Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini March 25, 2022
UK police arrested 7 alleged members of Lapsus$ extortion gang

UK police suspect that a 16-year-old from Oxford is one of the leaders of the popular Lapsus$ extortion group. The City of London Police announced to have arrested seven teenagers suspected of being members of the notorious Lapsus$ extortion gang, which is believed to be based in South America. “Four researchers investigating the hacking group […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 24, 2022
Okta says 375 customers impacted by the hack, but Lapsus$ gang says it is lying

The provider of access management systems Okta confirmed the data breach and revealed that 2.5% of its customers were impacted. This week Lapsus$ extortion group claimed to have stolen sensitive data from the identity and access management giant Okta solutions. The gang announced the alleged hack through its Telegram channel and shared a series of screenshots […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2022
It’s official, Lapsus$ gang compromised a Microsoft employee’s account

Microsoft confirmed that Lapsus$ extortion group has hacked one of its employees to access and steal the source code of some projects. Microsoft confirmed that Lapsus$ extortion group has hacked one of its employees to access and steal the source code of some projects. Yesterday the cybercrime gang leaked 37GB of source code stolen from […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 22, 2022
A new wave of DeadBolt Ransomware attacks hit QNAP NAS devices

Internet search engine Censys reported a new wave of DeadBolt ransomware attacks targeting QNAP NAS devices. Internet search engine Censys reported that QNAP devices were targeted in a new wave of DeadBolt ransomware attacks. Since January, DeadBolt ransomware operators are targeting QNAP NAS devices worldwide, its operators claim the availability of a zero-day exploit that […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 22, 2022
Lapsus$ extortion gang claims to have stolen sensitive data from Okta

The Lapsus$ extortion group claims to have stolen sensitive data from the identity and access management giant Okta solutions. The gang announced the alleged hack through its Telegram channel and shared a series of screenshots as proof of the hack. Some of the images published by the threat actors appear to be related to the company’s […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 22, 2022
Lapsus$ extortion gang leaked the source code for some Microsoft projects

The Lapsus$ extortion group claims to have hacked Microsoft ‘s internal Azure DevOps server and leaked the source code for some projects. Microsoft recently announced that is investigating claims that the Lapsus$ cybercrime gang breached their internal Azure DevOps source code repositories and stolen data. On Sunday, the Lapsus$ gang announced to have compromised Microsoft’s Azure DevOps […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 21, 2022
Lapsus$ gang claims to have hacked Microsoft source code repositories

Microsoft is investigating claims that the Lapsus$ hacking group breached its internal Azure DevOps source code repositories. Microsoft announced that is investigating claims that the Lapsus$ cybercrime gang breached their internal Azure DevOps source code repositories and stolen data. Over the last months, the gang compromised other prominent companies such as NVIDIA, Samsung, Ubisoft, Mercado […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 21, 2022
Hacker leaked a new version of Conti ransomware source code on Twitter

A Ukrainian security researcher has leaked more source code from the Conti ransomware operation to protest the gang’s position on the conflict. Hacker leaked a new version of the Conti ransomware source code on Twitter as retaliation of the gang’s support to Russia The attack against the Conti ransomware and the data leak is retaliation […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 21, 2022
DirtyMoe modules expand the bot using worm-like techniques

The DirtyMoe botnet continues to evolve and now includes a module that implements wormable propagation capabilities. In June 2021, researchers from Avast warned of the rapid growth of the DirtyMoe botnet (PurpleFox, Perkiler, and NuggetPhantom), which passed from 10,000 infected systems in 2020 to more than 100,000 in the first half of 2021. Experts defined DirtyMoe as a […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 19, 2022
Avoslocker ransomware gang targets US critical infrastructure

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. The advisory was published in coordination with the US Treasury Department and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network […]