ZSERVERS: Russian CyberCrime Network

The United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom have sanctioned Zservers, a Russia-based bulletproof hosting (BPH) services provider, for supplying essential attack infrastructure for the LockBit ransomware gang. 

• Two of its key administrators, Russian nationals Alexander Igorevich Mishin and Aleksandr Sergeyevich Bolshakov, were also designated for their roles in directing Lockbit virtual currency transactions and supporting the gang's attacks.

 

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U.S. Department of the Treasury (.gov)
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Reuters

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The U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) says Canadian authorities discovered a laptop running a virtual machine linked to a Zservers subleased IP address and operating a LockBit malware control panel during a 2022 raid on a known LockBit affiliate.

 

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A New Era in Connectivity – T-Mobile Starlink

 

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T‑Mobile Starlink Beta Takes Off
February 09, 2025

• T‑Mobile Starlink is solving wireless’ biggest pain point — mobile dead zones

• T‑Mobile Starlink is the first and only space‑based mobile network in the U.S. that automatically connects to your phone in areas no cellular network reaches

The beta is now open for absolutely everyone — yes, even Verizon and AT&T customers — to register for free access until July

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Feb. 9, 2025 —Minutes ago, during the country’s largest annual sporting event, T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) introduced the next big thing in wireless — T-Mobile Starlink — to tens of millions of football fans. Now in public beta, this breakthrough service, developed in partnership with Starlink, uses straight-out-of-a-sci-fi-movie satellite and mobile communications technology to help keep people connected — even you, Verizon and AT&T customers — in the more than 500,000 square miles of the country unreached by any carrier’s earth-bound cell towers. That’s nearly the size of two Texases!

T-Mobile Starlink uses specially configured satellites with Direct-to-Cell capabilities orbiting the Earth 200+ miles up in space and traveling at over 17,000 miles per hour to deliver cell phone signals — text messages for now with picture messages, data and voice calls coming later — to and from locations traditional cell towers can’t reach (aka mobile dead zones).

“T-Mobile Starlink is the first and only space-based mobile network in the US that automatically connects to your phone so you can be connected even where no cellular network reaches. It’s a massive technical achievement and an absolute game changer for ALL wireless users,” said Mike Sievert, President and CEO, T-Mobile. “We’re still in the early days — I don’t want to overhype the experience during a beta test — but we’re officially putting ‘no bars’ on notice. Dead zones, your days are numbered at the Un-carrier.”

If you can see the sky, you’re connected

The beauty of the service is its simplicity: users don’t need to do anything out of the ordinary. When a user’s cell phone gets out of range of a cell tower, the phone automatically connects to the T-Mobile Starlink network. No need to manually connect. Messages are sent and received just as they are today on a traditional network, even group texts and reactions. And it works on most smartphones from the last four years. It’s not limited to a few smartphones or operating systems.

And to double down on keeping all people connected, T-Mobile Starlink also broadcasts Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEAs) nationwide to anyone in range of the signal and with a compatible device.

Satellite-based WEA service helps ensure everyone — even outside of terrestrial coverage, as long as they are in range of a T-Mobile Starlink satellite — can receive critical, potentially life-saving messages directly to their phone. Whether in remote areas like hiking trails or in areas impacted by severe weather or by natural disasters, more people now have access to the WEA broadcast when they need it most.

The beta is free until July at which point T-Mobile Starlink will be included at no extra cost on Go5G Next (including variations like Go5G Next 55+), T-Mobile’s best plan. Business customers will also get T-Mobile Starlink at no extra cost on Go5G Business Next, first responder agencies on T-Priority plans and other select premium rate plans. T-Mobile customers on any other plan can add the service for $15/month per line.

Through February, T-Mobile customers who have registered for the beta can secure a $10/month per line Early Adopter Discount, 33% off the full price.

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