CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Reuters’ published a news article saying Brazil’s electro-nuclear power plant was hit by a ransomware attack, bringing down the operations to a halt on a partial note. Note- Lazarus group aka Guardians of Peace is a Cybercrime group that is being funded by North Korean intelligence- as per US Intelligence.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Having been in the field for so long, we have witnessed some major changes in the cybercrime world’s modus operandi. This report shares our insights into the Russian-speaking cybercrime world and the changes in how it operates that have happened in the past five years.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2020

FBI and the DHS’s CISA agencies published a joint alert to warn hospitals and healthcare providers of imminent ransomware attacks from Russia. The government agencies receive information about imminent attacks, threat actors are using the TrickBot botnet to deliver the infamous ransomware to the infected systems. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2023

Truebot has been active since 2017 and some researchers linked it to the Russian Silence Group , while a recent investigation linked it to threat actor TA505 (aka Evil Corp). ” concludes the report published by Huntress.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2021

The SynAck ransomware gang released the master decryption keys for their operations and rebranded as a new group dubbed El_Cometa group. Good news for the victims of the SynAck ransomware gang, the group released the master decryption keys to allow victims to decrypt their files for free. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2021

Threat actors behind the Magniber Ransomware are using PrintNightmare exploits in attacks aimed at Windows servers. Threat actors behind the Magniber Ransomware are exploiting the PrintNightmare flaws ( CVE-2021-1675 , CVE-2021-34527 , and CVE-2021-36958 ) to infect Windows servers. SecurityAffairs – hacking, cybercrime).

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 8, 2021

A Latvian woman has been charged for their alleged role in a transnational cybercrime organisation. Ransomware would also be deployed, for that final splash of cash. As touched on above, the group hired experts in a variety of cybercrime fields. This week’s events are a very good, and rather alarming, illustration.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Authorities in the United States and United Kingdom today levied financial sanctions against seven men accused of operating “ Trickbot ,” a cybercrime-as-a-service platform based in Russia that has enabled countless ransomware attacks and bank account takeovers since its debut in 2016. companies and government entities.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The University Hospital Center (CHU) of Rouen was hit by the malware last week, the ransomware had a severe impact on the operations during the weekend. The AFP news agency reported that a ransomware attack on a hospital in Rouen last week caused “very long delays in care.” SecurityAffairs – Rouen hospital , ransomware).

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Earlier this week, KrebsOnSecurity revealed that the darknet website for the Snatch ransomware group was leaking data about its users and the crime gang’s internal operations. It continues: “Prior to deploying the ransomware, Snatch threat actors were observed spending up to three months on a victim’s system.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The internet has drawn comparisons to the Wild West, making ransomware the digital incarnation of a hold-up. They could be on the other side of the globe, part of a cybercrime regime that will never be discovered, much less brought to justice. Ransomware usually starts with a phishing email. Prevalence. A typical attack.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2020

Most of the ransomware attacks targeting the enterprises occur outside working hours, during the nighttime or during the weekend. Security experts from FireEye published an interesting report on the Ransomware deployment trends, it revealed that most of the attacks (76%) against the enterprise sector occur outside working hours.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 18, 2020

is cybercrime forum. “We can examine your (or not exactly your) PHP code for vulnerabilities and backdoors,” reads his offering on several prominent Russian cybercrime forums. The cybercrime actor “upO” on Exploit[.]in RANSOMWARE DREAMS. RedBear’s profile on the Russian-language xss[.]is

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 21, 2021

There are few guarantees in the IT industry, but one certainty is that as the world steps into 2022, ransomware will continue to be a primary cyberthreat. The dangers from ransomware have risen sharply since WannaCry and NotPetya hit the scene in 2017, and this year has been no different. Cryptocurrency Fuels Ransomware.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Several Ukrainian organizations were hit by Russia-based RansomBoggs Ransomware in the last week, ESET reports. Researchers from ESET observed multiple attacks involving a new family of ransomware, tracked as RansomBoggs ransomware, against Ukrainian organizations. MSIL/Filecoder.RansomBoggs.A

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Rarely do cybercriminal gangs that deploy ransomware gain the initial access to the target themselves. In this post we’ll look at the clues left behind by “ Babam ,” the handle chosen by a cybercriminal who has sold such access to ransomware groups on many occasions over the past few years. com (2017).

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

Ransomware is undoubtedly one of the most unnerving phenomena in the cyber threat landscape. Related: What local government can do to repel ransomware Ransomware came into existence in 1989 as a primitive program dubbed the AIDS Trojan that was spreading via 5.25-inch inch diskettes. inch diskettes. FBI spoofs 2012 – 2013.

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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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Security Affairs

MARCH 29, 2020

The source code of the infamous Dharma ransomware is now available for sale on two Russian-language hacking forums. The source code of one of the most profitable ransomware families, the Dharma ransomware , is up for sale on two Russian-language hacking forums. ” concluded ZDNet.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2021

A 31-year-old Canadian man has been arrested and charged with fraud in connection with numerous ransomware attacks against businesses, government agencies and private citizens throughout Canada and the United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) contacted them regarding ransomware attacks that were based in Canada.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Truebot has been active since 2017 and some researchers linked it to the Silence Group , while a recent investigation linked it to threat actor TA505 (aka Evil Corp). “Post-compromise activity included data theft and the execution of Clop ransomware.” ” reads the analysis published by Talos. Pierluigi Paganini.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 29, 2023

It was responsible for the 2014 attack against Sony Pictures, the 2016 cyber heist of funds belonging to the central bank of Bangladesh, and the 2017 WannaCry ransomware worm.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2020

Security experts from Kaspersky Lab reported that North Korea-linked hackers are attempting to spread a new ransomware strain known as VHD. North Korean-linked Lazarus APT Group continues to be very active, the state-sponsored hackers are actively employing new ransomware, tracked as VHD, in attacks aimed at enterprises.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Cybercrime is a big business. Related: IABs fuel ransomware surge. Cybersecurity firm Positive Technologies found 88 new IAB sales on dark web marketplaces in the first quarter of 2020, compared to just three in all of 2017. Ransomware correlation. As IABs continue to grow, so will ransomware.

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Hacker Combat

JUNE 1, 2021

In the last decade, cybercrime has become more sophisticated. Most individuals are not very keen on cybercrime and assume only corporates and businesses are targets. Ransomware is a prevalent form of malware or malicious software used by criminals. This form of encryption is called crypto-ransomware. What is WannaCry?

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Webroot

APRIL 7, 2021

With investors currently bullish on Bitcoin, is its high value is driving cybercriminals to pursue crypto-generating forms of cybercrime like ransomware and illicit miners? At the same time, the average cost of a ransomware incident is also rising steeply. At time of writing, the value of one Bitcoin is north of $58 thousand.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Three days later, Cybernews researchers revisited the database to see whether it had been closed, and found it had been hit with ransomware. The oldest entry goes as far back as 2017, and it is unclear how long this instance had been open prior to the Cybernews discovery. The 3.9GB-strong database held information from 2017 onwards.

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IT Security Guru

JULY 19, 2021

Although cybercrime as a whole has seen a rise during the pandemic, arguably ransomware has been one of the more successful and lucrative attack types. Our own research report, the State of Encrypted Attacks Report 2020 , found that there had been a 500 per cent rise in ransomware compared to 2019.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2021

Another ransomware gang, the Vice Society ransomware operators, is using Windows print spooler PrintNightmare exploits in its attacks. The Vice Society ransomware operators are actively exploiting Windows print spooler PrintNightmare vulnerability in their attacks against Windows servers. The flaw received a CVSS score of 7.3,

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 21, 2023

Ransomware has gone through several game-changing milestones over the course of its decade-long evolution. Two years later, a sketchy affiliate model called Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) made its debut, thereby lowering the entry bar for wannabe threat actors. For instance, the felons hit the D.C.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2024

The ransomware attack that hit the systems of Nissan Oceania in December 2023 impacted roughly 100,000 individuals. The company did not share details about the attack or its scope, but a few weeks later the Akira ransomware group claimed to have stolen 100 GB of information from the company.

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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. In July 2017 law enforcement shut down the virtual currency exchange.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) recently issued an advisory on ransomware. This was not about the cybercrime itself, but instead, the regulatory trouble your organization could face for facilitating ransomware payments. Treasury: ransomware continues to increase.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 4, 2023

government this week put a $10 million bounty on the head of a Russian man who for the past 18 years operated Try2Check , one of the cybercrime underground’s most trusted services for checking the validity of stolen credit card data. In 2017, U.S. According to cybersecurity firm Constella Intelligence , the address polkas@bk.ru

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Digital Shadows

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Let’s focus attention on three key areas that have seen significant changes: state-sponsored activity, cybercrime, and hacktivism. Cybercrime Politicized: More than the Money The cybercrime scene has seen major changes with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The ransomware scene has been affected, too.

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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2019

A variant of the Satan ransomware recently observed includes exploits to its arsenal and targets machines leveraging additional flaws. Experts at FortiGuard Labs have discovered a new variant of the Satan ransomware that includes new exploits to its portfolio and leverages additional vulnerabilities to infect as many machines as possible.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. A ransomware attack is about as bad as a cyber attack can get. Jump to: What is ransomware? How ransomware works. Preventing ransomware. Ransomware attacks and costs.

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