Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini May 28, 2023
Industrial automation giant ABB disclosed data breach after ransomware attack

Swiss electrification and automation technology giant ABB confirmed it has suffered a data breach after a ransomware attack. ABB has more than 105,000 employees and has $29.4 billion in revenue for 2022. On May 7, 2023, the Swiss multinational company, leading electrification and automation technology provider, suffered a cyber attack that reportedly impacted its business operations. […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 28, 2023
New Bandit Stealer targets web browsers and cryptocurrency wallets

Bandit Stealer is a new stealthy information stealer malware that targets numerous web browsers and cryptocurrency wallets. Trend Micro researchers discovered a new info-stealing malware, dubbed Bandit Stealer, which is written in the Go language and targets multiple browsers and cryptocurrency wallets. At this time, the malware only targets Windows systems, but experts pointed out […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 27, 2023
Is the BlackByte ransomware gang behind the City of Augusta attack?

The city of Augusta in Georgia, U.S., admitted that the recent IT system outage was caused by a cyber attack. While the City of Augusta revealed that a cyberattack caused the recent IT outage, the BlackByte ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for the attack. The attack took place on May 21, the administrator at the City […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 27, 2023
New Buhti ransomware operation uses rebranded LockBit and Babuk payloads

The recently identified Buhti operation targets organizations worldwide with rebranded LockBit and Babuk ransomware variants. Researchers from Symantec discovered a new ransomware operation called Buhti (aka Blacktail) that is using LockBit and Babuk variants to target Linux and Windows systems worldwide. The ransomware operation hasn’t its own ransomware payload, however, it uses a custom information […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 26, 2023
Dark Frost Botnet targets the gaming sector with powerful DDoS

Researchers spotted a new botnet dubbed Dark Frost that is used to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against the gaming industry. Researchers from Akamai discovered a new botnet called Dark Frost that was employed in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The botnet borrows code from several popular bot families, including Mirai, Gafgyt, and Qbot. The Dark Frost botnet was […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 23, 2023
German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall suffered Black Basta ransomware attack

The German automotive and arms manufacturer Rheinmetall announced it was victim of a Black Basta ransomware attack that took place last month. Rheinmetall is a German automotive and arms manufacturer that is listed on the Frankfurt stock exchange. The company this week announced it was victim of a ransomware attack conducted by the Black Basta ransomware group. The incident took place […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 22, 2023
Dish Network says the February ransomware attack impacted +300,000 individuals

Satellite TV giant Dish Network disclosed a data breach after the February ransomware attack and started notifying impacted individuals. The American satellite broadcast provider Dish Network went offline on February 24, 2023, the outage impacted Dish.com, Dish Anywhere app, and many other services owned by the company. In early February, the company admitted that the outage was […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 21, 2023
PyPI Repository temporarily suspends user sign-ups and package uploads due to ongoing attacks

The Python Package Index (PyPI) maintainers have temporarily disabled the sign up and package upload processes due to an ongoing attack. The maintainers of Python Package Index (PyPI), the Python software repository, have temporarily disabled the sign up and package upload processes due to an ongoing attack. The maintainers opted to disable the above functionalities […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 20, 2023
Cybercrime gang FIN7 returned and was spotted delivering Clop ransomware

Cybercriminal gang FIN7 returned with a new wave of attacks aimed at deploying the Clop ransomware on victims’ networks. Researchers at Microsoft Security Intelligence team published a series of tweets to warn of a new wave of attacks aimed at distributing the Clop ransomware and linked it to the financially motivated cybercriminal group Sangria Tempest […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 19, 2023
NPM packages found containing the TurkoRat infostealer

Experts discovered two malicious packages in the npm package repository, both were laced with an open-source info-stealer called TurkoRat. ReversingLabs discovered two malicious packages, respectively named nodejs-encrypt-agent and nodejs-cookie-proxy-agent, in the npm package repository containing an open-source info-stealer called TurkoRat. TurkoRat is an information-stealing malware that can obtain a broad range of data from the infected machine, […]