Azim Khodjibaev

Moscow man accused of posing as FSB officer to extort Conti ransomware gang A Moscow resident has been accused of trying to extort money from the notorious Conti ransomware group by posing as an officer of Russia’s Federal Security Service, according to local media reports.

If I ever meet this guy I'm gonna buy him all the beer...

via @darynant.bsky.social & @therecordmedia.bsky.social

ОС на Linux не обновляются: эксперты говорят о «случайной блокировке» от РКН — регулятор это отвергает Под ограничения также попали образовательные платформы с курсами по Python.

As part of its internet crackdown, it appears that Russia's internet watchdog accidentally blocked the official website of the Linux kernel.

The block has been lifted after Russian IT engineers reminded Roskomnadzor that the country's native OS also runs on Linux

kod.ru/linux-rus-fail

That’s like 1% of them

Devastating

Suspect linked to Russian language cybercriminal forum arrested in Ukraine, says France A person suspected of being the administrator for the Russian language cybercriminal forum XSS.is was arrested in Ukraine, with the assistance of the French police and Europol, the French Public Prosecutor's Office said on Wednesday.

Admin of XSS forum arrested in Ukraine - www.reuters.com/technology/s...

Weird indeed

If you've been following #BlackBasta (and the recent leak), this thread might be of interest.

Last December, out of the blue, a source reached out to me (and, as I was to find out, to @valerymarchive.bsky.social as well) offering to doxx the leader of that ransomware-operation, known as "tramp".

Finally! We love to see it. 👏

🪦 8BASE RANSOMWARE 🪦

h/t: techcrunch.com/2025/02/10/g...

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Hey i know that guy!

Husky sees the snow

Thanks!

Ransomware's Crazy Uncle | SLEUTHCON 2024 YouTube video by SLEUTHCON

"They know the importance of PII. And anything that has PII, say of children or healthcare patients, they know that that's very valuable information. They've personally discuss this, and they will go after it."

@ashukuhi.bsky.social on ransomware affiliate Dydka: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_Pe...

Mood

a man is dancing in a room with a fan and a bicycle in the background .. ALT: a man is dancing in a room with a fan and a bicycle in the background ..

Wazawaka was arrested in Russia yo

fuck cancer

Hunters International could have been using this tool for decentralized stolen data storage since... their first victim.
This decentralization comes with availability issues.
So, let's look into the availability of the data of Hunters's early victims, right? 🧐

Looks who’s here

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OMG

On that*