heating up.

Almost eight years after former CIA contractor Edward Snowden revealed the existence of a massive domestic spying program, the National Security Agency still operates a clandestine surveillance tool that threatens Americans’ privacy, according to a dissenting member of a watchdog group that just completed a report on the “XKeyscore program.”

Microsoft announced on Thursday that it had observed cyberattacks by the threat actor Nobelium, the same actor behind the SolarWinds 2020 hack, that are targeting government agencies, think tanks, consultants and non-governmental organizations.