CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 2, 2022

Foxconn, an electronics manufacturer from Mexico, has released a press statement that it was hit by Lockbit ransomware in the last week of May and is recovering data through a business continuity plan. NOTE 1- Lockbit usually demands a ransom in double-digit figures of millions and that too in Bitcoins cryptocurrency.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 17, 2021

The Ukrainian Cyberpolice Department recently detained six hackers for the use of the ransomware program known as "Clop.". The group used Clop to encrypt data on the servers of multiple American companies and universities, as well as some Korean companies. Clop used in other ransomware attacks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 14, 2021

A ransomware attack that took place on the database of Buffalo Public Schools (BPS) on Friday last week is reportedly being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI) says a recently posted tweet from the school district. No details on the ransomware variant that targeted the systems are available to the press at this moment.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2020

The popular SeaChange video platform is the latest victim of the Sodinokibi Ransomware gang, which is threatening to leak the stolen data. SeaChange International, the multinational supplier of video delivery software solutions, was the victim of the Sodinokibi Ransomware gang. SecurityAffairs – Sodinokibi Ransomware, hacking).

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 16, 2021

According to a press release issued by Ukrainian authorities, law enforcement officials also shut down infrastructure that was used to spread the cybercrime gang’s ransomware, which was first spotted in February of 2019 as a new variant of the Cryptomix family. Instead, the arrests involved money launderers, Intel 471 said.

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Pentester Academy

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Lab Walkthrough — The WannaCry Ransomware In our lab walkthrough series, we go through selected lab exercises on our INE Platform. Introduction In May 2017, a worldwide ransomware attack infamously known as WannaCry was set in motion. Ransomware damages would cost the world $5 billion (USD) in 2017.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 17, 2021

The Ukrainian Cyberpolice Department recently detained six hackers for the use of the ransomware program known as Clop. The group used Clop to encrypt data on the servers of multiple American companies and universities, as well as some Korean companies. Clop used in other ransomware attacks.

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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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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 31, 2021

According to a survey carried out by Kaspersky, over 50% of ransomware victims have claimed that they did not get back their data as promised by hackers even after they bowed down to the demands of hackers. Kaspersky is offering some tips to victims of ransomware attacks, and they are as follows-.

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SiteLock

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

DarkSide ransomware arrived on the hacking scene with a mild-tempered yet sinister press release in August 2020. The DarkSide ransomware group further made their voice heard by attacking businesses like Toshiba Tec Corp. million worth of cryptocurrency from the DarkSide ransomware group, who appeared to disband in response.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 30, 2021

As Europol celebrated the fifth anniversary of its anti-ransomware initiative this week, menacing new ransomware threats made it clear that the fight against cyber threats is never-ending. The site also provides guidance on preventing ransomware attacks. “Ransomware enables criminals to steal all this in an instant. .

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

government offers rewards of up to $15 million for information that could lead to the identification or location of LockBit ransomware gang members and affiliates. According to the press release published by the Department of State , the Lockbit ransomware operators carried out over 2,000 attacks against victims worldwide since January 2020.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 27, 2022

The Exfiltration Phase of The Kill Chain of a Cryptocurrency-Based Attack Provides the Greatest Opportunity to Identify Cybercriminals. Cryptocurrency gained through illicit means is less useable than other assets due to the way cryptocurrency systems currently do not fully protect owner identity and allow for only limited liquidity.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 31, 2021

Ryuk ransomware is a highly aggressive and widespread type of malware that first appeared in 2018 when it began attacking large, high-profile institutions running on Microsoft Windows operating systems. According to Security Magazine , Ryuk ransomware was responsible for one-third of all ransomware attacks in 2020.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 8, 2021

Note 1- As per the details available to our Cybersecurity Insiders, it all started in March 2018 when the Canadian Company Phantom Secure that offered a highly encrypted messaging app was shut down by law enforcement. To those uninitiated, here’s the story in detail.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Ransomware accounted for over half of all malicious mailings in H1 2019, Troldesh aka Shade being the most popular tool among cybercriminals. The report’s findings reveal that email remains the main method of delivering ransomware, banking Trojans, and backdoors. The revival of ransomware.

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Digital Shadows

JULY 5, 2021

Researchers initially attributed this attack to ransomware gang “REvil” (aka Sodinokibi), whose members claimed responsibility in a press release on their dark-web data-leak site, Happy Blog. At the time of writing, the number of companies affected by this ransomware supply-chain attack is still unclear. How did the campaign unfold?

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Law enforcement provided additional details about the international Operation Cronos that led to the disruption of the Lockbit ransomware operation. Yesterday, a joint law enforcement action, code-named Operation Cronos , conducted by law enforcement agencies from 11 countries disrupted the LockBit ransomware operation.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

We should expect more fraud, targeting mostly BTC , because this cryptocurrency is the most popular. In fact, from January through the end of October, Kaspersky detected more than 2,300 fraudulent global resources aimed at 85,000 potential crypto investors or users who are interested in cryptocurrency mining.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

and Australia in sanctioning and charging a Russian man named Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev as the leader of the infamous LockBit ransomware group. Pin was active on Opensc around March 2012, and authored 13 posts that mostly concerned data encryption issues, or how to fix bugs in code. Last week, the United States joined the U.K.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2020

Nemty ransomware LOVE_YOU malspam campaign. Nemty ransomware operators launch their data leak site. US officials charge two Chinese men for laundering cryptocurrency for North Korea. Lets Encrypt CA is revoking over 3 Million TLS certificates due to a bug. EVRAZ operations in North America disrupted by Ryuk ransomware.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 3, 2019

We met at Black Hat 2019. Related: How ransomware became a scourge Specialists get assigned to poke around, locate key servers and find stealthy paths to send in more malware. They’ll take more manual steps to encrypt servers, exfiltrate data – or do both. Sophos Senior Security Advisor John Shier broke it down for me.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Boardriders and its subsidiarities QuikSilver and Billabong infected with ransomware. Major ASP.NET hosting provider SmarterASP hit by ransomware attack. Apple Mail stores parts of encrypted emails in plaintext DB. Buran ransomware-as-a-service continues to improve. Mexican state-owned oil company Pemex hit by ransomware.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 5, 2022

As the FBI points out, the goal is not always a direct fund transfer: One variation involves compromising legitimate business email accounts and requesting employees’ Personally Identifiable Information, Wage and Tax Statement (W-2) forms, or even cryptocurrency wallet s. The rise of cryptocurrency in BEC fraud.

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Cytelligence

JANUARY 14, 2020

While we saw the threat landscape change in 2019 with even more sophisticated attacks, we predict 2020 to be even more extreme. More targeted ransomware – 2019 saw ransomware exploits getting highly targeted against specific businesses, as well as local government. These services typically include: Ransomware analysis.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 25, 2021

Malicious hackers are increasingly mobbing the video game industry, with major companies suffering data breaches, having their source code sold or leaked online and games serving as playgrounds to push malware or mine cryptocurrencies. billion attacks tracked by the company across different countries.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

A data breach, ransomware attack or other digital attack that knocks your website offline can cost your business anywhere from thousands to millions of dollars in remediation, lawsuits from customers and fines by regulators. Either way, now your databases haves been encrypted by attackers. Unplanned downtime cuts off business revenue.

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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. If you look at the dynamics of attacks on mobile users in 2020, you will see that the average monthly number of attacks decreased by 865,000 compared to 2019.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 25, 2022

5] EclecticIQ analysts assess that Bitcoin will remain the most popular currency used by cybercriminals [6] , but that savvy criminals will switch to Monero and other Anonymity Enhanced Cryptocurrency (AEC). Ring Confidential Transaction (RingCT) is a technology that encrypts the transaction amount. Lockbit: [link] Twitter, Aug.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Weitere Informationen von unseren Kollegen bei @CERTFI : [link] — CERT-Bund (@certbund) October 31, 2019. DDoS attack, cryptocurrency miner, data harvesting). The ransomware, tracked by Intezer as “ QNAPCrypt ” and “ eCh0raix ” by Anomali, is written in the Go programming language and uses AES encryption to encrypt files. .

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Adam Levin

JANUARY 2, 2019

2019 will be the year consumers start thinking more about cyber hygiene , and the year Congress becomes more proactive in the areas of privacy and cybersecurity. As the exchange rates for cyptocurrencies continue to decline, ransomware attack on investors will become less profitable. This presents myriad business opportunities.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

You just knew 2022 was going to be The Year of Crypto Grift when two of the world’s most popular antivirus makers — Norton and Avira — kicked things off by installing cryptocurrency mining programs on customer computers. Penchukov was arrested after leaving Ukraine to meet up with his wife in Switzerland.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 7, 2021

In the past twelve months, the word “ransomware” has popped up in countless headlines worldwide across both print and digital publications: The Wall Street Journal , the BBC , the New York Times. That is precisely why we have chosen ransomware as our story of the year for Kaspersky’s annual Security Bulletin.

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SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

Ransomware attacks were defeated on the computers of 91,841 unique users. Ransomware programs. New additions to the ransomware arsenal. Last year, the SunCrypt and RagnarLocker ransomware groups adopted new scare tactics. 613,968,631 unique URLs were recognized as malicious by Web Anti-Virus components.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

In our 2019 report covering website security , we analyzed the current online threat landscape to discern how it might change in the future. A phishing email’s intention is to carry out a ransomware attack or compromise your network, which leaves your business susceptible to further damage and costs. Ransomware.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 8, 2021

Over the July 4 th weekend, the REvil ransomware syndicate hit software supplier Kaseya Ltd. The Russian-linked ransomware group encrypted entire networks in the Kaseya supply chain and demanded $70 million in cryptocurrency to deliver a universal decryptor key. Infiltrating the Supply Chain to Deliver Ransomware. .

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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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