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Erbium is a new Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) that offers a new info-stealer with extensive functionality.

The operation involved a massive network of fake dating and customer support websites, which were used to charge credit cards bought on the dark web.

Russia is also planning cyberattacks on critical infrastructure institutions of Ukraine’s allies, primarily Poland and the Baltic States, HUR MO said.

The assessment is based on observations of the deployment of wipers used by APT28 on the networks of Ukrainian entities and the subsequent leaks of data by pro-Russia hacktivists.

The the hackers sold up to 30 million accounts and earned almost UAH 14 million.

The arrest was made as part of an investigation supported by the UK ’s National Cyber Crime Unit.

The vulnerability has been exploited in attacks targeting a small number of organizations in South Asia.

The world in brief: Cryptomarket maker Wintermute robbed of $160M in a hack, old Python bug potentially affects 350,000 open-source projects, and more.

The vulnerable Python tarfile module is found extensively in frameworks created by Netflix, AWS, Intel, Facebook, Google and other software.

The researchers said they discovered three variants of malicious scripts hidden within GTM containers that function either as e-skimmers or as downloaders for installing e-skimmers.