Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2021

The Cuba Ransomware gang has partnered with the crooks behind the Hancitor malware in attacks aimed at corporate networks. Group-IB Threat Intelligence & Attribution team found that Hancitor is being actively used by the threat actors to deploy Cuba ransomware. Cuba ransomware has been active since at least January 2020.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

DoJ charges two Iranian men over their alleged role in creating and spreading the infamous SamSam ransomware. Two Iranian men, Faramarz Shahi Savandi (34) and Mohammad Mehdi Shah Mansouri (27) have been charged by DoJ for their role in creating and distributing the dreaded SamSam ransomware. ” reads the DoJ indictment. .

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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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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2023

The Nexus ransomware was first analyzed in early March by researchers from the threat intelligence firm Cyble. Nexus is available via a Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) subscription and is advertised on underground forums or through private channels (e.g., Telegram) since January 2023.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Researchers from threat hunting and intelligence firm Group-IB have detected a successful attack by a ransomware gang tracked as OldGremlin. Group-IB , a global threat hunting and intelligence company headquartered in Singapore, has detected a successful attack by a ransomware gang, codenamed OldGremlin. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Livingston School District hit by a ransomware attack. Some Fortinet products used hardcoded keys and weak encryption for communications. Upbit cryptocurrency exchange hacked, crooks stole $48.5 A Ransomware infected the network of the cybersecurity firm Prosegur. Great Plains center hit by ransomware attack.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 18, 2023

There’s a new ransomware gang in town, stitched together from members of well known threat creators to push a new kind of malware focused on punishing unwary organisations. The malware family, called “Domino”, is the brainchild of FIN7 and ex-Conti ransomware members. This current campaign is, sadly, no different.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 26, 2023

On January 20, CronUp researcher Germán Fernández warned that the DEV-0569 ransomware group is using Google Ads to distribute Gozi/Ursnif malware, RedLine stealer, and Royal ransomware. Department of Justice today announced a globally coordinated effort to disrupt the operations of the Hive ransomware group.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 19, 2022

VPNLab.net was a virtual private network provider that mostly advertised its services on the criminal side of the Dark Web, and provided services for various cybercriminals, including ransomware gangs. We set a special encrypted channel between your computer and our foreign servers. What is double VPN?

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

This quick and easy money maker serves a clear profit motive for criminal actors, as it allows threat actors to use a victim’s cloud processing power to mine for cryptocurrency in a shorter period of time. ” [ A.C. — free ransomware in the cloud is often different from the classics ] Now, go and read the report!

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 15, 2020

XCSSET is a new Mac malware that spreads through Xcode projects and exploits two zero-day vulnerabilities to steal sensitive information from target systems and launch ransomware attacks. The malware also implements ransomware behavior, it is able to encrypt files and display a ransom note. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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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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. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2019

PewDiePie ransomware oblige users subscribe to PewDiePie YouTube channel. How to get back files encrypted by the Hacked Ransomware for free. Android Trojan Gustuff capable of targeting more than 100 global banking apps, cryptocurrency and marketplace applications. update addresses some troubling vulnerabilities.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The incident occurred in the third and fourth week of March, as part of a small wave of attacks involving both DroxiDat and Cobalt Strike beacons around the world; and we believe this incident may have been the initial stage of a ransomware attack. com’, that resolved to an already suspicious IP host.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 8, 2022

Cybercriminals often use malware to gain access to a computer or mobile device to deploy viruses, worms, Trojans, ransomware, spyware, and rootkits. The top malware strains in 2021 included remote access Trojans (RATs), banking Trojans, information stealers, and ransomware. MOUSEISLAND may be the initial phase of a ransomware attack.

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Identity IQ

APRIL 29, 2021

Infecting systems and using them to mine cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. Malicious advertisement. Malicious advertisement, generally known as malvertising, is a tactic that attempts to distribute malware through online advertisements. Ransomware. How Does Malware Spread? Adware isn’t always bad.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Cybercrime causes significant financial loss to businesses, private citizens and the public sector each year through payments for ransomware , incident recovery costs, and costs for enhanced cybersecurity measures. Cryptocurrencies remain an important means of payment for criminal services and products. Money makes the crimes go round.

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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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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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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. ru , which at one point advertised the sale of wooden staircases. Last week, the United States joined the U.K. Another domain registered to that phone number was stairwell[.]ru

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

DDoS attack, cryptocurrency miner, data harvesting). In the past months, other malware targeted NAS devices, in July researchers at two security firms Intezer and Anomali discovered a new piece of ransomware targeting QNAP NAS devices. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Kraken ransomware 2.0 Flaws in several self-encrypting SSDs allows attackers to decrypt data they contain. Group-IB and CryptoIns introduce the worlds first insurance against cyber threats for cryptocurrency exchanges. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. 20% discount. Paper Copy.

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Banking Advertising Surveillance Insurance 63

Security Affairs

AUGUST 25, 2019

At least 23 Texas local governments targeted by coordinated ransomware attacks. million to allow towns to access encrypted data. Employees abused systems at Ukrainian nuclear power plant to mine cryptocurrency. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Once again thank you!

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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. After the application ran, it could follow one of several scenarios, depending on its creator’s greed and the advertising module’s capabilities.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 11, 2023

There are many categories of malware that cybercriminals could install through juice jacking, including adware, cryptominers, ransomware, spyware, or Trojans. While cryptominers mine a mobile phone's CPU/GPU for cryptocurrency and drain its battery, ransomware freezes devices or encrypts files for ransom.

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Mobile Banking Malware Spyware 98

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

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. Once these critical files are encrypted, you’ll get an alert notifying you that decryption will occur once you pay a ransom.

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Hot for Security

MARCH 2, 2021

Coronavirus-themed emails may also include advertisements for food or food supplements that help cure or prevent infections, a trend that has been around since the beginning of the pandemic. Some messages may also include malicious attachments that, once accessed, deploy financial and data-stealing malware on the device or 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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Spinone

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

DLP is included in the organization policy, but individuals must also use this strategy to keep all data safe during ransomware or malware attack. Data encryption – a way to secure private information by encoding it so no third parties could watch or access it. You can see how ransomware looks below.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2020

Black Kingdom ransomware operators are targeting organizations using unpatched Pulse Secure VPN software to deploy their malware. Black Kingdom ransomware was first spotted in late February by security researcher GrujaRS. the malicious code encrypts files and appends the.DEMON extension to filenames of the encrypted documents.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 17, 2021

After hitting US Fuel supplier Colonial Pipeline, DarkSide Ransomware Group has now targeted Toshiba Business that offers printing and scanning equipment and tools to businesses worldwide. Data compromise is evident as the DarkSide malware spreading gang is known to steal data and then encrypt a database until a ransom is paid.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 15, 2023

Oftentimes this is credential data, but it can be any data that may have financial value to an adversary; this includes paid online service accounts, cryptocurrency wallets, instant messenger, or email contacts lists, etc. Key Mystic Stealer functions include its ability to extract data from web browsers and cryptocurrency wallets.

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Cryptocurrency Password Management Malware DNS 52

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

At its core, malware exploits existing network, device, or user vulnerabilities , posing as little a risk as annoying advertisements to the much more damaging demand for millions of dollars in ransom. Ransomware. Adware, also known as malvertising , is a type of malware that downloads or displays advertisements to the user interface.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Andariel deploys DTrack and Maui ransomware. On 6 July, the US CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) published an alert in which they accused North Korean state-sponsored threat actors of using the Maui ransomware to target the US healthcare sector. Luna and Black Basta: new ransomware for Windows, Linux and ESXi.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

It could be hidden in a malicious advertisement, fake email or illegitimate software installation. From mining cryptocurrency to launching DDoS attacks against networks, there are countless ways in which malware can access and utilize victim’s computers and data. Ransomware. Common types. Computer Viruses.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2021

It could be hidden in a malicious advertisement, fake email or illegitimate software installation. From mining cryptocurrency to launching DDoS attacks against networks, there are countless ways in which malware can access and utilize victim’s computers and data. Ransomware. Common Types of Malware. Computer Viruses.

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