Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Multiple users reported to the tech giant that they have received a “win32/hive.zy” removal notification every time they run applications like Google’s Chrome browser, Whatsapp, Discord or Spotify, This means that the Defender antivirus software was confusing the above apps as instances of the infamous Hive ransomware.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Tropic Trooper spies on government entities in the Middle East The threat actor Tropic Trooper, active since 2011, has historically targeted government, healthcare, transportation and high-tech sectors in Taiwan, the Philippines and Hong Kong. This indicates that the two may belong to the same syndicate or activity cluster.

Energy and Utilities 105

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Malware Government 105

Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2023

In June a ransomware attack hit the Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE), now the organization disclosed a data breach. CDHE discovered the ransomware attack on June 19, 2023, it immediately launched an investigation into the security breach with the help of third-party specialists.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 23, 2022

Chicago Public Schools (CPS) disclosed on Friday that students may have had their data taken in a ransomware incident involving one of its vendors. The ransomware attack happened last December at Battelle for Kids (BfK), based in Columbus Ohio, which develops services to provide innovation in schools for students and teachers.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Microsoft has been tracking the threat actors at least since 2013, but experts believe that the cyberespionage group has been active since at least 2011. Cybereason also found evidence that links the APT group to the Memento Ransomware operations that first appeared in the threat landscape in 2021. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2023

Cyber security researcher Luca Mella analyzed the Makop ransomware employed in a recent intrusion. Executive summary Insights from a recent intrusion authored by Makop ransomware operators show persistence capability through dedicated.NET tools. Everything is freeware software maintained by Voidtools.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 15, 2023

The real world impact of cybercrime rears its head once more, with word that 14 schools in the UK have been caught out by ransomware. According to the BBC, the data includes: Passport scans of both pupils and parents which date back to 2011. Contractual offers made to members of staff. Special Educational Needs (SEN) data.

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2023

That’s according to a report from the BBC which claimed that children’s SEN information, child passport scans, staff pay scales and contract details have been stolen by notorious cybercrime group Vice Society, known for disproportionately targeting the education sector with ransomware attacks in the UK and other countries.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 4, 2020

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 29, 2021

Prima facie has revealed that the incident could be of Ransomware genre as most of the affected systems are locked down from access and an official conformation is awaited! Natasha Fee, the spokeswoman for BPL Computer Network, has confirmed the news and stated that the library operations will remain operational on a physical note.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

This week, the Taiwanese vendor warned its customers of ongoing DeadBolt ransomware attacks that are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Photo Station. Last week, Google rolled out emergency fixes to address a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-3075 , in the Chrome web browser that is being actively exploited in the wild.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 20, 2018

Related: Why cryptojacking is more insidious than ransomware. However, closer inspection reveals how cryptojacking morphed out of the ransomware plague of 2015 and 2016. Here are excerpts edited for clarity and length: LW: Is there a connection between cryptojacking and ransomware? It was mostly a consumer attack. It was insane.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2020

The Russian citizen Alexander Vinnik goes on trial in Paris for having defrauded nearly 200 victims across the world of 135 million euros using ransomware. The Russian man Alexander Vinnik goes on trial in Paris for having defrauded nearly 200 victims across the world of 135M euros using ransomware. million withdrawn.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Second is the news related to the leak of sensitive details belonging to over 20 million users created between the time frame of 2011 and 2019. According to DoJ, Denis Mihaqlovic Dunikov,30, arrested in Netherlands in August last year, was found guilty of laundering funds in connection with Ryuk Ransomware attacks.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

A new ransomware group called Ransomed.vc In 2011, hackers compromised the personal information of millions of PlayStation Network users. is claiming to have breached all of Sony's systems and is selling the data on the Dark Web. The hacking group claims to have compromised all of Sony's systems. is advertising "affiliates" to sign up.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Introduction Digging into ransomware infections always provides valuable insights. Technical Details Evidence from the field At some point, the Lockbit incident investigation landed at a very interesting point: the ransomware affiliate conducted the data exfiltration phase through an FTP channel tunneled over a TLS connection.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The man went on trial in Paris for having defrauded nearly 200 victims across the world of 135M euros using ransomware. The authorities reported that since 2011, 7 million Bitcoin went into the BTC-e exchange and 5.5 The French court acquitted Vinnik of charges of extortion and association with a cybercrime organization.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 14, 2022

There are a lot of those because the ZeuS banking Trojan source code was leaked in 2011, and so there’s been plenty of time for several new variants to emerge. Over time, those behind Zloader began offering malware as a service, acting as a delivery platform to distribute ransomware such as Ryuk , DarkSide , and BlackMatter.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2024

Alexander Vinnik , a Russian national, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering for his involvement in operating the cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e from 2011 to 2017. Alexander Vinnik, a Russian operator of virtual currency exchange BTC-e pleaded guilty to participating in a money laundering scheme.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 28, 2023

Incident Insights Recently, there has been a significant increase in ransomware attacks targeting companies in northern Europe. Threat Actor Brief LockBit is a well-known ransomware affiliation program started back in September 2019, where the developers use third parties to spread the ransomware by hiring unethical penetration testing teams.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

2011 — Sony Pictures — A hack of Sony’s data storage exposes the records of over 100 million customers using their PlayStation’s online services. 2011 — RSA SAFETY — Sophisticated hackers steal information about RSA’s SecurID authentication tokens, used by millions of people, including government and bank employees. east coast.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 21, 2023

This is the second part of our study about the Common Log File System (CLFS) and five vulnerabilities in this Windows OS component that have been used in ransomware attacks throughout the year. Please read the previous part first if you haven’t already.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 3, 2021

.–( BUSINESS WIRE )–McAfee Enterprise today released its Advanced Threat Research Report: October 2021 , examining cybercriminal activity related to ransomware and cloud threats in the second quarter of 2021. Ransomware Increases Dominance with Colonial Pipeline Impact. Ransomware Focus. Q2 2021 Threat Activity.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 15, 2022

As we wrote on March 3, 2022 Nvidia, was recently attacked by the LAPSUS$ ransomware group. As is often the case in ransomware attacks, the exfiltrated data was published on a leak site. The two leaked Nvidia certificates have expired, being valid from 2011 to 2014 and 2015 to 2018.

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Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2019

But it was 2011. Crooks exploit Oracle WebLogic flaw to deliver Sodinokibi Ransomware. Victims of ZQ Ransomware can decrypt their files for free. Vodafone discovered backdoors in Huawei equipment. DHS BOD 19-02 directive – Critical flaws must be fixed within 15 Days. Julian Assange sentenced to 50 weeks in jail.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 30, 2023

The campaign began in 2011 as World Backup Month and was changed to World Backup Day later. World Backup Day is an annual celebration held by the backup technology industry to encourage people to back up their data and avoid the risk of losing it forever.

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SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

In 2020, Kaspersky mobile products and technologies detected: 5,683,694 malicious installation packages, 156,710 new mobile banking Trojans, 20,708 new mobile ransomware Trojans. This is a typical example of the kind of old-school text-message scams that were popular in 2011 and 2012. Mobile ransomware Trojans. and Asacub.snt.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 24, 2023

GuLoader is a downloader with a chequered history, dating back to somewhere around 2011 in various forms. Malwarebytes removes all remnants of ransomware and prevents you from getting reinfected. GuLoader, a perennial favourite of email-based malware campaigns since 2019, has been seen in the wild once again. Get a free trial below.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 29, 2023

First observed in 2011, the holiday stresses the importance of having extra copies of data in case of an attack or accident. Backup Data Backing up your data is the number one most effective method of protecting against ransomware, by a long shot.

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Backups Encryption Passwords Ransomware 71

SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

This does not mean actors are not actively seeking to up their technological impact, including aggressively pursuing ransomware methods. Simultaneously, however, we have seen some indication that Iran is conducting more aggressive operations designed to disrupt their target's networks and day-to-day operations, including through ransomware.".

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Social Engineering Government DDOS Engineering 98

Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

February 2011: Ross Ulbricht Creates the Silk Road Marketplace “I created Silk Road because I thought the idea for the website itself had value, and that bringing Silk Road into being was the right thing to do. The hidden service gained traction in 2011 and then hit the mainstream when a Gawker article about the site was published.

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Identity Theft Cryptocurrency Government Engineering 98

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Given how lucrative and necessary both sectors are to daily life, they make prime targets for ransomware. In 2020 alone, 79 ransomware attacks were conducted against government entities in the U.S., costing an estimated $18.88 Much like other fields of tech, cyber crime is also constantly evolving.

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Social Engineering Energy and Utilities Phishing Internet 120

Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Several facilities have faced the wrath of ransomware attacks, from the South Houston wastewater treatment plant in 2011 to a Pennsylvania water system in May 2021. Instances of ransomware attacks on water treatment companies underscore the vulnerabilities in our critical infrastructure.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2018

For example, the “Common SMB module” that was part of the WannaCry Ransomware (2017) was similar to the code used the malware Mydoom (2009), Joanap , and DeltaAlfa. The researchers also found a similarity in the source code of the Brambul malware (2009) and KorDllBot (2011). ” states the report.

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Elie

MARCH 17, 2018

since at least 2011. back in 2011. by the fake ransomware NoPetya. If you are interested in ransomware actors, check. This encryption is used to escape the signatures that detect the code that Gooligan borrows from previous malware. Encrypting malicious payload is a very old malware trick that has been used by.

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Encryption Malware Marketing Ransomware 82

Elie

MARCH 17, 2018

since at least 2011. back in 2011. by the fake ransomware NoPetya. If you are interested in ransomware actors, check. This encryption is used to escape the signatures that detect the code that Gooligan borrows from previous malware. Encrypting malicious payload is a very old malware trick that has been used by.

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Encryption Malware Marketing Ransomware 82

Fox IT

JUNE 23, 2020

WastedLocker is a new ransomware locker we’ve detected being used since May 2020. Evil Corp were previously associated to the Dridex malware and BitPaymer ransomware, the latter came to prominence in the first half of 2017. The new WastedLocker ransomware appeared in May 2020 (a technical description is included below).

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