Russian TrickBot Mastermind Gets 5-Year Prison Sentence for Cybercrime Spree

**Executive summary:** Vladimir Dunaev, a developer of the TrickBot malware, was sentenced for creating and deploying code that enabled credential theft, remote access, and evasion of security tools; TrickBot evolved from a banking trojan into a versatile loader for ransomware (notably tied to Conti) and caused widespread financial and operational damage to hospitals, schools, and businesses.