Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2024

The Digital Currency of Crime Cryptocurrencies play a central role in ransomware economics by offering anonymity and privacy that traditional payment methods cannot match. Bad actors usually demand payment in cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin or Monero, which are difficult to trace and keep their identities anonymous.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Depending on the flow of infection, targets can expect to find a demand for payment to unlock encrypted files or sneaky malware looking to grab cryptocurrency details from system clipboard functions. The email is cryptocurrency themed, and claims that a payment of yours has “timed out” and will need resending.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The Ryuk ransoms, paid in cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin, were split into smaller portions and then forwarded on to multiple cryptocurrency wallets and then placed into exchange accounts for other forms of currency. An IR plan can direct your responders on what to do in the event of a cybersecurity attack. Backup your files.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The agencies have reason to believe cryptocurrency ransom payments from such operations support DPRK's "national-level priorities and objectives". An IR plan can direct your responders on what to do in the event of a cybersecurity attack. Backup your files. Educate your staff. Get an EDR solution.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

In the early afternoon of Friday 12 May 2017, the media broke the news of a global computer security attack carried out through a malicious code capable of encrypting data residing in information systems and demanding a ransom in cryptocurrency to restore them, the Wannacry ransomware. Unfortunately, contemporary events seem to confirm this.

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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. Since the mainstreaming of ransomware payloads and the adoption of cryptocurrencies that facilitate untraceable payments, malicious actors have been innovating new methods and tactics to evade the latest defenses.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 6, 2022

“A near-future event could cause a massive depopulation of internet-connected devices. See also: Best Backup Solutions for Ransomware Protection. Cryptocurrency is the Wild West of the digital world today. Or even worse, widespread corruption of medical devices. AI Attacks Lead to Regulation.

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IT Security Guru

AUGUST 16, 2021

In the meantime, we can look at alternative measures that make it harder for ransomware attackers to realise their profit, for example ensuring that existing financial regulations are being applied to cryptocurrency exchanges, crypto kiosks, and over-the-counter (OTC) trading “desks”. Waking up to the societal threat.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 25, 2023

Incident Response is a systematic method for addressing and managing security incidents in organizations, focused on minimizing and investigating the impact of events and restoring normal operations. Cryptojacking : Unauthorized use of a computer’s processing power to mine cryptocurrencies.

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SecureList

JULY 28, 2022

They are designed to highlight the significant events and findings that we feel people should be aware of. We discovered a highly active campaign, starting in March 2022, targeting stock and cryptocurrency investors in South Korea. The actor used cryptocurrency-related contents or complaints from law enforcement as lure themes.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

For access to the decryption key, the victim must make prompt payment, often in cryptocurrency shielding the attacker’s identity. In the event of a successful breach, your team must be ready to restore systems and data recovery. Offline Backups. Without external backups or rollback technology, recovery is impossible.

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Spinone

AUGUST 13, 2019

To be able to access them, you need a digital key, which you will get after you pay a ransom, usually in cryptocurrency. The sequence of events: You perform “the wrong action”: click on the link, open a file, download a program, put a tick, and so on. How to protect Google Drive from Ransomware Always have a decent backup.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Common ransomware protections could have partially mitigated either event. A less abrasive way to interrupt payments could come at the cryptocurrency level. Ransomware operators rely on cryptocurrencies as a quick, anonymous way to transfer funds. But there may be ways to cut back on that anonymity.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Payment is often requested in bitcoin , the popular cryptocurrency, or in gift cards that can easily be sent to a “burner” email address. Your best bet in beating ransomware is to wipe your system and restore it from a backup. In the event a ransomware attack occurs, you can simply wipe your system and restore it from a backup.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 27, 2022

11 ) Like many other cybercriminal operators, Deadbolt’s threat actors demanded payment in cryptocurrency in exchange for the decryption key, ( 10 , 11 ) forcing victims to choose between paying the ransom or losing access to their backups. 10 ) Asustor NAS devices were also found to be vulnerable to Deadbolt infections. (

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The Opportunist – Hackers that exploit public events and socio-political crises for disruption or personal gain. This is a scam that’s been around for years and since no one can reverse a cryptocurrency transaction, it’s very likely here to stay.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Within that, it's four categories: preparation, updates, protection, and backups. We still have things to figure out when it comes to cryptocurrency. Sheridan also offered his expert opinion about cryptocurrency, where ransomware attacks stemmed from, and so much more that cybersecurity professionals at all levels will find useful.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

One particularly potent emergent technology for scammers is blockchain and the related cryptocurrency and NFTs. When a scenario like that occurs, it’s important to have triage and backup procedures in place to minimize the overall damage a cyber attack can deal to your business. Social Tactics.

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Fox IT

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The features implemented in this banking malware are present in most of the banking malware families: injections/overlays, keylogging (listening to Accessibility events) and, since June 2022, Hydra has even introduced a cookie-stealing feature which targeted several banking entities in Spain.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 24, 2022

SecurityScorecard’s Chief Information Security Officer, Mike Wilkes, outlined a few critical ways that Okta customers, in particular, should secure their environments: Check admin events/logs for suspicious activities. Encrypt and protect their most critical data (and their data backups) through zero-trust policies.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

With victims now making progress against the threat of encryption and leveraging backups, threat actors will likely rely more heavily on the threat of extortion going forward. This, in turn, may spark law enforcement operations to prosecute cryptocurrency cyberattacks, but will come at the cost of reduced privacy to users.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Ransom payments are generally demanded in the form of untraceable cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin. As is often the case, the cost of restoring files from backups can amount to more than paying the ransom. Backups aren’t working. Ransomware today can actually look for backup files along with user data.

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NetSpi Executives

APRIL 27, 2024

Victims pay ransomware adversaries for decryption keys through cryptocurrency, such as Bitcoin. Instead, if you can detect one or more malicious events present in most kill chains before the attackers meet their objective, then you can prevent ransomware attacks. Protect your backup systems.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 11, 2021

Even the most critical damages caused by ransomware are repairable as long as you have a solid backup strategy. million) before crooks could transfer funds away from their cryptocurrency wallet, this newsmaking breach demonstrated how lucrative this foul play could get. Although the U.S.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The vulnerability is triggered when an attacker sends an Outlook object (task, message or calendar event) within an extended MAPI property that contains a UNC path to an SMB share on a server controlled by the threat actor, resulting in a Net-NTLMv2 hash leak. Otherwise, the reverse shell is created by the crond backdoor itself.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Attackers exploiting cloud accounts pose significant risks, targeting virtual machines (VMs) for activities like cryptocurrency mining, leading to unexpected costs for organizations. This demonstrates how threat actors are willing to exploit even the most sensitive of events for malicious purposes. com and hurricaneheleneclaimhelp[.]com.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 22, 2025

The command-and-control servers (C2s) are hardcoded, but Tor can be utilized as a backup communication channel.Technical AnalysisDanaBot is advertised on forums and sold as a service with monthly prices that have ranged from a few hundred to several thousand dollars depending on the buyers requirements. 2Returns a list of targeted websites.3Returns

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 29, 2024

In the event of a ransomware attack, this will dramatically improve recovery efforts and minimize damage. With the rise of blockchain and cryptocurrencies, it’s targeted exchanges and wallets through software vulnerabilities and phishing attacks to steal credentials.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 29, 2024

In the event of a ransomware attack, this will dramatically improve recovery efforts and minimize damage. With the rise of blockchain and cryptocurrencies, it’s targeted exchanges and wallets through software vulnerabilities and phishing attacks to steal credentials.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Attackers exploiting cloud accounts pose significant risks, targeting virtual machines (VMs) for activities like cryptocurrency mining, leading to unexpected costs for organizations. This demonstrates how threat actors are willing to exploit even the most sensitive of events for malicious purposes. com and hurricaneheleneclaimhelp[.]com.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The botnet can also install proxy servers on infected devices, mine cryptocurrency and conduct DDoS attacks. In addition, Glupteba uses the Bitcoin blockchain to store the addresses of backup C2 servers, making it harder to defeat. Glupteba consists of a million infected IoT devices and Windows computers. fold increase.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Now that some companies have managed to avoid paying ransom by restoring from backup, the gangs have upped their game. This last point about lawyers and cryptocurrency hits home and bothers me the most. I certainly agree that the largely unregulated flow of cryptocurrency is unworkable and ultimately brings more harm than good.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Best network security practices are essential, including using anti-malware, firewalls, intrusion prevention and detection (IPDS), network and log monitoring, data protection, security information and event management (SIEM), and threat intelligence. Often organizations can mitigate ransomware attacks by having up-to-date backups.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 30, 2023

Obviously, organizations gotten smart to that and they started doing offline backups securing their backups differently, so that they would continue to have access and availability. of cryptocurrency. And instead we're only going to extort you for the information that we steal. So it's exactly eight bits.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

He also talks about his infosec journey hacking cryptocurrencies, joining the Digital Defense Service and CISA, and helping secure the 2020 presidential election… all before the age of 22. Cable: This was then when I was in high school as a sophomore, was working on building an integration for a cryptocurrency website.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

He also talks about his infosec journey hacking cryptocurrencies, joining the Digital Defense Service and CISA, and helping secure the 2020 presidential election… all before the age of 22. Cable: This was then when I was in high school as a sophomore, was working on building an integration for a cryptocurrency website.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Security experts feel that the cyber attack launched by the US based hacker could have a backup of expertise from the Joe Biden led administration, as causing disruption to the critical infrastructure of an adversary nation is not that easy for a budding hacker.

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