Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2021

Avaddon ransomware gang has breached the France-based financial consultancy firm Acer Finance. Avaddon ransomware gang made the headlines again, the cybercrime gang has breached the France-based financial consultancy firm Acer Finance. The group also announced to have hacked the Asian branch of Axa and stole three terabytes of data.

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SecureList

JULY 28, 2021

For example, April saw the active distribution of a new DDoS botnet called Simps — the name under which it introduced itself to owners of infected devices. The malware creators promoted their brainchild on a specially set-up YouTube channel and Discord server, where they discussed DDoS attacks.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 5, 2021

Some of the top ransomware gangs are deploying a new pressure tactic to push more victim organizations into paying an extortion demand: Emailing the victim’s customers and partners directly, warning that their data will be leaked to the dark web unless they can convince the victim firm to pay up. “Good day! “Good day!

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SecureList

AUGUST 3, 2022

Politically-motivated cyberattacks dominated the DDoS landscape in the second quarter of 2022 just as they did in the previous reporting period. The pro-Russian hacktivists Killnet, which first surfaced in January 2022, claimed responsibility for DDoS attacks on the websites of various European organizations from April through June.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Akamai announced it has mitigated the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on a U.S. Cybersecurity firm Akamai successfully identified and prevented a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack targeting an unnamed, leading American financial institution. financial company. gigabits per second.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

In Q3 2022, DDoS attacks were, more often than not, it seemed, politically motivated. As before, most news was focused on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, but other high-profile events also affected the DDoS landscape this quarter. The attackers stated on Telegram that they were “testing a new DDoS method.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Experts warn of a surge in the DDoS attacks against education institutions and the academic industry across the world. The DDoS attacks are causing severe issues to the targeted education institutions such as temporarily takedown of the network and online classes. were victims of ransomware attacks this year. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Ragnarok Ransomware Group Shuts Down, Releases Master Decryption Keys. Cloudflare Stops Largest Reported DDoS Attack. The post Bitglass Security Spotlight: Details on the T-Mobile Hack, DDoS Attacks, and Other Breaches appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2021

The REvil ransomware operators are attempting to blackmail Apple after they has allegedly stolen product blueprints of the IT giant from its business partner. ” Quanta Computer was recently the victim of the REvil ransomware operators, but the vendor refused to pay a $50 million ransom. .” Its customers include Apple Inc.,

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 22, 2022

LockBit ransomware gang claims to have hacked the IT giant Entrust and started leaking the stolen files. The Lockbit ransomware gang claimed to have hacked the company and is threatening to leak the stolen files. Curiously, the LockBit ransomware’s Tor leak sites were unreacheable due to a DDoS attack.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2024

The Mexican Drug Cartels Want You Casio: Notice of Partial Service Outage and Information Leak Caused by Ransomware Attack He founded a “startup” to access sanctioned Russian websites: the cyber police of Khmelnytskyi region exposed the hacker Hacked ‘AI Girlfriend’ Data Shows Prompts Describing Child Sexual Abuse Malware Over 300,000!

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2020

A new botnet, tracked as Lucifer, appeared in the threat landscape, it leverages close to a dozen exploits to hack Windows systems. Upon infecting a system the bot turns it into a cryptomining client and could use it to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. SecurityAffairs – hacking, 5G). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 18, 2020

Almost daily now there is news about flaws in commercial software that lead to computers getting hacked and seeded with malware. But the reality is most malicious software also has its share of security holes that open the door for security researchers or ne’er-do-wells to liberate or else seize control over already-hacked systems.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2023

The Hunters International ransomware gang claims to have hacked the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (Fred Hutch). Another healthcare organization suffered a ransomware attack, the Hunters International ransomware gang claims to have hacked the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (Fred Hutch). Who is Hunters International?

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Security Affairs

MARCH 9, 2025

Cellebrite zero-day exploit used to target phone of Serbian student activist One in Four Cyberattacks in 2024 Traced to Infostealers, Huntress Reports Uncovering.NET Malware Obfuscated by Encryption and Virtualization Black Basta and Cactus Ransomware Groups Add BackConnect Malware to Their Arsenal Satori Threat Intelligence Disruption: BADBOX 2.0

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 28, 2025

The AI company did not share details about the attack or its origin, however likely the platform was targeted by a massive DDoS attack. ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,AI platform) The company announced that is still investigating the issue.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2021

The Darkside ransomware gang is enhancing its extortion tactics to interfere with the valuation of stocks of companies that are listed on NASDAQ or other stock markets. The Darkside ransomware operators are stepping up their extortion tactics targeting companies that are listed on NASDAQ or other stock markets with a new technique.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2022

Ukrainian police arrested members of a ransomware gang that targeted at least 50 companies in the U.S. Ukrainian police arrested members of a ransomware affiliate group that is responsible for attacking at least 50 companies in the U.S. The gang was distributing the LockerGoga and MegaCortex ransomware families. and Europe.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2023

A threat actor has leaked the source code for the first version of the HelloKitty ransomware on a Russian-speaking cybercrime forum. kapuchin0 claims that the leaked code is the first breach of the HelloKitty ransomware. kapuchin0 claims that the leaked code is the first breach of the HelloKitty ransomware.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 23, 2024

Two weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, a large, mysterious new Internet hosting firm called Stark Industries Solutions materialized and quickly became the epicenter of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on government and commercial targets in Ukraine and Europe. Image: SentinelOne.com.

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Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2021

The FBI and Australian Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) warn of an ongoing Avaddon ransomware campaign targeting organizations worldwide. “The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) is aware an ongoing ransomware campaign utilising the Avaddon Ransomware malware. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Avaddon).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2021

Clop ransomware operators now email victim’s customers and ask them to demand a ransom payment to protect their privacy to force victims into paying the ransom. ” Clop ransomware operators invited the victim’s customer to contact the victim and ask it protect their privacy by paying the ransomware. .

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2025

Authorities recovered $31 Million Related to 2021 Uranium Finance cyber heist Serbian student activists phone hacked using Cellebrite zero-day exploit Qilin ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the Lee Enterprises attack Meta fired 20 employees for leaking information, more firings expected International Press Newsletter Cybercrime U.S.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2023

Polish police, as part of the international law enforcement operation PowerOFF, dismantled a DDoS-for-hire service that has been active since at least 2013. An international operation codenamed PowerOff led to the shutdown of a DDoS-for-hire service that has been active since at least 2013. Viewer discretion is advised.

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SC Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

News of the breach was first reported by BleepingComputer on Monday, though DataBreaches.net had previously reported that the DarkSide ransomware group had listed Guess on their data leak site in April. It’s certainly possible that the reported ransomware and breach incidents may be linked.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued an alert about a surge in ransomware attacks targeting education institutions. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), has issued an alert about a surge in ransomware attacks against education institutions. PowerShell) to easily deploy tooling or ransomware. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 27, 2023

The “online criminal marketplace” has been disrupted via several fake Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) tools, according to an announcement from The British National Crime Agency (NCA). Some folks register on hacking sites and services out of curiosity. This is the case with DDoS tools.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2021

While investigating a data breach suffered by a healthcare organization, FBI accidentally revealed that it believes that the HelloKitty ransomware gang operates out of Ukraine. In November, the US FBI has published a flash alert warning private organizations of the evolution of the HelloKitty ransomware (aka FiveHands).

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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. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2023

The Alphv ransomware group added the Morrison Community Hospital to its dark web leak site. The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group claims to have hacked the Morrison Community Hospital and added it to its dark web Tor leak site. Other ransomware attacks recently hit US hospitals. Threat actors continue to target hospitals.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2021

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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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Ransomware is getting worse. Cybersecurity analysts have been screaming this sentiment from the rooftops for years, but now new research examining the expanding landscape of software vulnerabilities leveraged in ransomware attacks offers up some hard numbers that put the depth of this problem into context.

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Threatpost

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Organizations worldwide – including Travelex – have been sent letters threatening to launch DDoS attacks on their network unless a $230K ransom is paid.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 14, 2022

We are at a point in time when cybercriminals including ransomware gangs have established themselves as organized, illicit businesses rather than a one-person hacking operation. The increased success of ransomware gangs , extortion groups, and DDoS attackers is by no means accidental.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2020

FONIX is a new Ransomware as a Service available in the threat landscape that was analyzed by SentinelLabs researchers. FONIX is a relatively new Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) analyzed by researchers from Sentinel Labs, its operators were previously specialized in the developers of binary crypters/packers. Pierluigi Paganini.

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