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Germany doxxes Conti ransomware and TrickBot ring leader
The Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany (Bundeskriminalamt or BKA) claims that Stern, the leader of the Trickbot and Conti cybercrime gangs, is a 36-year-old Russian named Vitaly Nikolaevich Kovalev. “The subject is suspected of having been the founder of the ‘Trickbot’ group, also known as ‘Wizard Spider,'” BKA said last week [English PDF], after another round of seizures and charges…
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US indicts leader of Qakbot botnet linked to ransomware attacks
The U.S. government has indicted Russian national Rustam Rafailevich Gallyamov, the leader of the Qakbot botnet malware operation that compromised over 700,000 computers and enabled ransomware attacks. As per court documents, Gallyamov started to develop Qakbot (also known as Qbot and Pinkslipbot) in 2008 and deployed it to create a network of thousands of infected computers. Over time, a team…
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Can robots work safely alongside humans? This one industry leader thinks we’re not far away
Humanoid robots and people will be able to work truly side-by-side this year, according to the CEO of one leading robotics company. In a discussion at Mobile World Congress (MWC), Peggy Johnson — who stepped in as CEO of Agility Robotics last year — shared what the company’s Digit robot was capable of doing now, and what was expected to…
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DOGE gets a new leader amid wave of staff resignations – Computerworld
“We swore to serve the American people and uphold our oath to the Constitution across presidential administrations. However, it has become clear that we can no longer honor those commitments,” the letter reportedly said. Motivation in question Many of the remaining staff working for DOGE lacked the skills to do the job and were motivated primarily by ideological zeal, the…
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Russia sentences Hydra dark web market leader to life in prison
Russian authorities have sentenced the leader of the criminal group behind the now-closed dark web platform Hydra Market to life in prison. Additionally, more than a dozen accomplices have been convicted for their involvement in the production and sale of nearly a ton of drugs. Stanislav Moiseyev, the group’s “organizer,” who was sentenced to life imprisonment, also received a fine…
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Trump names Brendan Carr as his FCC leader
President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday that intends to name Brendan Carr as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Carr, a commissioner at the FCC since 2017, has made a name for himself by threatening to use the commission’s powers to regulate speech online and over the airwaves. Carr authored Project 2025’s section on the FCC, using it to propose…
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The UK has ‘seismic’ AI potential, says AWS startup leader – but startups still need skills support
AI startups are in a critical position at the moment, with the potential to raise millions from investors buying into the hype around generative AI but also the challenge of standing out in a sea of AI-focused businesses. This is why startups often tie up with some of the largest companies in tech, either through accelerator schemes or public cloud…
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AI agents are here to stay – and Boomi thinks it can be a market leader
AI agents are the talk of the town in the tech industry, with major players all rushing to show how their AI assistants can help your business become more efficient, and Boomi wants a slice of the action. Amid some discussion of AI’s false promises and a wave of ‘AI-enhanced’ vaporware hitting the market, agents are essentially a way for…
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EU Antitrust Leader Margrethe Vestager to Step Down
European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager will not be renominated for a third term, according to the Financial Times. Vestager’s decade-long career as Europe’s top antitrust regulator was marked by landmark division and record-breaking fines against tech giants like Google, Apple, and Amazon. Her enforcement of the Digital Markets Act in 2023 and antitrust rulings brought her both acclaim and…
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Suspected leader of ‘prolific’ Reveton ransomware group arrested and deported to US
Maksim Silnikau, the suspected leader of a ransomware group who went by the online alias of ‘J.P. Morgan’, has been arrested and extradited to the US. Silnikau and his group had been under investigation by the National Crime Agency (NCA) since 2015, with parallel investigations also being run by the US Secret Service (USSS) and the FBI. At the end…
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