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Five young men from several federal states are being investigated on suspicion of computer sabotage.  They are said to have blocked the telephones of police stations for short periods of time over several weeks.  In total, over 800 police stations in Germany and neighboring countries have been affected by the attacks since the beginning of the year, according to the police in Osnabrück.  Several of the suspects' homes were searched at the end of June.[1]

The five suspects, aged between 16 and 19

Earlier this year, threat researchers at Cybersixgill released the annual report, The State of the Cybercrime Underground. 

https://cybersixgill.com/resources/the-state-of-the-underground-2023   

The research stems from an analysis of Cybersixgill's collected intelligence items throughout 2022, gathered from the deep, dark and clear web.  The report examines the continuous evolution of threat actors' tactics, tools, and procedures (TTPs) in the Digital Age and how organizations can adapt to redu

In the last few years, companies, universities, schools, medical facilities and other organizations have been targeted by ransomware threat actors, turning ransomware into the Internet's most severe security crisis.  Now, the US Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have issued a new security warning.

Ransomware is a type of malicious software, or malware that prevents you from accessing your computer files, systems, or networks and d