Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

That FBI warrant came on the heels of an investigation published by security firm FireEye , which examined an Iranian-based network of inauthentic news sites and social media accounts aimed at the United States., Sheriff says they will only accept offers that are guaranteed through the forum’s escrow account. com, sachtimes[.]com,

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 7, 2022

and Germany moved to decapitate “ Hydra ,” a billion-dollar Russian darknet drug bazaar that also helped to launder the profits of multiple Russian ransomware groups. That amount included roughly $8 million in ransomware proceeds laundered through Hydra on behalf of multiple ransomware groups, including Ryuk and Conti.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

More recently, it appears Megatraffer has been working with ransomware groups to help improve the stealth of their malware. That same email address also is tied to two forum accounts for a user with the handle “ O.R.Z.” user account — this one on Verified[.]ru account on Carder[.]su account on Carder[.]su

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Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2022

The ransomware group Lockbit claims to have stolen 78 GB of files from the Italian Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate). The ransomware gang Lockbit claims to have hacked the Italian Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) and added the government agency to the list of victims reported on its dark web leak site. 300 of 1999.

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Vipre

MAY 5, 2021

As the ransomware epidemic continues to spread, ask yourself how vulnerable your business is to cyber-extortion. Because ransomware incidents can severely impact business processes and leave organizations without the data they need to operate and deliver mission-critical services. Do you backup your business data regularly?

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure and a surge in exploited vulnerabilities are getting the attention of U.S. BlackByte Ransomware Attack Methods, IoCs. The FBI-Secret Service warning came just ahead of news that the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers had also been hit by BlackByte ransomware. The FBI and U.S.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

2012, referring to “dumps and PINs,” the slang term for stolen debit cards with the corresponding PINs that would allow ATM withdrawals. ” Cryptex has been associated with quite a few ransomware transactions, including the largest known ransomware payment to date.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 19, 2019

media revealed him as the “accidental hero” who inadvertently halted the global spread of WannaCry , a ransomware contagion that had taken the world by storm just days before. However, those charges are likely to be substantially tempered by federal sentencing guidelines, and may take into account time already served in detention.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The company did not disclose details of the attack, however the decision to shut down the IT systems suggests it was the victim of a ransomware attack. In 2012, the company was targeted by another cyber attack that was classified as “heavy” and of “exceptional quality.” and Canada were breached by the NetWalker ransomware group.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

. “At the present time, no damage has been done, nor are there any indications that data has been stolen or modified,” This isn’t the first attack suffered by the company, in 2012, the company was targeted by another cyber attack that was classified as “heavy” and of “exceptional quality.”. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 24, 2022

Now, headlines about ransomware, cyberattacks, and data breaches pour into social media feeds as steady as a river flows. Summary: Yahoo believes that "state-sponsored actors" compromised all of their users accounts between 2013 and 2014. Damages: sensitive leaked account information. Damages: leaked account information.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 24, 2019

industries and government agencies, the statement was also published by the CISA Director Chris Krebs via his Twitter account. The statement also highlights the risks related to account compromise that could represent the entry point in a targeted network. The attacks are targeting U.S. ” continues the statement.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

These criminal groups stole millions of dollars from their victims and even attacked a major hospital with ransomware, leaving it unable to provide critical care to patients for over two weeks,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2021

The IT giant reported that at least one China linked APT group, tracked as HAFNIUM , chained these vulnerabilities to access on-premises Exchange servers to access email accounts, and install backdoors to maintain access to victim environments. Microsoft provides the following system requirements: PowerShell 3 or later IIS 7.5

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 21, 2024

In 2012, when the program started, the agency received more than 3,000 tips. Ransomware groups have used the threat of SEC whistleblower tips as a tactic to pressure the companies they’ve infiltrated into paying ransoms. It worked in a big way. By 2020, it had more than doubled, and it more than doubled again by 2023.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

XakFor has been active since 2012, most of its visitors were Russian-speaking hackers and crooks. The site was considered the right place online where to find free malware or to buy not sophisticated malicious codes, including ransomware and RAT.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

It's almost impossible to keep up with the number of news items that come out daily about new or emerging ransomware or cyber threats or respectable companies that had eye-opening breaches. Deadbolt ransomware variant. A personal Google account was the culprit, according to Cisco Security Incident Response.

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SecureList

MARCH 13, 2025

This confirms the trend of hacktivists exploiting trusted relationships (T1199 Trusted Relationship and T1078 Valid Accounts). Our telemetry data revealed domain controllers still running Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Server Standard x64 or, as in the aforementioned incidents, Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 used for email.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 28, 2021

The most interesting incident was probably a fake opening ceremonies website serving infections , via promotion from a bogus Twitter account. 2012 London. Russian sites hosted Trojans claiming to be official 2012 game apps. Ransomware put in a less than sporting appearance, via a compromised federation website.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Now headlines about ransomware, cyberattacks and data breaches pour into social media feeds at a steady drumbeat. Summary: Yahoo believes that 'state-sponsored actors' compromised all of their users accounts between 2013 and 2014. Damages: sensitive leaked account information. Damages: Leaked account information.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Jeremy Kirk of The Ransomware Files has been progressively uncovering details associated to this incident. Jeremy Kirk on Twitter: "Someone is claiming to have the stolen Optus account data for 11.2 Someone is claiming to have the stolen Optus account data for 11.2 million users. Otherwise, they say they will sell it in parcels.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2019

Necurs botnet is currently the second largest spam botnet , it has been active since at least 2012 and was involved in massive campaigns spreading malware such as the Locky ransomware , the Scarab ransomware , and the Dridex banking Trojan. ” continues the blog post.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2020

What might start as an account compromise, where you think you might just lose data, can quickly become a situation where you’ve lost your whole network.” industries and government agencies, the statement was also published by the CISA Director Chris Krebs via his Twitter account. The attacks were targeting U.S.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

billion in 2021, and growing concerns over data security , software supply chains , and ransomware suggest the market will remain strong through economic ups and downs. Mimecast Email security 2012 Nasdaq: MIME. Luckily for cybersecurity startups, there’s no shortage of interest in tomorrow’s next big security vendors.

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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. In particular, advertisers can display targeted offerings, and attackers can access accounts with various services, such as online banking. and Asacub.snt.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2023

” ScarCruft has been active since at least 2012, it made the headlines in early February 2018 when researchers revealed that the APT group leveraged a zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player to deliver malware to South Korean users. In this case, the infection chain led to the deployment of the commodity malware Amadey.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

They hack into their teacher’s account and leave messages making fun of him. Air Force research facility, discover a password “sniffer” has been installed onto their network, compromising more than 100 user accounts. banks using the Zeus Trojan virus to crack open bank accounts and divert money to Eastern Europe.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

On July 7, CISA issued an alert, “ North Korean State-Sponsored Cyber Actors Use Maui Ransomware To Target the Healthcare and Public Health Sector “, based on a Stairwell report about Maui ransomware. The backdoor has been used in a variety of attacks, including ransomware attacks and espionage campaigns.

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SecureList

MAY 6, 2024

With trillions of dollars of digital payments made every year, it is no wonder that attackers target electronic wallets, online shopping accounts and other financial assets, inventing new techniques and reusing good old ones. Online shopping brands were the most popular lure, accounting for 41.65% of financial phishing attempts.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

Somewhat quietly since about 2012 or so, nation states in that region, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, commenced a quiet surge to the forefront of implementing comprehensive cybersecurity regulations. Ransomware hacking groups extorted at least $144.35 That shortfall can be seen in windfall of criminal profits.

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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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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 29, 2024

In Q3 2024, ransomware service provider “RansomHub” emerged as the most dominant ransomware group, taking the mantle from “LockBit” and “ALPHV.” Hacktivist gang “KillSec,” originally aligned with the “Anonymous” hacktivist collective, has recently shifted towards financially motivated ransomware activity.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 25, 2023

This archive is discreetly hosted on legitimate websites, cleverly disguised as firmware binaries for enigmatic devices labeled “m100” The Bitbucket repository was created on June 21, 2018, under the account of Julie Heilman, and it remains the sole repository associated with this profile. 8, 15.0.0.0/8, 8, 16.0.0.0/8, onion:1111.

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McAfee

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Under the guidance of Dan Meacham, VP of Global Security and Corporate Operations and CSO/CISO, the multi-billion dollar organization transitioned from on-premises data centers to the cloud in 2012. MVISION CNAPP helps me keep my system administrators and developers accountable for what they are doing. Unacceptable levels of risk.

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Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Compare that to 2012 when the UAE ranked fifth in the Global Cybersecurity Index. NHS Moorfields Hospital in Dubai Suffers Ransomware Attack One of the top breaches to hit the UAE targeted the NHS Moorfield Hospital located in Dubai. The attack is one of a long line of ransomware attacks targeting healthcare institutions.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 1, 2021

A woman speaking on a mobile phone walks past a cloud computing presentation ahead of the CeBIT technology trade fair in 2012. Cloud-based managed services are increasingly popular among application developers, but can be maliciously exploited if not properly secured.(Sean Sean Gallup/Getty Images).

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 26, 2022

Started in 2012, Vectra already stands out among the NDR marketplace, offering managed detection and response (MDR) and its threat detection and response platform. Companies have plenty of integrations to choose from for tools like EDR, SIEM, threat intelligence, and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE).

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