One-minute role in Anonymous DDoS attack earns man $183k fine, probation

U.S. and Japanese officials have attributed the massive $308 million cryptocurrency heist against Japanese cryptocurrency exchange DMM Bitcoin in May to North Korean threat operation TraderTraitor, which is believed to be a subgroup of the Lazarus hacking collective, according to SiliconAngle.

Attacks with an updated C++ variant of the BellaCiao dropper malware dubbed "BellaCPP" have been deployed by Iranian state-backed threat operation Charming Kitten — also known as APT35, CharmingCypress, CALANQUE, Mind Sandstorm, TA453, Newscaster, and Yellow Garuda — to facilitate further payload delivery, according to The Hacker News.

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