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Zeus, IcedID malware gangs leader pleads guilty, faces 40 years in prison

Ukrainian national Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov, one of the heads of the notorious JabberZeus cybercrime gang, has pleaded guilty to charges related to his leadership roles in the Zeus and IcedID malware groups. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/zeus-icedid-malware-gangs-leader-pleads-guilty-faces-40-years-in-prison/
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North Korean hackers now launder stolen crypto via YoMix tumbler

The North Korean hacker collective Lazarus, infamous for having carried out numerous large-scale cryptocurrency heists over the years, has switched to using YoMix bitcoin mixer to launder stolen proceeds. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/north-korean-hackers-now-launder-stolen-crypto-via-yomix-tumbler/
SolarWinds fixes critical RCE bugs in access rights audit solution

SolarWinds has patched five remote code execution (RCE) flaws in its Access Rights Manager (ARM) solution, including three critical severity vulnerabilities that allow unauthenticated exploitation. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/solarwinds-fixes-critical-rce-bugs-in-access-rights-audit-solution/
New Google Chrome feature blocks attacks against home networks

Google is testing a new feature to prevent malicious public websites from pivoting through a user's browser to attack devices and services on internal, private networks. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/new-google-chrome-feature-blocks-attacks-against-home-networks/
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KeyTrap attack: Internet access disrupted with one DNS packet

A serious vulnerability named KeyTrap in the Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) feature could be exploited to deny internet access to applications for an extended period. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/keytrap-attack-internet-access-disrupted-with-one-dns-packet/
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North Korean hackers linked to defense sector supply-chain attack

In an advisory today Germany's federal intelligence agency (BfV) and South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) warn of an ongoing cyber-espionage operation targeting the global defense sector on behalf of the North Korean government. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/north-korean-hackers-linked-to-defense-sector-supply-chain-attack/
Police arrest LockBit ransomware members, release decryptor in global crackdown

Law enforcement arrested two operators of the LockBit ransomware gang in Poland and Ukraine, created a decryption tool to recover encrypted files for free, and seized over 200 crypto-wallets after hacking the cybercrime gang's servers in an international crackdown operation. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/police-arrest-lockbit-ransomware-members-release-decryptor-in-global-crackdown/
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Critical infrastructure software maker confirms ransomware attack

PSI Software SE, a German software developer for complex production and logistics processes, has confirmed that the cyber incident it disclosed last week is a ransomware attack that impacted its internal infrastructure. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-infrastructure-software-maker-confirms-ransomware-attack/
Ransomware Groups, Targeting Preferences, and the Access Economy

The cybercrime ecosystem has created a supply chain of stolen accounts and breached networks that are used to fuel ransomware attacks and data breaches. Learn more from Flare about how this supply chain has led to an explosion of cybercrime. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-groups-targeting-preferences-and-the-access-economy/