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Key Findings The cybercriminal supply chain continues to transform, with new specialized roles emerging to enable cybercrime at scale. Threat actor communities will fragment, evolve, and get younger, with an influx of teen cybercriminals using plug-and-play attack kits. The non-human identity (NHI) explosion will fuel hidden risks, as machine credentials proliferate across cloud environments with less protection than human-based credentials. Insider threats will be fueled by

Key Findings: Five individuals have pleaded guilty to assisting North Korea's illicit revenue generation schemes by enabling information technology (IT) worker fraud in violation of international sanctions. The five defendants are Audricus Phagnasay, Jason Salazar, Alexander Paul Travis, Oleksandr Didenko, and Erick Ntekereze Prince. The defendants facilitated the use of stolen U.S. identities by North Korean IT workers to secure jobs at American firms, hosted company-issued

Key Findings Operation Endgame, a global law enforcement operation, has taken down the core systems of three major online crime groups, including the Rhadamanthys infostealer, the VenomRAT remote control tool, and the Elysium botnet. The operation was coordinated by Europol and Eurojust, with the participation of law enforcement and judicial authorities from 11 countries, including Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Lithuania, the Netherlands, the U

Background The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed sanctions against eight individuals and two entities within North Korea's global financial network. The sanctions are for laundering money for various illicit schemes, including cybercrime and information technology (IT) worker fraud. The Treasury stated that "North Korean state-sponsored hackers steal and launder money to fund the regime's nuclear weapons program." Sanctioned Individuals and Entities Jang Kuk Chol (J