Pierluigi Paganini
October 18, 2020
Multiple members of QQAAZZ multinational cybercriminal gang were charged for providing money-laundering services to high-profile malware operations. 20 members of the multinational cybercriminal group QQAAZZ were charged this week in the US, Portugal, Spain, and the UK for providing money-laundering services. The arrests are the result of an unprecedented international law enforcement operation, coordinated by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 16, 2020
Dickey’s Barbecue Pit, the largest barbecue restaurant chain in the US, suffered a POS breach, card details for 3 Million customers were posted online. Dickey’s Barbecue Pit is a family-owned American barbecue restaurant chain, the company suffered a POS breach and card details of more than three million customers have been posted on the carding portal […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 15, 2020
Puerto Rico’s firefighting department discloses a security breach, hackers breached its database and demanded $600,000. Puerto Rico’s firefighting department discloses a security breach, hackers breached its database and demanded a $600,000 ransom. According to the department’s director, Alberto Cruz, the ability of the department to respond to emergencies was not impacted by the attack. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 12, 2020
A joint operation conducted by FS-ISAC, ESET, Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs, NTT, Symantec, and Microsoft aimed at takedown the TrickBot botnet. Microsoft’s Defender team, FS-ISAC, ESET, Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs, NTT, and Broadcom’s cyber-security division Symantec joint the forces and announced today a coordinated effort to take down the command and control infrastructure of the infamous TrickBot botnet. The experts that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 11, 2020
FONIX is a new Ransomware as a Service available in the threat landscape that was analyzed by SentinelLabs researchers. FONIX is a relatively new Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) analyzed by researchers from Sentinel Labs, its operators were previously specialized in the developers of binary crypters/packers. The actors behind FONIX RaaS advertised several products on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 11, 2020
Tyler Technologies has finally decided to paid a ransom to obtain a decryption key and recover files encrypted in a recent ransomware attack. Tyler Technologies, Inc. is the largest provider of software to the United States public sector. At the end of September, the company disclosed a ransomware attack and its customers reported finding suspicious logins […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 10, 2020
Microsoft has uncovered Zerologon attacks that were allegedly conducted by the infamous TA505 Russia-linked cybercrime group. Microsoft spotted a series of Zerologon attacks allegedly launched by the Russian cybercrime group tracked as TA505, CHIMBORAZO and Evil Corp. Microsoft experts spotted the Zerologon attacks involving fake software updates, the researchers noticed that the malicious code connected […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 10, 2020
Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest cruise line operator, has confirmed a data breach as a result of the august ransomware attack. Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest cruise line operator, has confirmed a data breach as a result of the ransomware attack that took place in August. Ransomware operators have stolen the personal information of customers, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 09, 2020
German tech firm Software AG has suffered a ransomware attack that took place during last weekend, media blamed the Clop ransomware gang. The website ZDNet revealed in exclusive that German tech firm Software AG was hit by the Clop ransomware, the criminal gang is demanding more than $20 million ransom. Software AG is an enterprise software […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 08, 2020
The Springfield Public Schools district in Massachusetts was forced to shut down its systems after a ransomware attack and closed the schools. The Springfield Public Schools district, the third largest school district in Massachusetts, was forced to shut down its systems after a ransomware attack. The district, which has over 25,000 students, 4,500 employees, and […]
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