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The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions on Oct. 1 against seven individuals and two entities associated with Evil Corp, a Russia-based cybercrime group. The Treasury’s sanctions coincided with an indictment from the U.S. Justice Department against an Evil Corp member, as well as additional measures from the U.K. and Australia. According to State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller, Evil Corp is “responsible for the development and distribution of the Dridex malware.” “Evil Corp has used the Dridex malware to infect computers and harvest login credentials from hundreds of banks and …

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