Pierluigi Paganini
February 08, 2023
A Russian national pleaded guilty in the U.S. to money laundering charges linked to the Ryuk ransomware operation. On February 7, 2023, Russian national Denis Mihaqlovic Dubnikov (30) pleaded guilty in the U.S. to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering for the Ryuk ransomware operation. Denis Mihaqlovic Dubnikov, 30, was arrested in Amsterdam in November […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 08, 2023
A Russia-linked threat actor has been observed deploying a new information stealer dubbed Graphiron in attacks against Ukraine. Researchers from Broadcom Symantec spotted a Russia-linked ATP group, tracked as Nodaria (aka UAC-0056), deploying new info-stealing malware, dubbed Graphiron, in attacks against Ukraine. The Nodaria APT group has been active since at least March 2021, it […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 08, 2023
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a script to recover VMware ESXi servers infected with ESXiArgs ransomware. Good news for the victims of the recent wave of ESXiArgs ransomware attacks, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a script to allow them to recover encrypted VMware ESXi servers. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 07, 2023
A new Linux variant of the Clop ransomware has been observed in the wild, the good news is that its encryption algorithm is flawed. SentinelLabs researchers have observed the first Linux variant of the Clop ransomware. The researchers noticed that the encryption algorithm implemented in the ELF executable is flawed and can allow victims to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 07, 2023
VMware said there is no evidence that threat actors are exploiting a zero-day flaw in its software as part of an ongoing ESXiArgs ransomware campaign. VMware said that it found no evidence that the threat actors behind the ongoing ESXiArgs ransomware attacks are leveraging a zero-day vulnerability in VMware ESXi servers. “VMware has not found evidence […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 06, 2023
ESXi ransomware targeted thousands of VMware servers in a global-scale campaign, security experts and international CERTs warn. Thousands of computer servers have been targeted by a global ransomware hacking attack targeting VMware (VMW.N) ESXi servers. ESXi is VMware’s hypervisor, a technology that allows organizations to host several virtualized computers running multiple operating systems on a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 06, 2023
Royal Ransomware operators added support for encrypting Linux devices and target VMware ESXi virtual machines. The Royal Ransomware gang is the latest extortion group in order of time to add support for encrypting Linux devices and target VMware ESXi virtual machines. Other ransomware operators already support Linux encrypting, including AvosLocker, Black Basta, BlackMatter, HelloKitty, Hive, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 04, 2023
A new wave of ransomware attacks is targeting VMware ESXi servers to deliver ransomware, CERT of France warns. The French Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-FR) warns that threat actors are targeting VMware ESXi servers to deploy ransomware. CERT-FR reported that threat actors behind these ransomware attackers are actively exploiting the vulnerability CVE-2021-21974. “OpenSLP as used […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 03, 2023
Russia-linked threat actor Gamaredon employed new spyware in cyber attacks aimed at public authorities and critical information infrastructure in Ukraine. The State Cyber Protection Centre (SCPC) of Ukraine warns of a new wave of targeted attacks conducted by the Russia-linked APT group Gamaredon (aka Shuckworm, Actinium, Armageddon, Primitive Bear, UAC-0010, and Trident Ursa). The attacks aimed at public authorities and critical information […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 01, 2023
Authors of the Prolex PoS malware improved their malicious code to target contactless credit card transactions. The threat actors behind the sophisticated point-of-sale (PoS) malware Prilex have have improved its capabilities to block contactless payment transactions. Researchers from Kaspersky Lab discovered three new versions of the PoS malware designed to target credit cards using NFC technology. […]
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