Individuals from the Commonwealth of Independent States make up approximately 35% of our web traffic.

We have begun aggregating Russian papers from forums such as XSS, or from individuals who have translated papers for vx-underground.

Check it out here: https://www.vx-underground.org/russian.html

RJ Young, a company which provides managed IT solutions and "smart" security devices for businesses and schools, is being extorted by ALPHV ransomware group. ALPHV claims to possess 4TB of their data.

This is yet another example of ransomware groups targeting schools.

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Have a nice day.

One week from today, we will be releasing the first edition of our own publication. Black Mass is a release of original work from our members doing research. We hope you enjoy it.

We've updated the vx-underground Malware Analysis collection. We've added 45 new malware analysis papers from the month of October.

We hope everyone is enjoying their Monday. Have a nice day.

Check it out here: https://www.vx-underground.org/malware_defense.html#malware_analysis

HIVE ransomware group has ransomed Tata Power, a multi-billion dollar electric utility company based in Mumbai, India.

Tata's confirmed the breach. Customers and sensitive data are effected, but core functionality is present and customers still have electricity.

Today the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) released documents regarding Mark Sokolovsky, 26, a Ukrainian national, for his alleged role in an international cybercrime operation known as 'Raccoon Infostealer'.

More information can be read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdtx/pr/newly-unsealed-indictment-charges-ukrainian-national-international-cybercrime-operation

We've made some cool additions to vx-underground

The Windows Malware paper collection now contains the Microsoft Windows Internals Video Series. This is a series of videos produced by Microsoft explaining various components of Windows!

Check it out here: https://www.vx-underground.org/windows.html#windows_internals_video_series

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The New York Post has reported today they've been breached.

https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1585629621521100801