A Lapsus$ hacker is sentenced to hospital detention. Online ads and phishing drain crypto wallets. Cyberespionage continues. LockBit and ALPHV say they want to form a ransomware cartel. The 8220 gang's cryptojacking. DarkGate RAT's propagation. The evolution of Bandook. A prominent title insurance company takes systems offline. Rick Howard speaks with guests John Goodman & Amanda Satterwhite of Accenture Federal Services about the launch of a public sector Cybersecurity Center of Excellence. And Trump’s Dumps lead to BidenCash.

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N2K’s Rick Howard talks with guests John Goodman & Amanda Satterwhite of Accenture Federal Services about the launch of a public sector Cybersecurity Center of Excellence in conjunction with Google.

Selected Reading

The infamous GTA VI hacker has been convicted - and the story is simply absurd (IT Pro)

Crypto drainer steals $59 million from 63k people in Twitter ad push (Bleeping Computer)

Threat Actor 'UAC-0099' Continues to Target Ukraine (Deep Instinct)

‘Today FBI Got Him, Tomorrow They Will Get Me’: LockBit, BlackCat Unite to Form Cyber Cartel (The Cyber Express)

Imperva Detects Undocumented 8220 Gang Activities (Imperva)

BattleRoyal, DarkGate Cluster Spreads via Email and Fake Browser Updates (Proofpoint)

Bandook - A Persistent Threat That Keeps Evolving (Fortinet)

First American takes IT systems offline after cyberattack (Bleeping Computer)

BidenCash darkweb market gives 1.9 million credit cards for free (Bleeping Computer)

BidenCash (Searchlight Cyber)

Russia Seizes Ferum, Sky-Fraud, UAS, and Trump’s Dumps—and Signals More Takedowns to Come [Updated] (Flashpoint)

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