The LockBit ransomware group has added the City of Wichita to its Tor leak site and threatened to publish stolen data. Last week, the City of Wichita, Kansas, was the victim of a ransomware attack and shut down its network to contain the threat. Wichita is the most populous city in the U.S. state of […]
The FBI, UK National Crime Agency, and Europol revealed the identity of the admin of the LockBit operation and sanctioned him. The FBI, UK National Crime Agency, and Europol have unmasked the identity of the admin of the LockBit ransomware operation, aka ‘LockBitSupp’ and ‘putinkrab’ , and issued sanctions against him. It was the first time that […]
Alexander Vinnik, a Russian operator of virtual currency exchange BTC-e pleaded guilty to participating in a money laundering scheme. Alexander Vinnik, a Russian national, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering for his involvement in operating the cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e from 2011 to 2017. BTC-e processed over $9 billion in transactions and served over […]
Finland’s Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom) warned about an ongoing Android malware campaign targeting bank accounts. Traficom, Finland’s Transport and Communications Agency, issued a warning regarding a current Android malware campaign aimed at bank accounts. Traficom reported that clients of multiple banks received text messages in the Finnish language that instruct recipients to call a […]
Law enforcement seized the Lockbit group’s Tor website again and announced they will reveal more identities of its operators Law enforcement seized the Lockbit group’s Tor website again. The authorities resumed the Lockbit seized leak site and mocked its administrators. According to the countdown active on the seized, law enforcement that are currently controlling the […]
The Blackbasta extortion group claimed responsibility for the attack that in April severely impacted the operations of Synlab Italia. Since April 18, Synlab Italia, a major provider of medical diagnosis services, has been experiencing disruptions due to a cyber attack. The company initially cited technical issues as the cause leading to âtemporary interruption of access […]
LockBit ransomware operators have published sensitive data allegedly stolen from the Simone Veil hospital in Cannes. In April, a cyber attack hit the Hospital Simone Veil in Cannes (CHC-SV), impacting medical procedures and forcing personnel to return to pen and paper. Non-urgent surgical procedures and consultations scheduled at the time of the attack were postponed. The French […]
The Ubiquiti EdgeRouter botnet is still used by Russia-linked group APT28 and cybercriminals organizations. Trend Micro researchers reported that the EdgeRouter botnet, called Moobot, used by the APT28 group is still active and is also used by cyber criminal organizations. In January, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Security Agency (NSA), US Cyber Command, and […]
Zloader continues to evolve, its authors added an anti-analysis feature that was originally present in the Zeus banking trojan. Zloader (aka Terdot, DELoader, or Silent Night) is a modular trojan based on the leaked ZeuS source code. After a hiatus of almost two years, Zloader reappeared with new obfuscation techniques, domain generation algorithm (DGA), and […]
A Ukrainian national, a member of the REvil group, has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for his role in extortion activities. The Ukrainian national, Yaroslav Vasinskyi (24), aka Rabotnik, has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison and must pay $16 million in restitution for conducting numerous ransomware attacks […]