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Yandex confirms usage of racial slurs in company source code. Yandex states the code which uses racial slurs did not affect company services (?), and was only used internally. They stated the racial slurs violate company policy and have apologized

https://cyberscoop.com/racial-slurs-discovered-in-leaked-yandex-source-code/

We've updated the vx-underground malware sample collection

- Virusshare.00456
- Virusshare.Android.APK.2022
- 36,260 new malicious binaries added
- All named using Kaspersky naming convention

Check it out here: https://samples.vx-underground.org/samples/Blocks/

General updates:

- 45TB+ of data delivered in the past 28 days
- 95% completion of The Old New Thing archive
- 15% of malware collection synced with Tria.ge
- ???

Sebastien Raoult, an alleged member of ShinyHunters group, has been extradited from Morocco following a request from the United States government. He is currently in Seattle, Washington.

He is facing 116 years in prison. He has plead not guilty.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdwa/pr/alleged-french-cybercriminal-appear-seattle-indictment-conspiracy-computer-intrusion

There is a very real possibility that sometime in the future, your children, or grandchildren, will ask if you've ever heard of vx-underground.

You can happily tell them you followed us from our beginnings on Telegram.

They will respond with: "what the hell is a Telegram?"

We've updated the vx-underground malware collection. We have added 40,000 new malware samples to our "In The Wild" collection.

- Volume 0035
- Volume 0036

Check it out here: https://samples.vx-underground.org/samples/Blocks/

This video has millions of views and is appearing on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.

Key points:

- Don't check Facebook with your microwave
- Every product on the planet is based out of the United States, duh
- FBI agents glow in the dark
- The Matrix song goes hard

We have finished archiving The Old New Thing blog from Raymond Chen. It is nearly 3 decades of articles - dates ranging from July, 2003 to December, 2022.

We will now begin our next large project.

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

We've updated the vx-underground APT collection. We have added samples and papers from December 2022 and January 2023.

Special thanks to f0wlsec for the papers, samples, and aggregating the content as always

Check it out here: https://www.vx-underground.org/malware.html#2023

We've updated the vx-underground InTheWild collection. We've added volumes 0037, 0038, 0039, and 0040. It is 80,000 new unique malicious binaries.

Special thanks to petikvx for aggregating the malware samples.

Check it out here: https://samples.vx-underground.org/samples/Blocks/

Updating and aggregating content on Industrial Control System malware is a nightmare

Lockbit Green, the newest addition to Lockbit ransomware group's arsenal, is based off the Conti source code leak

Lockbit Red - Lockbit 2.0, custom ransomware
Lockbit Black - BlackMatter ransomware groups code
Lockbit Green - Conti ransomware groups code

https://github.com/prodaft/malware-ioc/blob/master/LockBit/green.md

Kaspersky's latest report indicated only 45% of crime forum job postings allowed remote work.

TV pitch: a mockumentary sitcom, similar to The Office, that follows the day-to-day antics of a Russian-based ransomware group

In the first episode of офис (the Office) a young Максим Якубец (Maksim Yakubets a.k.a. Aqua) fatally poisons his rival co-worker resulting in his untimely death