Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2021
Kaseya warns customers of ongoing malspam campaign posing as security updates

Threat actors are conducting a spam campaign aimed at infecting Kaseya customers, posing as legitimate VSA security updates Kaseya is warning customers of threat actors attempting to exploit the recent massive supply chain ransomware attack suffered by the company. The software provider is warning of an ongoing malspam campaign aimed at delivering malware into their […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2021
Hackers use a new technique in malspam attacks to disable Macro security warnings in weaponized docs

Threat actors have devised a new trick to disable macro security warning that leverage non-malicious docs in malspam attacks. Most of the malspam campaigns leverage weaponized Microsoft Office documents and social engineering techniques to trick recipients into enabling the macros. Now experts from McAfee Labs warn of a novel technique used by threat actors that […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 08, 2021
Hacker deposited $1M in a popular cybercrime marketplace to buy zero-day exploits

A threat actor has deposited 26.99 Bitcoins on one of the cybercrime forums, he aims at purchasing zero-day exploits from other forum members. A threat actor that goes online with the name “integra” has deposited 26.99 Bitcoins on one of the cybercrime forums with the intent to purchase zero-day Exploits from other forum members, researchers from threat intelligence firm Cyble. According to the experts, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 07, 2021
Wiregrass Electric Cooperative hit by a ransomware attack

Wiregrass Electric Cooperative, a rural Alabama electric cooperative was hit by a ransomware attack. Wiregrass Electric Cooperative, a rural Alabama electric cooperative that serves about 25,000 members, was hit by a ransomware attack. The cyberattack temporarily blocked the customers’ access to their account information, the cooperative is working to restore the impacted system. According to […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 07, 2021
Researchers uncovered the network infrastructure of REVil – The notorious ransomware group that hit Kaseya

Resecurity® HUNTER, cyber threat intelligence and R&D unit, identified a strong connection to a cloud hosting and IoT company servicing the domain belonging to cybercriminals. According to the recent research published by ReSecurity on Twitter, starting January 2021 REVil leveraged a new domain ‘decoder[.]re’ in addition to a ransomware page available in the TOR network. […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 06, 2021
Approximatively 1,500 businesses impacted by the ransomware attack that hit Kaseya

Kaseya confirmed that the REvil supply-chain ransomware attack hit fewer than 60 of its customers and their customers. Software provider Kaseya announced that fewer than 60 of its customers and less than 1,500 businesses have been impacted by the recent supply-chain ransomware attack. Up to 1,500 downstream organizations, which were customers of MSPs using Kaseya VSA management […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 06, 2021
Operation Lyrebird: Group-IB assists INTERPOL in identifying suspect behind numerous cybercrimes worldwide

Group-IB supported INTERPOL in its Operation Lyrebird that allowed to identify a threat actor presumably responsible for multiple attacks. Group-IB, one of the leading providers of solutions dedicated to detecting and preventing cyberattacks, identifying online fraud, investigation of high-tech crimes and intellectual property protection, has supported INTERPOL in its Operation Lyrebird that resulted in the identification and apprehension of a threat actor presumably responsible for multiple attacks, […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 05, 2021
CISA, FBI share guidance for MSPs and their customers impacted in Kaseya attack

CISA and the FBI published guidance for the victims impacted by the REvil supply-chain ransomware attack against Kaseya. CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have published guidance for the organizations impacted by the massive REvil supply-chain ransomware attack that hit Kaseya ‘s cloud-based MSP platform. The US agencies provides instructions to affected MSPs and their customers […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 05, 2021
Revil ransomware gang hit Spanish telecom giant MasMovil

Revil ransomware gang hit Spanish telecom giant MasMovil and claims to have stolen sensitive data from the group. MasMovil is one of the largest Spanish telecom operators, last week the group was hit by the REvil ransomware gang that claims to have stolen sensitive data from the company. “We have downloaded databases and other important […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 05, 2021
REvil ransomware gang demanded $70M for universal decryptor for Kaseya victims

REvil ransomware is demanding $70 million for decrypting all systems locked during the Kaseya supply-chain ransomware attack. REvil ransomware is asking $70 million worth of Bitcoin for decrypting all systems impacted in the Kaseya supply-chain ransomware attack. On Friday the REvil ransomware gang hit the Kaseya cloud-based MSP platform impacting MSPs and their customers. The […]