Infostealer Ring Bust-up Takes Down 20,000 Malicious IPs

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) on Tuesday warned of renewed activity from an organized criminal group it tracks as UAC-0173 that involves infecting computers with a remote access trojan named DCRat (aka DarkCrystal RAT). The Ukrainian cybersecurity authority said it observed the latest attack wave starting in mid-January 2025. The activity is…

The threat actors are abusing the vulnerabilities to gain initial access, obtain credentials, and install malicious scripts on user devices.

Wiz researchers found an opportunistic threat actor has been targeting vulnerable edge devices, including Ivanti VPNs and Palo Alto firewalls.

The Emergency Management and Response – Information Sharing and Analysis Center provided essential information to the emergency services sector on physical and cyber threats and its closure leaves an information vacuum for these organizations.

New regulations and compliance standards for the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act reflect how much technology has grown since the Federal Trade Commission last updated it in 2013.

The likely India-based threat group is also targeting logistics companies in a continued expansion of its activities.