Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2021

The source code for the Paradise Ransomware has been released on a hacking forum allowing threat actors to develop their customized variant. The source code for the Paradise Ransomware has been released on the hacking forum XSS allowing threat actors to develop their own customized ransomware operation. Source BleepingComputer.

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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

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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Security Affairs

JANUARY 6, 2024

billion insurance claim for the losses caused by the NotPetya attack that took place in 2017. In August 2017, the pharmaceutical company revealed that the massive NotPetya cyberattack disrupted its worldwide operations. Merck filed a $1.4 Experts from Kaspersky’s conducted a similar research that led to a similar conclusion.

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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.

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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

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Hospitals that have been hit by a data breach or ransomware attack can expect to see an increase in the death rate among heart patients in the following months or years because of cybersecurity remediation efforts, a new study posits. “There is a lot of possible research that might be unleashed by this study. .

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2022

Researchers from Trellix linked multiple ransomware strains to the North Korea-backed APT38 group. The ransomware was employed in attacks on financial institutions, experts estimated that APT38 (Unit 180 of North Korea’s cyber-army Bureau 121) has stolen at hundreds of million dollars from banks worldwide. akkim@protonmail[.]com

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Researchers revealed that Conti ransomware operators earned at least $25.5 A study conducted by Swiss security firm Prodaft with the support of blockchain analysis firm Elliptic revealed that the operators of the Conti ransomware have earned at least $25.5 In August 2021, ransomware operators sent 0.07 bitcoin. .

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Microsoft linked Prestige ransomware attacks against organizations in Ukraine and Poland to Russia-linked threat actors. Microsoft has identified a new ransomware strain "Prestige" in limited targeted attacks in Ukraine and Poland. The campaign shares victimology with recent operations conducted by Russia-linked threat actors.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 15, 2019

Stunning as these two high-profile attacks were, they do not begin to convey the full scope of what a pervasive and destructive phenomenon ransomware has become – to individuals, to companies of all sizes and, lately, to poorly defended local agencies. Probing and plundering Ransomware is highly resilient and flexible.

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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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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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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Further analysis revealed that the malware has been used since at least 2017. Kaspersky discovered that the detections between 2017 and 2022 had previously misclassified as a cryptocurrency miner. Kaspersky researchers discovered that over one million updates have been downloaded from the C2 infrastructure since 2017.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Seyfarth Shaw, one of the leading global legal firms announced that it was a victim of an “aggressive malware” attack, likely a ransomware attack. Seyfarth Shaw announced it was the victim of an “aggressive malware” attack, but the media immediately reported a ransomware infection later confirmed by the firm. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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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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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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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SC Magazine

MAY 19, 2021

Today’s special columnist, Scott Register of Keysight Technologies, says government and industry must come together to secure the nation’s critical infrastructure in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline hack. The ransomware reality check for insurers. Credit: Colonial Pipeline. NotPetya changed that.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2021

Researchers from security firms Profero and Security Joes linked a series of ransomware attacks to the China-linked APT27 group. Security researchers from security firms Profero and Security Joes investigated a series of ransomware attacks against multiple organizations and linked them to China-linked APT groups.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Microsoft warns of Android ransomware that activates when you press the Home button. Microsoft spotted a new strain of Amdroid ransomware tracked as MalLocker.B Like other Android ransomware, MalLocker.B Once installed, the ransomware displays a ransom note on the phone’s screen and prevents the victim from dismissing.

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SecureList

MAY 12, 2021

As the world marks the second Anti-Ransomware Day, there’s no way to deny it: ransomware has become the buzzword in the security community. Yet, much of the media attention ransomware gets is focused on chronicling which companies fall prey to it. Part I: Three preconceived ideas about ransomware.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Like all ransomware, this is a type of malware that, once introduced into an organization, encrypts the data and then requires the victim to pay a ransom in order to decrypt it. ” The analyzed attack spread the ransomware Lockbit 3.0 ” The analyzed attack spread the ransomware Lockbit 3.0 ORIGINAL_extension].specific/different

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NopSec

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

The year 2016 will be remembered for some big moments in the world of cybersecurity: the largest known distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, a phishing attack on a United States presidential candidate’s campaign, and ransomware attacks on major healthcare organizations are just a few. Ransomware The U.S.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 18, 2024

WithSecure noticed overlaps between Kapeka and GreyEnergy and the Prestige ransomware attacks which are attributed to the Russia-linked Sandworm APT group. The group is also the author of the NotPetya ransomware that hit hundreds of companies worldwide in June 2017. The malware masqueraded as a Microsoft Word Add-In (.wll)

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) warned customers of the DoppelPaymer ransomware and provided useful information on the threat. The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) warned customers of the DoppelPaymer ransomware , the tech giant provided useful information on the threat and how it spreads.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Information Technology research and advisory company, Gartner, presented its top predictions for the cybersecurity industry for 2017 earlier this year. Previously Separate Security Policies Must Overlap and Converge Information security, IT security, and physical security are no longer separate concepts.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2024

Hackers may have accessed thousands of accounts on the California state welfare platform Brokewell Android malware supports an extensive set of Device Takeover capabilities Experts warn of an ongoing malware campaign targeting WP-Automatic plugin Cryptocurrencies and cybercrime: A critical intermingling Kaiser Permanente data breach may have impacted (..)

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The problems suffered by the company suggest that its systems were infected with ransomware. The software engineer Tillie Kottmann was informed by an anonymous source that the Git server was exposed online and accessible to anyone using the default login credentials admin/admin. and nissan.co.nz.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Reflecting on the Wannacry ransomware attack, which is the lesson learnt e why most organizations are still ignoring it. The spread of this ransomware was considered to be the worst cyber attack in terms of contamination rate and scope, putting public offices and companies (especially healthcare facilities) out of operation.

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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. Nissan immediately notified the Australian Cyber Security Centre and the New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre. In December 2017, Nissan Finance Canada was hacked , personal information of 1.13

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2019

Some of the crooks behind the Dridex Trojan have split from the gang and released a forked version of the BitPaymer ransomware dubbed DoppelPaymer. The group that is known for the distribution of the Dridex Trojan and the Locky ransomware , has released other pieces of malware including the tRat backdoor and the AndroMut downloader. .

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Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2023

The LockBit ransomware gang claims to have hacked Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). The LockBit ransomware group this week claimed to have hacked the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company ( TSMC ) and $70 million ransom. ” reads the announcement published by Lockbit operators on their leak site.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2023

To prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future, the company announced it has implemented additional cyber security measures to protect its infrastructure. The company did not provide details about the attack, but it is likely it was the victim of a ransomware attack.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2020

The malware author named the bot Satan DDoS, but Palo Alto Network’s Unit42 researchers dubbed it Lucifer because there’s another malware with the same name, the Satan Ransomware. ” reads the report published by the Unit42 team.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2023

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). When an organization is infected with this malware, it can quickly escalate to become a bigger infection, similar to how ransomware spreads throughout a network.”

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