I can see why Naz Combo is making the news. But let me explain where this data is coming from and why the #infostealer malware threat is even bigger than you think it is. 🧵 [1/x] Naz and hundreds of other cybercriminals work with malware logs. There are plenty of private and public channels on Telegram that trade this data live. They have some tools to parse and search smaller archives but usually struggle when there is a lot of data.

#LockBit uploaded their statement:

"Many people ask us, will our international community of post-paid pentesters, threaten the west on critical infrastructure in response to cyber aggression against Russia?" ...🧵 "Our community consists of many nationalities of the world, most of our pentesters are from the CIS including Russians and Ukrainians, but we also have Americans, Englishmen, Chinese, French, Arabs, Jews, and many others in our team."

40 Million @telegram accounts DB allegedly surfaced on darknet. The actor refused to share the DB origins. But ensured that the leak will appear somewhere else.