NEW BLOG: @Intel471Inc has observed criminals going after large retail and hospitality companies in a number of different ways in the past year. Of course, they've always gone after retail, but here's what popular on the cybercrime underground intel471.com/blog/retail-cy… @Intel471Inc Those rewards points/point systems/etc. have value. Criminals know that. They are trying to find ways to make money off of them intel471.com/blog/retail-cy…

NEW BLOG: There has been a big upheaval among ransomware operators in the past 24 hours. DarkSide has announced its shutting down operations, REvil and Avaddon announcced new "rules" and a big cybercrime forum has BANNED anything to do with ransomware. intel471.com/blog/darkside-… DarkSide releases a msg saying they are done, adding that their infrastructure was seized — Victim blog, CDN, ransom collection site — and their crypto wallets were emptied. Also sent affiliates decryption tools to unlock any ongoing ransom incidents.
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This entire passage from the fallout over @kateconger's reporting is another example of tech not understanding the basics of journalism I've spent twenty minutes trying to figure out how the Times "overplayed their hand." That leads me to believe Google employees think that the NYT tech reporting staff are all rubbing their hands together like Mr. Burns, plotting to take down Google at every instance

Oooooooh someone just tried to phish me with a spoofed email from a policy person in D.C., to the sandbox we go standard cred stealing through a fake sharepoint app, natch

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BREAKING: @TheJusticeDept has three Ukranian nationals in custody tied to the FIN7/Carbanak group, charged with attacking over 100 companies justice.gov/opa/pr/three-m… @TheJusticeDept The group mainly focused on restaurant, gaming, hospitality companies, according to DOJ. We covered this last year - cyberscoop.com/chipotle-hack-…