Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 27, 2023

In a security blog about Octo Tempest Microsoft states: “Octo Tempest monetized their intrusions in 2022 by selling SIM swaps to other criminals and performing account takeovers of high-net-worth individuals to steal their cryptocurrency.” Create offsite, offline backups. Don’t get attacked twice.

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Security Affairs

JULY 2, 2023

Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 18, 2021

and Bulgaria seizing $454,530 in ransom payments laundered through cryptocurrencies, disrupting or seizing many of the group’s servers, shutting down their dark web communication channel with victims and arresting and charging a Canadian national they authorities claim acted as an affiliate.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 8, 2023

Their combined 48 leaked victims last month were across a range of industries, mainly centered around manufacturing, logistics, and services. The agencies have reason to believe cryptocurrency ransom payments from such operations support DPRK's "national-level priorities and objectives." Create offsite, offline backups.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Since March, the attackers have been trying to conduct multistage attacks on large corporate networks of medical labs, banks, manufacturers, and software developers in Russia. When the work of company’s regional branches had been paralyzed, they demanded about $50,000 in cryptocurrency.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 27, 2022

8 ) Deadbolt first targeted storage devices manufactured by Taiwan-based company QNAP, for which patches have been available since early this year. ( 8 ) Deadbolt first targeted storage devices manufactured by Taiwan-based company QNAP, for which patches have been available since early this year. (

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

According to the 2021 IBM Threat Force Intelligence Index , Manufacturing was the industry most likely to be attacked last year, comprising 23.2% One particularly potent emergent technology for scammers is blockchain and the related cryptocurrency and NFTs. of cyber attacks IBM handled.

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SecureList

MAY 12, 2021

Finally, negotiations with the victims may be handled by yet another team and when the ransom is paid out, a whole new set of skills is needed to launder the cryptocurrency obtained. They interact with each other through internet handles, paying for services with cryptocurrency. Monero (XMR) cryptocurrency is used for payment.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 13, 2023

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a warning to all users who are active on Play-to-Earn games application about a possibility that their devices could be tricked into stealing millions of cryptocurrencies. The company issued an apology and assured that hackers accessed or stole no customer data.

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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. This includes the Billtrust and German manufacturer, Pilz, ransomware infections. Backups aren’t working.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 15, 2021

Dawn Cappelli, vice president of global security and chief information security officer at Rockwell Automation, said that the spike in ransomware attacks, particularly in manufacturing, inspired a tabletop exercise in December with her CEO and all his direct reports to walk through various ransomware scenarios.

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NetSpi Executives

APRIL 27, 2024

Victims pay ransomware adversaries for decryption keys through cryptocurrency, such as Bitcoin. Hunt and destroy or encrypt backups hosted in local and cloud networks as well as virtual machine snapshots. Protect your backup systems. Does backup protect against ransomware? Test your ability to restore from backups.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The attackers use the reverse shell to deploy a Bash stealer that collects data such as system information, browsing history, saved passwords, cryptocurrency wallet files and credentials for cloud services (AWS, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Azure). Otherwise, the reverse shell is created by the crond backdoor itself.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The US, manufacturing sector, and professional, scientific, and technical services (PSTS) sector are primary targets amidst an overall increase in ransomware attacks. Little Change in Victimology As we saw in the previous reporting period, ransomware groups continue to heavily target the manufacturing and PSTS sectors.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 29, 2021

And the crane manufacturer has assured that most of the digital disruption related repercussions faced by its branches worldwide will be solved by this weekend. However, the company’s IT staff is confident that they could recover all the systems through backups without the need to pay a single penny to hackers.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Most device or software manufacturers place backdoors in their products intentionally and for a good reason. CISA reported that LokiBot “employs Trojan malware to steal sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, cryptocurrency wallets, and other credentials.” Backdoors. ” Malicious Mobile Apps.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 30, 2023

We know that you know, manufacturing is an area that we've seen a lot of targets over the last quarter. Again, because if you bring down manufacturing operations, there's a high impact to the business and necessity to recover quickly. of cryptocurrency. VAMOSI: Should you pay?

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 27, 2019

We will also see better backup practices that will help minimize or neutralize the threat of these attacks. . Unfortunately, many are not secure because they are protected by nothing more than manufacturer default passwords readily available online. Cryptocurrency miners will continue to get rich off of stolen electricity.

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SecureList

MAY 7, 2025

The Radar/Dispossessor operation was disrupted by the FBI in August 2024, and German authorities seized 47 cryptocurrency exchanges linked to ransomware laundering. Manufacturing, agriculture, and retail, as well as critical sectors such as government and energy are targeted, but economic constraints and smaller ransoms deter some attackers.

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