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Report: No ‘Eternal Blue’ Exploit Found in Baltimore City Ransomware

Krebs on Security

have been held hostage by a ransomware strain known as “ Robbinhood.” On May 25, The New York Times cited unnamed security experts briefed on the attack who blamed the ransomware’s spread on the Eternal Blue exploit, which was linked to the global WannaCry ransomware outbreak in May 2017.

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Evolution and rise of the Avaddon Ransomware-as-a-Service

Security Affairs

The Avaddon ransomware operators updated their malware after security researchers released a public decryptor in February 2021. The Avaddon ransomware family first appeared in the threat landscape in February 2020, and its authors started offering it with a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model in June, 2020.

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Nokoyawa ransomware attacks with Windows zero-day

SecureList

While the majority of zero-days that we’ve discovered in the past were used by APTs, this particular zero-day was used by a sophisticated cybercrime group that carries out ransomware attacks. Using the CVE-2023-28252 zero-day, this group attempted to deploy the Nokoyawa ransomware as a final payload. com qooqle[.]top top vsexec[.]com

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Lockbit Ransomware targets England Merseyrail

CyberSecurity Insiders

Highly placed sources say that the attack could have been launched by Lockbit ransomware gang that might have entered the computer network through a compromised email. Serco and Abellio in a joint venture are operating Merseyrail and were handed over the contract of 25 years in 2003 that expires in 2028.

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Buran ransomware-as-a-service continues to improve

Security Affairs

The recently discovered ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) Buran attempts to gain popularity by offering discounted licenses. In May, researchers from McAfee’s Advanced Threat Research Team discovered a new piece of ransomware named ‘Buran.’ The ransomare appears to be the evolution of the Jumper ransomware that is based on VegaLocker.

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10 Ransomware Examples to Stay Away From

Spinone

Although at the end of the 2018 ransomware seemed to be slowing its pace on the cyber threat arena, 2019 has shown that this slowdown wasn’t anything but “the calm before the storm” Ransomware statistics for 2019 vividly illustrated the rapid growth of high-profile ransomware attacks and new, more disrupting ransomware examples.

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Rainbow Table Attacks and Cryptanalytic Defenses

eSecurity Planet

A cryptanalytic attack is one where unauthorized actors breach a cryptographic security system through exhaustive searches for information related to the encryption scheme. Cryptanalysts or malicious actors can use basic information about the cryptographic scheme, plaintext, or ciphertext to decipher encrypted communications.

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