Malware

US Treasury FinCEN linked $5.2 billion in BTC transactions to ransomware payments

The U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) linked roughly $5.2 billion worth of Bitcoin transactions to ransomware. The…

3 years ago

Accenture discloses data breach after LockBit ransomware attack

IT and consulting giant Accenture confirmed a data breach after the ransomware attack conducted by LockBit operators in August 2021.…

3 years ago

Since 2020, at least 130 different ransomware families have been active

The popular Google’s VirusTotal scanning service has published an interesting analysis of more than 80 Million ransomware samples. VirusTotal has…

3 years ago

New Yanluowang ransomware used in highly targeted attacks on large orgs

Researchers spotted a new strain of ransomware, dubbed Yanluowang, that was used in highly targeted attacks against enterprises. Researchers from…

3 years ago

MyKings botnet operators already amassed at least $24 million

The MyKings botnet (aka Smominru or DarkCloud) is still alive and continues to spread, allowing its operators to make huge…

3 years ago

Chinese APT IronHusky use Win zero-day in recent wave of attacks

A Chinese-speaking hacking group exploited a Windows zero-day vulnerability in a wave of attacks on defense and IT businesses. A…

3 years ago

Necro botnet now targets Visual Tools DVRs

The FreakOut (aka Necro, N3Cr0m0rPh) Python botnet evolves, it now includes a recently published PoC exploit for Visual Tools DVR.…

3 years ago

Security Service of Ukraine arrested a man operating a huge DDoS botnet

Ukrainian police arrested a cybercriminal who controlled a botnet composed of 100,000 devices that was available for rent to launch…

3 years ago

Donot Team targets a Togo prominent activist with Indian-made spyware

A Togolese human rights advocate was hit by mobile spyware that has been allegedly developed by an Indian firm called…

3 years ago

Previously undetected FontOnLake Linux malware used in targeted attacks

ESET researchers spotted a previously unknown, modular Linux malware, dubbed FontOnLake, that has been employed in targeted attacks. ESET researchers…

3 years ago

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