Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Like other ransomware operations, BlackMatter also set up its leak site where it publishes data exfiltrated from the victims before encrypting their system. BlackMatter then remotely encrypts the hosts and shared drives as they are found. Scanning backups. Secret Service at a U.S. Secret Service Field Office.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2022

Some variants of the ransomware append the English name of the target company to the filenames of the encrypted files. Recently, the Chinese security firm Rising detected a Linux variant of the SFile ransomware that uses the RSA+AES algorithm mode. as the suffix name. . ” reported The Record. . ” reported The Record.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2023

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 6, 2023

The decryptor also supports the “Scan Entire System” mode which allows users to search for all encrypted files. The user guide released by the security firm strongly recommends users of maintaining the “Backup files” option enabled. By checking the backup option, users will see both the encrypted and decrypted files.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Like all ransomware, this is a type of malware that, once introduced into an organization, encrypts the data and then requires the victim to pay a ransom in order to decrypt it. Encrypted file structure ransomware BlackCat / ALPHV: [ORIGINAL_FILENAME].[ORIGINAL_extension].specific/different Black The LockBit 3.0 ORIGINAL_extension].specific/different

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IT Security Guru

AUGUST 16, 2021

million to cybercrime, as per official police statistics. One of the most damaging forms of cybercrime comes in the form of Ransomware. . Not only that, but 81% of cyber security experts believe we are likely to see more ransomware than ever across the next few years, thanks to its increasing prevalence. What is Ransomware?

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

. “The Babuk ransomware module, running within the process AddInProcess32, enumerates the processes running on the victim’s server and attempts to disable a number of processes related to backup products, such as Veeam backup service. ” reads the analysis published by Talos.

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Security Affairs

JULY 2, 2023

WordPress sites using the Ultimate Member plugin are under attack LockBit gang demands a $70 million ransom to the semiconductor manufacturing giant TSMC Avast released a free decryptor for the Windows version of the Akira ransomware Iran-linked Charming Kitten APT enhanced its POWERSTAR Backdoor miniOrange’s WordPress Social Login and Register plugin (..)

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2022

The AvosLocker ransomware-as-a-service emerged in the threat landscape in September 2021, since January the group expanded its targets by implementing the support for encrypting Linux systems, specifically VMware ESXi servers. Regularly back up data, password protect backup copies offline. hard drive, storage device, the cloud).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2022

US government agencies warned that the Daixin Team cybercrime group is actively targeting the U.S. CISA, the FBI, and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned that the Daixin Team cybercrime group is actively targeting U.S. If you use Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), secure and monitor it.

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Security Affairs

JULY 5, 2023

Once inside the system, this malicious variant stealthily extracts sensitive information and proceeds to encrypt the compromised files.” In the last stage of the attack, the stealer uses the ransomware modules to encrypt the user’s data. ” extension to encrypted files and deletes backups.

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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. Cryptolocker and exploit components.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2023

The group claims to have stolen 5TB of patients’ and employee’s information, backups, PII documents, and more. Its policy forbids to encrypt systems of organizations where damage could lead to the death of individuals. The gang also published a sample as proof of the stolen data.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2020

The University was able to recover the operations from the backups, but decided to pay the ransom to avoid having ransomware operators leak student information online. ” According to the University, the ransomware encrypted only 0.02% of the data stored on its servers. .” “It was determined that approximately.02%

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Feds remind that both ransomware implements a secure encryption algorithm that means it impossible to decrypt the files without paying the ransom. Threat actors leverage multiple techniques to compromise network of private organizations and deliver the LockerGoga and MegaCortex ransomware.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a script to allow them to recover encrypted VMware ESXi servers. Experts noticed that only a few thousand systems were encrypted worldwide. This tool works by reconstructing virtual machine metadata from virtual disks that were not encrypted by the malware.”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

If using Linux, use a Linux security module (such as SELinux, AppArmor, or SecComp) for defense in depth. Protect cloud storage by backing up to multiple locations, requiring MFA for access, and encrypting data in the cloud. The agencies urge victims of ransomware to report incidents and never pay the ransom.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2021

Most of the recent ransomware attack resulted in data breaches for the victims, threat actors implemented a double-extortion schema threatening the victims to data stolen before encrypting them on compromised systems. softwa re company Kaseya. .

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2022

DEV-0950 group used Clop ransomware to encrypt the network of organizations previously infected with the Raspberry Robin worm. The experts noticed that threat actors tracked as DEV-0950 used Clop ransomware to encrypt the network of organizations previously infected with the worm.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2021

The researchers found a vulnerability in the encryption process implemented in the BlackMatter ransomware that allowed them to recover encrypted files for free. In these cases, we can recover the vast majority of victims’ encrypted data without a ransom payment. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, ransomware).

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

Although most people think of ransomware as a dodgy application that encrypts data and holds it for ransom, the concept is much more heterogeneous than that. File encryption 2013 – 2015. It emerged in September 2013 and paved the way for hundreds of file-encrypting menaces that have splashed onto the scene ever since.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2021

In order to facilitate file encryption, the ransomware look for processes associated with backups, anti-virus/anti-spyware, and file copying and terminates them. The Hive ransomware adds the.hive extension to the filename of encrypted files. The malware deletes the Hive executable and the hive.bat script. key.hive or *.key.*.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2020

The City of Lafayette, Colorado, USA, has been forced to pay $45,000 because they were unable to restore necessary files from backup. Now the City of Lafayette admitted they were a victim of a ransomware attack that encrypted its systems and confirmed that opted to pay a $45,000 ransom to receive a decryption tool to recover its files.

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2022

“Once the attacker successfully logs in to a device, they encrypt data in shared folders and leave a ransom note with the file name “!CHECKMATE_DECRYPTION_README” ” The ransomware appends the.checkmate extension to the filenames of encrypted files, it drops a ransom note named !CHECKMATE_DECRYPTION_README

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2022

To each encrypted file, it appends a randomized nine-digit hexadecimal number as an extension. The US agencies recommend not paying the ransom because there is no guarantee to recover the encrypted files and paying the ransomware will encourage the illegal practice of extortion. ” reads the joint advisory. “The

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 28, 2023

The recent Hive infrastructure takedown as well as other major gangs dissolution such as Conti in 2022, is making room in the cybercrime business The Lockbit locker leaked a few months ago in the underground, is increasing its popularity and adoption among micro-criminal actors.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2020

million ransom to decrypt its files after being encrypted by the infamous Sodinokibi ransomware. “As part of this attack, the operators behind the Sodinokibi ransomware told BleepingComputer that they had encrypted the company’s entire network, deleted backup files, and copied more than 5GB of personal data.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

“Once executed, MortalKombat Ransomware encrypts data and generates files with a specific extension: .Remember_you_got_only_24_hours_to_make_the_payment_if_you_dont_pay_prize_will_triple_Mortal_Kombat_Ransomware. Remember_you_got_only_24_hours_to_make_the_payment_if_you_dont_pay_prize_will_triple_Mortal_Kombat_Ransomware.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

In order to facilitate file encryption, the ransomware look for processes associated with backups, anti-virus/anti-spyware, and file copying and terminates them. The Hive ransomware adds the.hive extension to the filename of encrypted files.

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Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2023

. “The information included customer names, billing and shipping addresses, email addresses, and telephone numbers. As a security measure, the relevant database stored, in encrypted format, hashed passwords (which were salted) and partial credit card numbers. “We’ve seen speculation surrounding customer data.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Since January, DeadBolt ransomware operators are targeting QNAP NAS devices worldwide, its operators claim the availability of a zero-day exploit that allows them to encrypt the content of the infected systems. Once encrypted the content of the device, the ransomware appends. Make an immediate backup. deadbolt’ extension.”

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2023

The company revealed to have detected a “targeted cyberattack” on its facilities, it has launched an investigation into the security breach to determine if attackers exfiltrated some data. The company said that some local infrastructures have been encrypted. Lacroix plans to resume production on May 22, 2023.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

It is unclear if the attackers have exfiltrated data from the systems before encrypting them. The attacker focused on encrypting data files in the Windows domain. The backup of a limited number of systems was also affected.” Now the university (UM) admitted to have paid a ransom of 30 bitcoin requested by the attackers.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The first step consists of recommending organizations to follow best practices to neutralize ransomware attack such as set up offline, off-site, encrypted backups. The FTC suggests two steps small businesses can take to bolster their resilience against ransomware attacks.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 28, 2021

The files are then held for ransom and the victim is threatened by data loss, because of the encryption, and leaking of the exfiltrated data. Files are encrypted with a combination of AES-256 and RSA-4096 via the Microsoft CryptoAPI , as per CrowdStrike. Earlier versions appended the.CONTI extension to encrypted files.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2023

“The department had reverted to its backup system, radio, to dispatch officers in response to 911 calls instead of its computer assisted dispatch system. FBI and CISA believe this variant, which uses its own custom-made file encryption program, evolved from earlier iterations that used “Zeon” as a loader.” reads the alert.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2023

Copycat Criminals mimicking Lockbit gang in northern Europe Sandworm APT targets Ukraine with new SwiftSlicer wiper ISC fixed high-severity flaws in DNS software suite BIND Patch management is crucial to protect Exchange servers, Microsoft warns Hacker accused of having stolen personal data of all Austrians and more CVE-2023-23560 flaw exposes 100 (..)

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