Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Mitigating Ransomware Attacks – Decoupling Encryption Keys From Encrypted Data. Wed, 11/25/2020 - 05:55. While ransomware attacks have been around for decades, their frequency has exponentially increased in the last few years, let alone the past several months during the pandemic. Mitigating Ransomware Attacks.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The Incident response analyst report provides insights into incident investigation services conducted by Kaspersky in 2020. In 2020, the pandemic forced companies to restructure their information security practices, accommodating a work-from-home (WFH) approach. Geography of incident responses by region, 2020.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

NetWalker ransomware operators continue to be very active, according to McAfee the cybercrime gang has earned more than $25 million since March 2020. McAfee researchers believe that the NetWalker ransomware operators continue to be very active, the gang is believed to have earned more than $25 million since March 2020.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 1, 2022

A Ukrainian security researcher this week leaked several years of internal chat logs and other sensitive data tied to Conti , an aggressive and ruthless Russian cybercrime group that focuses on deploying its ransomware to companies with more than $100 million in annual revenue. 22, 2020, the U.S. On Sunday, Feb.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2021

Security experts reported that a second ransomware gang, named Black Kingdom , is targeting Microsoft Exchange servers. The first ransomware gang exploiting the above issues in attacks in the wild was a group tracked as DearCry. BlackKingdom ransomware on my personal servers. It does indeed encrypt files.

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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. It just so happened that the year 2020 gave hackers a large number of powerful news topics, with the COVID-19 pandemic as the biggest of these.

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CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Retailers are fast becoming the favorite targets for ransomware criminals, with two out of three companies in the sector being attacked last year, according to a new report from cybersecurity firm Sophos. Attackers were able to successfully encrypt files in more than half of the attacks.

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Cytelligence

JANUARY 27, 2020

Ransomware is becoming an epidemic in the cybersecurity world, with new strains being created continuously by criminals to extort money out of unsuspecting users. What is Ransomware? Ransomware is a devastating attack on an organization’s or individual’s digital assets. Damages from ransomware in 2019 rose to over $11.5

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

NetWalker ransomware operators continue to be very active, according to McAfee the cybercrime gang has earned more than $25 million since March 2020. McAfee researchers believe that the NetWalker ransomware operators continue to be very active, the gang is believed to have earned more than $25 million since March 2020.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2020

A threat actor is spreading ransomware dubbed CoderWare that masquerades as Windows and Android versions of the recent Cyberpunk 2077. Crooks are spreading fake Windows and Android versions of installers for the new Cyberpunk 2077 video game that is delivering the CoderWare ransomware. SecurityAffairs – hacking, ransomware).

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2022

The operators of the SFile ransomware (aka Escal) have developed a Linux version of their malware to expand their operations. SFile ransomware (aka Escal), has been active since 2020 , it was observed targeting only Windows systems. Recently, Rising captured the Linux platform variant of the ransomware.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The operators behind new ransomware dubbed Mount Locker have adopted the same tactic of other gangs threatening the victims to leak stolen data. A new ransomware gang named Mount Locker has started its operations stealing victims’ data before encrypting. MountLocker #Ransomware claimed Makalot Industrial Co.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2021

Security firm Bitdefender released a tool that allows victims of the Darkside ransomware to recover their files without paying the ransom. Good news for the victims of the Darkside ransomware , they could recover their files for free using a tool that was released by the security firm Bitdefender. Pierluigi Paganini.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 3, 2022

In the year 2019, a Netherlands-based University was victimized by a ransomware attack where cyber criminals demanded 200,000 Euros or $200,000 in the BTC to free up the database from encryption. The post Dutch University gets back double the ransomware payment appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Unconfirmed sources state that the attack was related to ransomware and an investigation to detect the culprits behind the intrusion has been launched. Security experts have been hired to start the recovery of the data from encryption. The post Ransomware attack on InterContinental Hotels appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 23, 2023

A student of Whitworth University has brought a class action against the university for not keeping student and staff data safe from a ransomware attack that occurred in 2022. The post Student Sues Whiteworth University for Ransomware Attack appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2020

Researchers warn of a new feature implemented in the Sodinokibi ransomware, the threat can now encrypt open and locked files. The Sodinokibi ransomware (REvil) continues to evolve, operators implemented a new feature that allows the malware to encrypt victim’s files, even if they are opened and locked by another process.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Cybersecurity vaccines are emerging as a new tool to defend against threats like ransomware and zero-day vulnerabilities. Cybersecurity firms have released “vaccines” in recent days to protect against the widely used STOP ransomware strain and the new Apache Log4Shell vulnerability. They also come with the same limitations.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Ferrari, the luxury car maker, was recently hit by a ransomware attack that apparently led to data leak that is now being posted online on an installment basis. NOTE 1- Since the year 2020, RansomEXX has been highly prevalent on the dark web and has mainly targeted companies from the United States and Europe.

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2021

The FBI is warning companies that a ransomware group calling itself OnePercent or 1Percent is leveraging the IceID Trojan and the Cobalt Strike backdoor to gain a foothold inside networks. The ransomware group has been active since at least November 2020 and has hit companies in the United States.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

FBI is warning private industry partners of a surge in Ragnar Locker ransomware activity following a confirmed attack from April 2020. The MU-000140-MW flash alert includes indicators of compromise to detect associated with this ransomware gang.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The German police in cooperation with the US Secret Service have executed search warrants against suspected members of the DoppelPaymer ransomware group in Germany and Ukraine. Over the last years, DoppelPaymer claimed responsibility for a high-profile ransomware attack on Kia Motors America. Stop malicious encryption.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 6, 2021

Gangs spreading LockBit ransomware are reportedly bribing employees of corporate companies to enter their computer network and compromise it with file encrypting malware. ransomware spreading gang seems to go employing craze techniques to keep their money counters ringing. Yes, what you’ve read is right! As LockBit 2.0

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

First is the news related to Southampton County of Virginia, as information is out that personal information of many county populaces was stolen in a ransomware attack that occurred in September 2022. Lorenz Ransomware spreading gang focused more on public sector companies from February 2021 to October 2022.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Newcomer ransomware group RansomedVC claims to have successfully compromised the computer systems of entertainment giant Sony. As ransomware gangs do, it made the announcement on its dark web website, where it sells data that it's stolen from victims' computer networks. How to avoid ransomware Block common forms of entry.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 29, 2023

Granules, the Indian Pharmaceutical company that manufactures Paracetamol has released an official statement that a ransomware attack that targeted its servers last month has resulted in substantial loss of revenue and profitability.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

Good news for the victims of the ThunderX ransomware, cybersecurity firm Tesorion has released a decryptor to recover their files for free. Cybersecurity firm Tesorion has released a free decryptor for the ThunderX ransomware that allows victims to recover their files. SecurityAffairs – hacking, ransomware). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Bleeping Computer

AUGUST 10, 2021

Game developer and publisher Crytek has confirmed that the Egregor ransomware gang breached its network in October 2020, encrypting systems and stealing files containing customers' personal info later leaked on the gang's dark web leak site. [.].

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 4, 2021

percent of all malware detected on networks of WatchGuard Technologies customers in the second quarter came over encrypted connections, raising the security risk for the 80 percent of such organizations that lack processes for decrypting and scanning HTTPS traffic for threats. Malware in Encrypted Traffic. A surprising 91.5

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Malwarebytes

JULY 13, 2023

This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes' ransomware specialist, who monitors information published by ransomware gangs on their Dark Web sites. This provides the best overall picture of ransomware activity, but the true number of attacks is far higher.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

The IIoT chip maker Advantech was hit by the Conti ransomware, the gang is now demanding over $13 million ransom from the company. The ransomware gang announced on November 21, 2020 the leak of stolen data if the chipmaker would not have paid the ransom within the next day. billion in 2019. billion in 2019. Pierluigi Paganini.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The survey found that in 2020, the most common incidents that healthcare institutions experienced in the cloud were phishing (reported by 44% of organizations), ransomware (39%) and data theft by insiders (35%). 32% of healthcare organizations needed days to discover accidental data leakage and supply chain compromise.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Family Medical Center (FMC) of Michigan, a healthcare center supported by government funding, was targeted by a ransomware attack in July this year. IDX launched a comprehensive investigation confirmed that the data breach on the Family Medical Centre took place, but failed to identify the suspects’ gang behind the ransomware incident.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 11, 2022

VX-Underground, a malware research group claims that Panasonic became a victim of Conti Ransomware group’s malware spreading campaign that was into the business of distributing file encrypting malware to large organizations that could pay huge ransoms.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 8, 2021

Trickbot banking malware is back in news for inducing a new ransomware variant into the wild. Researchers from Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs has have found that the new malware strain is acting similar to that of Conti Ransomware with a change that it Asymmetric encryption algorithms unlike other file encrypting malware variants.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has released a press update stating that it has witnessed a surge in ransomware attacks from Russia over the last year. The post UK witnesses an increase in ransomware attacks from Russia appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2021

The FBI has revealed that the Cuba ransomware gang breached the networks of at least 49 US critical infrastructure organizations. A flash alert published by the FBI has reported that the Cuba ransomware gang breached the networks of at least 49 US critical infrastructure organizations.

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