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U.S. Indicts 2 Top Russian Hackers, Sanctions Cryptex

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The Russian hacker group Nerf as described in a March 2006 article in the Russian hacker magazine xakep.ru. ” Cryptex has been associated with quite a few ransomware transactions, including the largest known ransomware payment to date. Chainalysis finds that Cryptex has received more than $1.6

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Why Malware Crypting Services Deserve More Scrutiny

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This service is actually recommended by the purveyors of the RedLine information stealer malware , which is a popular and powerful malware kit that specializes in stealing victim data and is often used to lay the groundwork for ransomware attacks. One of the domains registered in 2006 to the address unforgiven57@mail.ru antivirusxp09[.]com).

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