Cyber Crime

Cryptominer ELFs Using MSR to Boost Mining Process

The Uptycs Threat Research Team recently observed Golang-based worm dropping cryptominer binaries which use the MSR (Model Specific Register) driver.  By UPTYCS THREAT…

5 years ago

Italian energy company ERG hit by LockBit 2.0 ransomware gang

ERG SPA, an Italian energy company, reports a minor impact on its operations after the recent ransomware attack conducted by LockBit 2.0…

5 years ago

More evidence suggests that DarkSide and BlackMatter are the same group

Researchers found evidence that the DarkSide ransomware gang has rebranded as a new BlackMatter ransomware operation. BleepingComputer found evidence that…

5 years ago

Estonia ‘s police arrested a Tallin resident who stole 286K ID scans from a government DB

Estonia 's police arrested a man from Tallinn that is suspected to be the hacker who stole 286K ID scans…

5 years ago

BlackMatter and Haron, two new ransomware gangs in the threat landscape

The cyber threat landscape change continuously, recently two new ransomware-as-service (RaaS) operations named BlackMatter and Haron made the headlines. Recently,…

5 years ago

LockBit 2.0, the first ransomware that uses group policies to encrypt Windows domains

A new variant of the LockBit 2.0 ransomware is now able to encrypt Windows domains by using Active Directory group policies. Researchers…

5 years ago

BlackMatter ransomware group claims to be Darkside and REvil succesor

BlackMatter ransomware gang, a new threat actor appears in the threat landscape and claims to combine TTPs of Darkside and…

5 years ago

South Africa’s logistics company Transnet SOC hit by a ransomware attack

Transnet SOC Ltd, a large South African rail, port and pipeline company, announced it was hit by a disruptive cyber attack. South Africa’s logistics company…

5 years ago

Hackers flooded the Babuk ransomware gang’s forum with gay porn images

The Babuk ransomware operators seem to have suffered a ransomware attack, threat actors flooded their forum gay orgy porn images.…

5 years ago

No More Ransom helped ransomware victims to save almost €1B

The No More Ransom initiative celebrates its fifth anniversary, over 6 million victims of ransomware attacks recover their files for…

5 years ago

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