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Pierluigi Paganini March 15, 2021

US DoJ indicted the CEO of Sky Global encrypted chat platform

The CEO of the encrypted communications firm Sky Global has been indicted in the US on charges of facilitating international drug trafficking The head of the Canada-based company Sky Global that provides encrypted communications, Jean-Francois Eap, has been indicted in the US on charges of facilitating international drug trafficking. The Justice Department indicted Jean-Francois Eap […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 13, 2021

The fire in the OVH datacenter also impacted APTs and cybercrime groups

The fire at the OVH datacenter in Strasbourg also impacted the command and control infrastructure used by several nation-state APT groups and cybercrime gangs. OVH, one of the largest hosting providers in the world, has suffered this week a terrible fire that destroyed its data centers located in Strasbourg. The French plant in Strasbourg includes 4 […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 09, 2021

Another French hospital hit by a ransomware attack

A ransomware attack hit the Oloron-Sainte-Marie hospital in southwest France, it is the third such attack in the last month. A ransomware attack paralyzed the systems at the Oloron-Sainte-Marie hospital in southwest France. The incident took place on Monday, the ransomware gang is demanding the payment of a ransom of $50,000 worth of Bitcoin. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 07, 2021

REvil Ransomware gang uses DDoS attacks and voice calls to make pressure on the victims

The REvil ransomware operators are using DDoS attacks and voice calls to journalists and victim’s business partners to force victims to pay the ransom. The REvil/Sodinokibi ransomware operators announced that they are using DDoS attacks and voice calls to victim’s business partners and journalists to force the victims into pay the ransom. The announcement shows […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 06, 2021

Hackers breached four prominent underground cybercrime forums

A suspicious wave of attacks resulted in the hack of four cybercrime forums Verified, Crdclub, Exploit, and Maza since January. Since January, a series of mysterious cyberattacks that resulted in the hack of popular Russian-language cybercrime forums. Unknown threat actors hacked the Verified forum in January, Crdclub in February, and Exploit and Maza in March, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 04, 2021

Group-IB: ransomware empire prospers in pandemic-hit world. Attacks grow by 150%

Group-IB published a report titled “Ransomware Uncovered 2020-2021”. analyzes ransomware landscape in 2020 and TTPs of major threat actors. Group-IB, a global threat hunting and adversary-centric cyber intelligence company, has presented its new report “Ransomware Uncovered 2020-2021”. The research dives deep into the global ransomware outbreak in 2020 and analyzes major players’ TTPs (tactics, techniques, and procedures). By […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 03, 2021

Clop ransomware gang leaks data allegedly stolen from cybersecurity firm Qualys

Cybersecurity firm Qualys seems to have suffered a data breach, threat actors allegedly exploited zero-day flaw in their Accellion FTA server. Cybersecurity firm Qualys is the latest victim of a cyber attack, the company was likely hacked by threat actors that exploited a zero-day vulnerability in their Accellion FTA server. A couple of weeks ago, security experts […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 03, 2021

The Ursnif Trojan has hit over 100 Italian banks

Avast researchers reported that the infamous Ursnif Trojan was employed in attacks against at least 100 banks in Italy. Avast experts recently obtained information on possible victims of Ursnif malware that confirms the interest of malware operators in targeting Italian banks. Operators behind this attacks have stolen financial data and credential from targeted financial institutions. “Among the […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 03, 2021

Attackers took over the Perl.com domain in September 2020

The Perl.com domain was hijacked in January, but a senior editor at the site revealed that the hackers took control of the domain in September 2020. The Perl.com domain was hijacked in January 2021, but according to Brian Foy, senior editor of Perl.com, the attack took place months before, in September 2020. Attackers have taken over the […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 02, 2021

Distributor of Asian food JFC International hit by Ransomware

JFC International, a major wholesaler and distributor of Asian food products in the United States, was hit by ransomware. JFC International, a major distributor and wholesaler of Asian food products, announced it has recently suffered a ransomware attack. The ransomware attack only impacted JFC International’s Europe Group, the malware caused the disruption of some of its IT […]

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US DoJ indicted the CEO of Sky Global encrypted chat platform

The fire in the OVH datacenter also impacted APTs and cybercrime groups

Another French hospital hit by a ransomware attack

REvil Ransomware gang uses DDoS attacks and voice calls to make pressure on the victims

Hackers breached four prominent underground cybercrime forums

Group-IB: ransomware empire prospers in pandemic-hit world. Attacks grow by 150%

Clop ransomware gang leaks data allegedly stolen from cybersecurity firm Qualys

The Ursnif Trojan has hit over 100 Italian banks

Attackers took over the Perl.com domain in September 2020

Distributor of Asian food JFC International hit by Ransomware

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