Pierluigi Paganini
October 18, 2021
A ransomware attack is likely the cause of the recent downtime for TV stations owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group broadcast television company. TV stations owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group went down over the weekend officially due to technical issues, but some media [1,2] reported that it was a victim of a ransomware attack. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 18, 2021
It seems that the REvil ransomware operation has shut down once again after a threat actor has hijacked their Tor hidden service. The REvil ransomware gang has shut down its operation once again after a threat actor has hijacked their Tor leak site and payment portal. The news of the hack was shared by the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 18, 2021
Researchers warn of an Ad-Blocking Chrome extension that was abused by threat actors to Injecting Ads in Google search pages. Researchers from Imperva have spotted a new deceptive ad injection campaign that is targeting users of some large websites leveraging an AD-blocking extension, named AllBlock, that is available on both Chrome and Opera browsers. Ad […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 17, 2021
The customers of Banco Pichincha, the largest bank in Ecuador, are still experiencing service disruptions after a massive cyberattack hit the financial organization early this week. The cyberattack took place over the last weekend and forced the bank to shut down a large part of its computer network in response to the incident. Many services […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 16, 2021
TrickBot operators are back and expand the distribution channels with partnership with cybercrime affiliates. The operators behind the infamous TrickBot (ITG23 and Wizard Spider) malware have resurfaced with new distribution channels to deliver malicious payloads, such as Conti ransomware. The gang support other cybercrime groups such as known Hive0105, Hive0106 (aka TA551 or Shathak), and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 16, 2021
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) linked roughly $5.2 billion worth of Bitcoin transactions to ransomware. The U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has identified approximately $5.2 billion worth of Bitcoin transactions likely associated with operations of top 10 most commonly reported ransomware variants FinCEN analyzed a data set composed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 14, 2021
Taiwanese electronics technology giant Acer discloses a security breach suffered by its after-sales service systems in India after an isolated attack. Bad news for the Taiwanese electronics technology giant Acer, it disclosed a second security breach this year. The company revealed that its after-sales service systems in India were hit by an isolated attack. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
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. The discovery is part of an investigation into a recent attempted ransomware attack […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 13, 2021
The MyKings botnet (aka Smominru or DarkCloud) is still alive and continues to spread, allowing its operators to make huge amounts of money. Avast Threat Labs researchers reported that the MyKings botnet (aka Smominru or DarkCloud) is still alive and is allowing its operators to earn huge amounts of money via cryptomining activities. Avast researchers reported […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 13, 2021
Dutch police warn customers of a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) website of stopping using the service to avoid prosecution. Dutch police warn customers of a booter service, abused to carry out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, of to stop using it to avoid prosecution. The letter sent by the Dutch Police aims to work as a deterrent […]
