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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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 Affairs

JUNE 26, 2020

Upon infecting a system the bot turns it into a cryptomining client and could use it to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The malware author named the bot Satan DDoS, but Palo Alto Network’s Unit42 researchers dubbed it Lucifer because there’s another malware with the same name, the Satan Ransomware.

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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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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

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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. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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. Acer Finance operates as an investment management company. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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

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

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

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

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

that reboots locked devices Ymir ransomware, a new stealthy ransomware grow in the wild Amazon discloses employee data breach after May 2023 MOVEit attacks A new fileless variant of Remcos RAT observed in the wild A surge in Pro-Russia cyberattacks after decision to monitor North Korean Troops in Ukraine 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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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. Entrust Corp.

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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. .” reads a statement published by the company on its status page. The company announced that is still investigating the issue.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2024

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2025

These web shells gave attackers full control of the server, enabling activities like injecting ads, redirecting visitors, stealing billing data, launching DDoS attacks, or conducting ransomware operations. -Fork, p0wny, and WSO) into the website’s uploads folder.

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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.

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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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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. Yet, much of the media attention ransomware gets is focused on chronicling which companies fall prey to it. Part I: Three preconceived ideas about ransomware.

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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

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

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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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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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

In a statement issued Monday morning, Lehigh Valley Health Network said it had been the target of a cyberattack attributed to a ransomware gang known as BlackCat. BlackCat The ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group BlackCat, also known as ALPHV and Noberus, is currently one of the most active groups, and has been associated with Russia.

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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

APRIL 19, 2022

Kaspersky discovered a flaw in the encryption process of the Yanluowang ransomware that allows victims to recover their files for free. Researchers from Kaspersky discovered a vulnerability in the encryption process of the Yanluowang ransomware that can be exploited to recover the files encrypted by the malware without paying the ransom.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2023

During the period covered by the report, the expert identified the following prime threats: ransomware attacks (38%), data related threats (30%), malware (17%), denial-of-service (DoS), distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) and ransom denial-of-service (RDoS) attacks (16%), phishing / spear phishing (10%), supply-chain attacks (10%).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Researchers spotted a new strain of ransomware, dubbed Yanluowang, that was used in highly targeted attacks against enterprises. Researchers from Symantec Threat Hunter Team discovered a ransomware family, tracked as Yanluowang ransomware that was used in highly targeted attacks against large enterprises. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 28, 2020

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Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2022

Researchers at cybersecurity firm Cyble analyzed a Tor website named named ‘Eternity Project’ that offers for sale a broad range of malware, including stealers, miners, ransomware, and DDoS Bots. The post Eternity Project: You can pay $260 for a stealer and $490 for a ransomware appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Rapid7 identified exploitation attempts of the CVE-2023-46604 flaw to deploy HelloKitty ransomware in two different customer environments. “In both instances, the adversary attempted to deploy ransomware binaries on target systems in an effort to ransom the victim organizations. ” reads the report published by Rapid7.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Police seized BulletProftLink phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform Serbian pleads guilty to running ‘Monopoly’ dark web drug market McLaren Health Care revealed that a data breach impacted 2.2 Virtual Kidnapping: AI Tools Are Enabling IRL Extortion Scams How a ‘Refund Fraud’ Gang Stole $700,000 From Amazon Info from 5.6

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BH Consulting

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The malevolent seven: ENISA report identifies prime cybersecurity threats Ransomware; malware; social engineering; threats against data; threats against availability (denial of service); information manipulation and interference; and supply chain attacks. Information Security Buzz has a good summary of the main points.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2025

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Experts reported that the wiper attacks that yesterday hit hundreds of systems in Ukraine used a GoLang-based ransomware decoy. According to the security firm, the infections followed the DDoS attacks against several Ukrainian websites, including Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cabinet of Ministers, and Rada. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The US Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency and the FBI warned about the increase in ransomware attacks targeting the US K-12 educational sector. The US CISA and the FBI warned about the increase in ransomware attacks targeting the US K-12 educational sector aimed at data theft and disruption of distance learning services.

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