Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2021

Department of Justice (DOJ) last week announced the arrest of a 55-year-old Latvian woman who’s alleged to have worked as a programmer for Trickbot , a malware-as-a-service platform responsible for infecting millions of computers and seeding many of those systems with ransomware.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 13, 2021

.–( BUSINESS WIRE )–A new International Data Corporation ( IDC ) survey found that more than one third of organizations worldwide have experienced a ransomware attack or breach that blocked access to systems or data in the previous 12 months. Welcome to digital transformation’s dark side!”

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SC Magazine

JUNE 28, 2021

Six weeks after a ransomware attack, much of the Ireland HSE is still facing care disruptions. The Ireland Health Service Executive (HSE) is continuing to operate under electronic health record (EHR) downtime procedures and experiencing continued care disruptions, after suffering a ransomware attack more than six weeks ago.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

A roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, March 2021. UK fashion retailer FatFace angered customers in its handling of a customer data theft hack. More and More Ransomware Attacks. How not to disclosure a Hack.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 9, 2023

This blog post was authored by Jérôme Segura. From ransomware to password stealers, there are a number of toolkits available for purchase on various underground markets that allow just about anyone to get a jumpstart. This blog post will cover the technical details of the skimmer and its crime-filled ecosystem.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 12, 2023

The group claims to exfiltrate data prior to performing file encryption and hosts a data leak site hosted on a Tor hidden service that currently contains two victims. The group operating the ransomware is also actively recruiting affiliates on criminal forums to conduct breaches.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

This blog was jointly written with Santiago Cortes. AT&T Alien Labs™ is writing this report about recently created ransomware malware dubbed BlackCat which was used in a January 2022 campaign against two international oil companies headquartered in Germany, Oiltanking and Mabanaft. Executive summary. Background.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 8, 2022

Ransomware Trends Show Lockbit Most Active, New Tactics, Healthcare Hit Hard. LockBit replaced Conti as the most active ransomware gang and continued to evolve its operations in the first quarter, according to a report (PDF) from KELA Cybercrime Intelligence. Another notable Ransomware trend: new methods of intimidation.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

AUGUST 10, 2022

One such example of a successful nation state initiated DDoS attack used as a retaliatory tactic against a victim’s infrastructure and public services occurred in June 2022 in Lithuania, and is well documented and described by Elizabeth Montalbano in a June 2022 blog post at ThreatPost. Category Awareness, Case Study, Vulnerability.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 4, 2022

As with many other attacks, threat actors will first exploit a critical vulnerability in the application to gain initial access, then drop a script web shell as the first stage payload. The threat actor eventually installs the IIS extension, establishing a backdoor which grants covert and persistent access into a targeted server.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 21, 2023

Ransomware has gone through several game-changing milestones over the course of its decade-long evolution. Two years later, a sketchy affiliate model called Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) made its debut, thereby lowering the entry bar for wannabe threat actors. However, the relief is illusory. Here is how the wicked plan works.

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SecureList

AUGUST 15, 2022

IT threat evolution in Q2 2022. IT threat evolution in Q2 2022. IT threat evolution in Q2 2022. We recently published our analysis of WinDealer : malware developed by the LuoYu APT threat actor. ToddyCat: previously unknown threat actor attacks high-profile organizations in Europe and Asia. Non-mobile statistics.

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Digital Shadows

JANUARY 18, 2023

Ransomware activity stayed at steady levels throughout 2022’s fourth quarter (Q4 2022). Since we bid farewell to ever-present groups like Conti, the world of ransomware has remained a game of whack-a-mole: For every group that disappears, there are always several waiting in the shadows to replace it. The 707 tippers mark a 6.5%

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SC Magazine

JUNE 30, 2021

In 2021, the 10 largest reported health care data breaches, so far, have compromised the protected health information of nearly 16 million patients. The threat actors first gained access through several known zero-day vulnerabilities in Accellion’s legacy FTA. Accellion: over 3.51 million individuals. Florida Healthy Kids: 3.5

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BH Consulting

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

To the public at large, last year’s HSE ransomware incident was the highest profile example of a cyberattack in Ireland. This blog is the first in a series where I will cover what a cyberattack involves, outline how it’s carried out, and explain how it might differ depending on your chosen technology platform. Prepare to attack.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

This blog post was authored by Jérôme Segura. In fact, many threat actors will reuse certain patterns or resources which allows us to make connections with previous incidents. It is believed to be one of the older threat actors in the digital skimming space. In a recent survey done by Qubit , 70.7% Part 1: Flowspec and OVH.

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McAfee

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Going by recent headlines you could be forgiven for thinking all ransomware operators are raking in millions of ill-gotten dollars each year from their nefarious activities. So what is a low-paid ransomware operator to do in such circumstances? The Lowly-Paid Don’t Necessarily Stay That Way.

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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. The threat may have been around a long time, but it’s changed. Yet, much of the media attention ransomware gets is focused on chronicling which companies fall prey to it.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 7, 2021

In the past twelve months, the word “ransomware” has popped up in countless headlines worldwide across both print and digital publications: The Wall Street Journal , the BBC , the New York Times. That is precisely why we have chosen ransomware as our story of the year for Kaspersky’s annual Security Bulletin.

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Webroot

JANUARY 7, 2022

Threats abound in 2021. In 2021, we witnessed so many competing shifts, many of which we detailed early on in our 2021 BrightCloud® Threat Report. In particular, six key threats made our list. Ransomware. Earlier in 2021, we detailed the hidden costs of ransomware in our eBook. Cryptocurrency.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

As we move towards the end of 2022, now is the time to take a look back at the major trends from the last eleven months and identify what might happen from a cyber threat perspective in 2023. All of these events have had a major effect on cyber threats, which continues to see malicious attackers giving network defenders plenty to think about.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 22, 2018

In 2016, I provided predictions in an article entitled The (Immediate) Future of Ransomware. I indicated ransomware was going to grow and find other vectors for infection outside of simply malware links. Ransomware Is About Numbers. Instead of ransomware going away, ransomware has actually increased by 750% since 2016.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The infamous REvil ransomware gang, also known as Sodinokibi, appears to be making a comeback after months of hiatus. A new ransomware strain has been discovered by Jakub Kroustek, the Malware Research Director at Avast, suggesting the malicious cyber group has resumed attacking organizations. Why did REvil ransomware vanish?

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Malware, a combination of the terms ‘malicious’ and ‘software,’ includes all malicious programs that intend to exploit computer devices or entire network infrastructures to extract victim’s data, disrupt business operations, or simply, cause chaos. Related: Companies must bear a broad security burden. Warning signs. Common types.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 2, 2024

Amidst the ever-evolving realm of enterprise security, a new year unfolds, introducing a dynamic array of emerging threats. This past year set a profound stage, from the advent of stringent cyber regulations to the convergence of generative AI, social engineering, and ransomware. million and an average payment exceeding $100,000.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, February 2021. I wrote a blog post about my concerns given Linux is embedded everywhere, yet many of these systems are rarely, and even never updated with security updates.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 6, 2021

Experts at the Threat Response Unit at eSentire this week warned in a blog post report that the hacking group Golden Chickens is spear phishing business professionals on LinkedIn with fake job offers that appear to perfectly match their expertise and experience – all in attempt to infect them with a fileless backdoor trojan called more_eggs. “For

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