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Group behind Emotet botnet malware testing new methods to get around Microsoft security

Recent changes to Microsoft automation capabilities may be forcing cybercrime operators to adapt.

Apr 26, 2022

A spider spins a web in a garden outside Moscow on June 4, 2021. (Photo by YURI KADOBNOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Russian cybercrime continues as government-backed attacks on companies dwindle, CrowdStrike says

Russian government-backed groups have turned their attention elsewhere, while the local ransomware scene thrives.

Sep 8, 2021 By Tim Starks

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Ryuk ransomware shows Russian criminal group is going big or going home

A subset of a Russian hacking group has raked in $3.7 million since August using Ryuk.

Jan 10, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas

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