Malwarebytes

AUGUST 28, 2023

The Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) has posted a blog about Akira ransomware targeting VPNs without Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). The Cisco team states that it is aware of reports of the Akira ransomware group going specifically after Cisco VPNs that are not configured for MFA.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2024

The Finish National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC-FI) warns of increased Akira ransomware attacks targeting NAS and tape backup devices of organizations in the country. The Finish National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC-FI) reported an increase in Akira ransomware attacks, targeting organizations in the country.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2023

Experts warn of ongoing credential stuffing and brute-force attacks targeting Cisco ASA (Adaptive Security Appliance) SSL VPNs. Cisco is aware of attacks conducted by Akira ransomware threat actors targeting Cisco ASA VPNs that are not configured for multi-factor authentication. ” reads a post published by Cisco PSIRT.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2021

Criminal hackers will try almost anything to get inside a profitable enterprise and secure a million-dollar payday from a ransomware infection. ” This attacker’s approach may seem fairly amateur, but it would be a mistake to dismiss the threat from West African cybercriminals dabbling in ransomware. ” Image: Sophos.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

CISA warns that the Akira Ransomware gang is exploiting the Cisco ASA/FTD vulnerability CVE-2020-3259 (CVSS score: 7.5) The issue was listed by CISA as known to be used in ransomware campaigns, but the agency did not reveal which ransomware groups are actively exploiting the issue. in attacks in the wild. This week the U.S.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

A number of publications in September warned about the emergence of “ Groove ,” a new ransomware group that called on competing extortion gangs to unite in attacking U.S. Some security experts said the post of the Fortinet VPN usernames and passwords was aimed at drawing new affiliates to Groove.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 11, 2021

Senate committee that the ransomware attack that disrupted fuel distribution to the majority of the eastern United States was caused by attackers stealing a single password that protected the enterprise’s VPN. “In The post Colonial Pipeline Disrupted By Single Password | Avast appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 24, 2024

A ransomware attack against the Finnish IT services provider Tietoevry disrupted the services of some Swedish government agencies and shops. The company said that the ransomware attack took place on Friday night and impacted only one data center in Sweden. The company later confirmed the news of an Akira ransomware attack.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The FBI and CISA warn of attacks carried out by the Rhysida ransomware group against organizations across multiple industry sectors. FBI and CISA published a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to warn of Rhysida ransomware attacks against organizations across multiple industry sectors. ” reads the joint advisory.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2022

Cisco discloses a security breach, the Yanluowang ransomware group breached its corporate network in late May and stole internal data. Cisco disclosed a security breach, the Yanluowang ransomware group breached its corporate network in late May and stole internal data. yanluowang ransomware has posted #Cisco to its leaksite.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 20, 2022

It’s time for another tale of remote desktop disaster, as a newish form of ransomware carves out a name for itself. Bleeping Computer reports that individuals behind Venus ransomware are breaking into “publicly exposed Remote Desktop services”, with the intention of encrypting any and all Windows devices.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 6, 2020

LockBit ransomware operators have compromised the systems at the helicopter maker Kopter and published them on their darkweb leak site. The helicopter maker Kopter was hit by LockBit ransomware, the attackers compromised its internal network and encrypted the company’s files. SecurityAffairs – hacking, ransomware).

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Security Affairs

JUNE 21, 2021

The Taiwanese memory and storage chip maker ADATA was hit by the Ragnar Locker ransomware gang that also published more than 700GB of stolen data. The Ragnar Locker ransomware gang has published on its leak sites more than 700GB of data stolen from Taiwanese memory and storage chip maker ADATA. Consider installing and using a VPN.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 24, 2023

Cisco is aware of reports that Akira ransomware threat actors have been targeting Cisco VPNs that are not configured for multi-factor authentication to infiltrate organizations, and we have observed instances where threat actors appear to be targeting organizations that do not configure multi-factor authentication for their VPN users.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2020

The FBI has issued a security alert about Netwalker ransomware attacks targeting U.S. The FBI has issued a new security flash alert to warn of Netwalker ransomware attacks targeting U.S. The flash alert also includes indicators of compromise for the Netwalker ransomware along with mitigations. ” reads the alert.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2020

Microsoft is sending notifications to dozens of hospitals about vulnerable VPN devices and gateways exposed online in their network. Microsoft is warning dozens of hospitals of the risks of ransomware attacks due to insecure VPN devices and gateways exposed online. ” reads the post published by Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2022

At least 60 entities worldwide have been breached by BlackCat ransomware, warns a flash report published by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published a flash report that states that at least 60 entities worldwide have been breached by BlackCat ransomware (aka ALPHV and Noberus) since it started its operations in November.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2022

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reported that AvosLocker ransomware is being used in attacks targeting US critical infrastructure. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published a joint cybersecurity advisory warning of AvosLocker ransomware attacks targeting multiple US critical infrastructure.

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Webroot

MAY 9, 2024

Your personal devices—laptops, smartphones, and tablets—hold a wealth of sensitive information that cybercriminals target through malware , ransomware , and other cyber threats. VPN for privacy Use a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to browse the internet securely and maintain control over your online privacy.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 24, 2022

businesses with ransomware and data extortion operations. As of October 2022, per FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) data, specifically victim reports across all 16 critical infrastructure sectors, the HPH Sector accounts for 25 percent of ransomware complaints.". Ransomware note from Daixin Team.

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2022

Taiwanese vendor QNAP wars of a new strain of ransomware, dubbed Checkmate, that is targeting its NAS devices. The Taiwanese vendor QNAP is warning of a new family of ransomware targeting its NAS devices using weak passwords. “A new ransomware known as Checkmate has recently been brought to our attention. .

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

More specifically, a lot of this week's update talks about VPNs and where they still make sense with so much HTTPS all over the place these days. As I say in the vid, blog posts like the VPN one I did this week are often done to help me get my thoughts on a topic straight and a lot of things became a lot clearer for me in doing that.

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SecureList

MAY 28, 2024

Most often, communication between the service provider and the client takes place via VPN connections and Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) services. Access is set up using a certificate or a login/password pair, and in rare cases multi-factor authentication is added. The second most popular method is the use of compromised credentials.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Healthcare and Public Health sector with ransomware. businesses, mainly in the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector, with ransomware operations. The Daixin Team is a ransomware and data extortion group that has been active since at least June 2022. The threat actors obtained the VPN credentials through phishing attacks.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The suspected cause is ransomware. In an online article the newspaper published an internal statement from the chief executive and the editor-in-chief that says: “We believe this to be a ransomware attack but are continuing to consider all possibilities.” Ransomware. How to avoid ransomware.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2020

Netwalker ransomware operators breached the networks of Forsee Power , a well-known player in the electromobility market. A new company has been added to the list of the victims of the Netwalker ransomware operators, it is Forsee Power , which provides advanced lithium-ion battery systems for any mobility application.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

Argentina’s official immigration agency, Dirección Nacional de Migraciones, is the last victim of the Netwalker ransomware operators. The ransomware operators also exfiltrated sensitive data from the agencies as reported by local media. Recently the FBI has issued a security alert about Netwalker ransomware attacks targeting U.S.

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2021

SonicWall has issued an urgent security alert to warn customers of “ an imminent ransomware campaing ” targeting EOL equipment. SonicWall has issued an urgent security alert to warn companies of “ an imminent ransomware campaing ” targeting some of its equipment that reached end-of-life (EoL). immediately Reset passwords Enable MFA.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued an alert to warn that the Mamba ransomware is abusing the DiskCryptor open source tool to encrypt entire drives. Mamba ransomware is one of the first malware that encrypted hard drives rather than files that was detected in public attacks. ” reads the alert published by the FBI.

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DoublePulsar

JANUARY 4, 2020

A security vulnerability in a popular enterprise remote access product is being used to deliver ransomware into organisations , with targeted delivery to also delete backups and disable endpoint security controls. I realised in some recent incidents, impacted companies ran Pulse Secure VPN (it’s super easy to spot with Shodan).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

K-Electric, the electricity provider for the city of Karachi, Pakistan, was hit by a Netwalker ransomware attack that blocked billing and online services. K-Electric, the electricity provider for Karachi (Pakistan) is another victim of the Netwalker ransomware gang, the infection disrupted billing and online services.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

FBI warns ransomware gangs are actively targeting organizations in the food and agriculture sector. Small farms, large producers, processors and manufacturers, and markets and restaurants are particularly exposed to ransomware attacks. Avoid reusing passwords for multiple accounts. ” reads the FBI’s PIN.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 6, 2021

Use strong passwords. It is essential to ensure that all accounts are protected with strong passwords. To this day, a significant amount of people still use the password across multiple accounts, which makes it much simpler for a cybercriminal to compromise a password and take over accounts. Secure home router.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 15, 2021

X remote access devices that they have been made aware of an imminent ransomware campaign using stolen credentials. In its report, SonicWall reports that ransomware attacks are being launched against these products using a known vulnerability in the 8.x SRA 4200/1200 (EOL 2016) disconnect immediately and reset passwords.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Back in June, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued an advisory that married together two of today’s major cybersecurity concerns: remote access technology and ransomware. VPNs continue to be problematic as well. VPN technology allows better security and more granularity in terms of access. million exposed RDP ports.

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The Hacker News

AUGUST 11, 2022

Networking equipment major Cisco on Wednesday confirmed it was the victim of a cyberattack on May 24, 2022 after the attackers got hold of an employee's personal Google account that contained passwords synced from their web browser.

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Dark Reading

JUNE 8, 2021

No multi-factor authentication was attached to the stolen VPN password used by the attackers, Colonial Pipeline president & CEO Joseph Blount told a Senate committee today.

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