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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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JUNE 25, 2020

Maze ransomware operators claims to have breached the South Korean multinational electronics company LG Electronics. Researchers at Cyble discovered a data leak of LG Electronics published by Maze ransomware operators. Just after the WorldNet Telecommunications, the LG electronics fall as a victim of the Maze ransomware operators.”

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AUGUST 15, 2020

Sodinokibi (REvil) ransomware operators announced on Friday to have hacked Brown-Forman, one of the largest U.S. Sodinokibi (REvil) ransomware operators announced last week to have breached the network of the Brown-Forman, one of the largest U.S. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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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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APRIL 22, 2020

The City of Torrance of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, California, is the last victim of the DoppelPaymer Ransomware, hackers also stole its data. Below the Tweet published the data breach notification service Under the Breach: Dopple ransomware group hacked into the government site of Torrance (California). million ransom.

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AUGUST 27, 2020

REvil ransomware operators claimed to have breached another healthcare organization, the victim is Valley Health Systems. “Recently, during the monitoring process of data leaks the Cyble Research Team identified a leak disclosure post in which the REvil ransomware operators claimed to have breached Valley Health Systems.”

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NOVEMBER 28, 2019

According to a confidential report from the Dutch National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), at least 1,800 companies were infected with 3 ransomware. A confidential report published by the Dutch National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) revealed that at least 1,800 companies are affected by three strain s of ransomware across the world.

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DECEMBER 24, 2019

The FBI has issued a warning to the private industry of cyber attacks involving the LockerGoga and MegaCortex Ransomware. The FBI is warning the private industry of cyber attacks involving the LockerGoga and MegaCortex Ransomware. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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MAY 6, 2020

Australian shipping giant Toll informed its customers that it has shut down some IT systems due to a new ransomware attack. Toll staff discovered the infection after noticing unusual activity on some servers, further investigation revealed the presence of the Nefilim ransomware. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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. On July 27th, the systems at the City of Lafayette, Colorado, were infected with ransomware, the malicious code impacted phone services, email, and online payment reservation systems. Pierluigi Paganini.

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JUNE 27, 2020

The group confirmed that the broadcasting of France 3 will be transferred to the headquarters of France Televisions, the company also activated the backup site in response to the incident. This isn’t the first attack that targeted French media, in 2019 ransomware operators hit the M6 ??group Pierluigi Paganini.

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AUGUST 26, 2019

A new ransomware, dubbed Nemty, appeared in the threat landscape over the weekend, it spreads via compromised RDP connections. A new ransomware, called Nemty ransomware, has been discovered over the weekend by malware researchers. Below the ransom note dropped by the Nemty ransomware after the encryption process is completed.

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JUNE 2, 2020

The REvil/Sodinokibi ransomware operators have leaked the files allegedly stolen from the UK power grid middleman Elexon. In May Elexon , a middleman in the UK power grid network, was the victim of a cyber attack, its systems have been infected with the Sodinokibi ransomware. Pierluigi Paganini.

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DECEMBER 28, 2019

A Ryuk Ransomware attack has taken down the corporate IT network of a Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA) regulated facility. Ryuk Ransomware continues to infect systems worldwide, the U.S. ” reads the Marine Safety Information Bulletin. ” reads the Marine Safety Information Bulletin.

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JUNE 13, 2019

Malware infections could be devastating for production environments, a ransomware infection halts production operations for days at airplane parts manufacturer ASCO. A ransomware attack has paralyzed the production in ASCO plants across several countries worldwide. “We have informed all competent authorities in this area of ?? .”

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Another US city was the victim of a ransomware attack, this time crooks hit the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts, asking for $5.3 Million Ransom, but… The systems of New Bedford, Massachusetts, were infected with ransomware and crooks asked for a $5.3 Then the city opted out to restore from backups. Pierluigi Paganini.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

TVEyes was brought down after its core server and engineering workstations were infected with a ransomware attack, company CEO confirmed. On Thursday night, a ransomware attack hit the company network causing an outage of its multimedia messaging and data feed services (i.e. TVEyes Media Monitoring Suite (MMS)). ” . .

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DECEMBER 9, 2019

Emsisoft warns that a bug in the decrypter app of the Ryuk ransomware could damage large files making it impossible to decrypt them. Experts from Antivirus maker Emsisoft discovered a bug in the decrypter app of the infamous Ryuk ransomware. Ryuk is one of today’s most active ransomware strains. ” continues the post.

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JULY 11, 2019

Malware researchers at two security firms Intezer and Anomali have discovered a new piece of ransomware targeting Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices. Experts at security firms Intezer and Anomali have separately discovered a new piece of ransomware targeting Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices. onion websites.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Malware researchers at Yoroi -Cybaze ZLab have analyzed the fourth version of the infamous JSWorm Ransomware. The ransomware attacks have no end. As the popular GandCrab , which was carried on up to version 5 until its shutdown, also other ransomware are continuously supported with the purpose of creating revenues for cyber criminals.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Researchers from threat hunting and intelligence firm Group-IB have detected a successful attack by a ransomware gang tracked as OldGremlin. Group-IB , a global threat hunting and intelligence company headquartered in Singapore, has detected a successful attack by a ransomware gang, codenamed OldGremlin. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Researchers at Emsisoft security firm have released a new free decryption tool for the WannaCryFake ransomware. Good news for the vicitms of the WannaCryFake ransomware, researchers at Emsisoft have released a FREE decryption tool that will allow decrypting their data. databases,backups, large excel sheets, etc.).

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NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Another day, another victim of a ransomware attack, this time major ASP.NET hosting provider SmarterASP announced it was infected by ransomware. SmarterASP announced it was hit yesterday by ransomware attack. It is unclear if SmarterASP decided to pay the ransom, or if it is restoring data using its backups.

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AUGUST 9, 2019

Security researchers at Emsisoft have released a new decryptor tool that allows the victims of the JSWorm 4.0 ransomware to decrypt their files for free. ransomware can decrypt their files for free. ransomware is also written in C++ and uses a modified version of AES-256 to encrypt files. Your files are corrupted!

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NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Campari Group, the Italian beverage giant has been hit by a ransomware attack that forced the company to shut down a large part of its IT network. Campari Group , the Italian beverage giant has been hit by a ransomware attack that forced the company to shut down a large part of its IT network. ” reported Bleeping Computer.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2020

In December, Maastricht University was hit with ransomware attack, now the university admitted to have paid the ransom requested by crooks. In December 2019, Maastricht University (UM) announced that ransomware infected almost all of its Windows systems on December 23. The backup of a limited number of systems was also affected.”

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

A series of messages published on Barnes & Noble’s Nook social media accounts state that it had suffered a system failure and is working to restore operations by restoring their server backups. Information shared about the cyber attacks suggests that the company was the victim of a ransomware attack.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Another organization in the healthcare industry was a victim of a Ransomware attack, this time the victim is Brooklyn Hospital. A ransomware attack has infected several computer systems at the Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York, the organization permanently lost patient data. ” reads the notice. . ” reads the notice.

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JULY 15, 2019

On July 6, a ransomware attack brought down government computer systems at La Porte County, Indiana, finally, the county decided to pay $130,000 ransom. Now La Porte County decided to pay $130,000 to recover data on systems infected with the ransomware. The Ryuk virus got into the backup servers.”

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Nemty Ransomware, a new malware appears in the threat landscape. UK National Cyber Security Centre urge to drop Python 2. Ransomware attack hits DDS Safe backup service used by hundreds of dental offices. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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DECEMBER 9, 2019

. “Analysts have observed evidence of the threat actors attempting to deliver ransomware to the healthcare and education industries with PyXie.” The threat actors behind PyXie were observed attempting to deliver ransomware to the healthcare and education industries with this new RAT. Pierluigi Paganini.

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JUNE 23, 2020

It’s worth noting that despite the fact that Fxmsp stopped all public activity in late 2019, Group-IB discovered that a European energy company, that he was selling access to, fell victim to a ransomware attack in 2020. Finally, he infects the backups by installing backdoors. mln appeared first on Security Affairs.

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APRIL 26, 2023

Social Engineering According to Carnegie Mellon University’s Information Security Office , “Social engineering is the tactic of manipulating, influencing, or deceiving a victim in order to gain control over a computer system, or to steal personal and financial information.

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JUNE 24, 2019

. “We will continue to work with our intelligence community and cybersecurity partners to monitor Iranian cyber activity, share information, and take steps to keep America and our allies safe.” ” Experts recommend to have secure working backup procedures, in case of attack, victims could simply recover data from a backup.

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OCTOBER 25, 2022

The LockBit ransomware gang no longer offers just one service, like ransomware, but multiple services, like anti-analysis tools and bug bounty programs. Mick Baccio from Splunk’s SURGe explains how ransomware gangs are evolving into crimeware-as-a-service platforms, as one stop shop for all your online criminal needs.

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JANUARY 4, 2020

Experts recommended to have secure working backup procedures, in case of attack, victims could simply recover data from a backup. 2017 – anti-Israel & pro-Palestinian data wiper dubbed IsraBye that is spread as a ransomware. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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JULY 2, 2019

A new Ransomware appeared in the threat landscape, the malware began to threats the digital world. A new Ransomware began to threats the digital world. Unlike most ransomware, LooCipher uses a macro-weaponized document as dropper of the real threat. Ransomware excluded folders. Introduction. Technical Analysis.

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