Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2024

Black Basta ransomware affiliates have breached over 500 organizations between April 2022 and May 2024, FBI and CISA reported. The FBI, CISA, HHS, and MS-ISAC have issued a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) regarding the Black Basta ransomware activity as part of the StopRansomware initiative. ” reads the CSA.

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Tech Republic Security

OCTOBER 25, 2022

As ransomware attacks continued this year, a few key groups inflicted some of the greatest damage to their victims. The post The most dangerous and destructive ransomware groups of 2022 appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

It comes as no surprise that, as last year came to a close, Microsoft was tracking more than 50 unique active ransomware families and more than 100 threat actors that were using ransomware in their attacks. After all, ransomware is still a familiar, destructive and sometimes costly foe; 2022 ended with the Sandworm gang launching.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The Black Basta ransomware gang infected over 300 victims accumulating ransom payments exceeding $100 million since early 2022. The Black Basta ransomware group has been active since April 2022, like other ransomware operations, it implements a double-extortion attack model. The average ransom payment was $1.2

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2022

Ransomware gangs are actively exploiting CVE-2022-26134 remote code execution (RCE) flaw in Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center. Multiple ransomware groups are actively exploiting the recently disclosed remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-26134 , affecting Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Microsoft has released its final monthly batch of security updates for 2022, fixing more than four dozen security holes in its various Windows operating systems and related software. The bug already seeing exploitation is CVE-2022-44698 , which allows attackers to bypass the Windows SmartScreen security feature.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 10, 2022

By all accounts, the most urgent bug Microsoft addressed this month is CVE-2022-26925 , a weakness in a central component of Windows security (the “ Local Security Authority ” process within Windows). CVE-2022-26925 was publicly disclosed prior to today, and Microsoft says it is now actively being exploited in the wild.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

More than 4 billion malware attempts were recorded globally so far in 2022, while year-to-date ransomware attempts have already exceeded full-year totals from four of the last five years. The post Malware, Ransomware, IoT Pose Major IT Security Challenges appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 12, 2022

The company said it would roll out the changes in stages between April and June 2022. As Ars Technica veteran reporter Dan Goodin put it , “security professionals—some who have spent the past two decades watching clients and employees get infected with ransomware, wipers, and espionage with frustrating regularity—cheered the change.”

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 13, 2022

Of particular concern this month is CVE-2022-24521 , which is a “privilege escalation” vulnerability in the Windows common log file system driver. Among the scariest critical bugs is CVE-2022-26809, a potentially “wormable” weakness in a core Windows component ( RPC ) that earned a CVSS score of 9.8 (10

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This week: Twelve malware wipers have been discovered in 2022. Also: The Cuba ransomware gang abused Microsoft certificates to sign malware. . The post The Week in Security: Wiper malware rains down on 2022, Microsoft certificates abused appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Heimadal Security

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Ransomware is a major threat that costs businesses, corporations, and infrastructure operators billions of dollars every year. Behind this type of threat are experienced ransomware gangs developing and distributing malware that make the attacks possible. By now you know that there are plenty of ransomware versions out there.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 1, 2022

Malwarebytes Threat Intelligence builds a monthly picture of ransomware activity by monitoring the information published by ransomware gangs on their Dark Web leak sites. In June, LockBit was the most active ransomware , just as it has been all year. Known ransomware attacks by group, June 2022.

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SecureList

JUNE 15, 2023

Thus, it was inevitable that malware creators would one day begin not only to distribute malicious programs themselves, but also to sell them to less technically proficient attackers, thereby lowering the threshold for entering the cybercriminal community.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 6, 2022

The Malwarebytes Threat Intelligence team monitors the threat landscape continuously and produces monthly ransomware reports based on a mixture of proprietary and open-source intelligence. Black Basta made a name for itself very quickly by coming out of nowhere and carrying out at least eleven successful breaches in April 2022.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 21, 2023

This is part four of our study about the Common Log File System (CLFS) and five vulnerabilities in this Windows OS component that have been used in ransomware attacks throughout the year. CLFS driver in September 2022 vs. October 2022 The exploit we discovered was developed by the same author who created the zero-day CVE-2022-37969.

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Webroot

OCTOBER 14, 2022

In other words, 2022 has been an eventful year in the threat landscape, with malware continuing to take center stage. The 6 Nastiest Malware of 2022. 2022 was no different. 2022 was no different. With that, here are the 6 Nastiest Malware of 2022. Here are this year’s wicked winners.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Experts noticed that the Amadey malware is being used to deploy LockBit 3.0 ransomware on compromised systems. Researchers from AhnLab Security Emergency Response Center (ASEC) reported that the Amadey malware is being used to deploy LockBit 3.0 ransomware on compromised systems, researchers have warned.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2023

The report covers incidents in aviation, maritime, railway, and road transport industries between January 2021 and October 2022. During the reporting period, ransomware was the most prominent threat against the sector in 2022. The researchers pointed out that the ransomware attacks doubled compared to the previous year.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2024

The Finish National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC-FI) warns of increased Akira ransomware attacks targeting NAS and tape backup devices of organizations in the country. The Finish National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC-FI) reported an increase in Akira ransomware attacks, targeting organizations in the country. concludes the alert.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2024

A team of researchers released a suite of tools that could help victims to decrypt data encrypted with by the Black Basta ransomware. Independent security research and consulting team SRLabs discovered a vulnerability in Black Basta ransomware’s encryption algorithm and exploited it to create a free decryptor.

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2024

Electronic prescription provider MediSecure in Australia suffered a ransomware attack likely originate from a third-party vendor. The company was forced to shut down its website and phone lines following a cyber attack, but it did not mention a ransomware attack. .” ” reported ABC. million customers. million customers.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2024

BianLian ransomware group was spotted exploiting vulnerabilities in JetBrains TeamCity software in recent attacks. Researchers from GuidePoint Security noticed, while investigating a recent attack linked to the BianLian ransomware group, that the threat actors gained initial access to the target by exploiting flaws in a TeamCity server.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Today, Malwarebytes released its 2024 State of Malware report, detailing six cyberthreats that resource-constrained IT teams should pay attention to in 2024. Top of the list is “Big Game” ransomware, the most serious cyberthreat to businesses all around the world.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Ransomware activity report: Threat actors are selling access to hundreds of organizations, with a cumulative requested price of around $4M. KELA identified around 600 victims by analyzing ransomware actors’ blogs and negotiation portals, data leak sites and public reports. The most targeted sector was professional services.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 10, 2022

In this February 2022 ransomware review, we go over some the most successful ransomware incidents based on both open source and dark web intelligence. > BlackByte Ransomware Sample hash: 1df11bc19aa52b623bdf15380e3fded56d8eb6fb7b53a2240779864b1a6474ad. Observed since: February 2022 Ransomware note: .<company_name>

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 11, 2022

In this March 2022 ransomware review, we go over some of the most successful ransomware incidents based on both open source and dark web intelligence. Ransomware Attacks by Gang. Ransomware Attacks by Country. Ransomware Attacks by Industry. Ransomware Mitigations. Source: IC3.gov.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 6, 2022

About the only consensus on cybersecurity in 2022 is that things will get uglier, but in what ways? Third-party security, ransomware , artificial intelligence (AI) and decentralized finance (DeFi) are some of the threats you can expect to see more of this year – with the potential for far worse results than we’ve seen in the past.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

8Base ransomware operators were observed using a variant of the Phobos ransomware in a recent wave of attacks. Cisco Talos researchers observed 8Base ransomware operators using a variant of the Phobos ransomware in recent attacks. The ransomware component is then decrypted and loaded into the SmokeLoader process’ memory.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 21, 2023

This is the third part of our study about the Common Log File System (CLFS) and five vulnerabilities in this Windows OS component that have been used in ransomware attacks throughout the year. It is more similar to the publicly described exploit for the previous CVE-2022-24521. But in this part we want to discuss a different exploit.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 2, 2022

Ransomware attacks increased by yet another 80% between February 2021 and March 2022, based on an analysis of ransomware payloads seen across the Zscaler cloud. Supply chain attacks, ransomware-as-a-service ecosystems, and multi-extortion tactics have all increased the volume and success rates of attacks. PYSA/Mespinoza.

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SecureList

MAY 16, 2023

Kaspersky offers various services to organizations that have been targeted by cyberattackers, such as incident response, digital forensics, and malware analysis. Download the full version of the report (PDF) Kaspersky Incident Response in various regions and industries In 2022, 45.9%

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SecureList

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The statistics in this report cover the period from November 2021 to October 2022, inclusive. During the year, 15.37% of internet user computers worldwide experienced at least one Malware-class attack. Ransomware attacks were defeated on the computers of 271,215 unique users. Figures of the year.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 17, 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

OCTOBER 30, 2023

A sophisticated malware tracked as StripedFly remained undetected for five years and infected approximately one million devices. Researchers from Kaspersky discovered a sophisticated malware, dubbed StripedFly, that remained under the radar for five years masquerading as a cryptocurrency miner. “What was the real purpose?

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Security Boulevard

JULY 7, 2023

LockBit was the most deployed ransomware variant in the world in 2022 and continues to be prolifically used in 2023. Threat actors leveraging LockBit ransomware variants have targeted organizations of all sizes in various critical infrastructure sectors.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 16, 2023

Antivirus firm Avast released a free decryptor for the BianLian ransomware family that allows victims to recover locked files. Security firm Avast has released a free decryptor for the BianLian ransomware to allow victims of the malware to recover locked files. ” reads the post published by Avast. anabolic.exe.

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