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Pierluigi Paganini August 03, 2020

Belarussian authorities arrested GandCrab ransomware distributor

Last week, the Minister of Internal Affairs of Belarus announced the arrest of a 31-year-old man that is accused of distributing the infamous GandCrab ransomware. Last week, the Minister of Internal Affairs of Belarus announced the arrest of a man on charges of distributing the infamous GandCrab ransomware. The arrest is the result of an […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 09, 2019

GandCrab ransomware campaign targets Italy using steganography

A newly discovered malware campaign leverages steganography to hide GandCrab ransomware in an apparently innocent Mario image. Security experts at Bromium have discovered a malware campaign using steganography to hide the GandCrab ransomware in a Mario graphic package. According to Matthew Rowan, a researcher at Bromium, threat actors use steganography to hide the malicious code and […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 25, 2019

Two distinct campaigns spread GandCrab ransomware and Ursnif Trojan via weaponized docs

Security experts observed two distinct campaigns distributing the Ursnif malware, one of them also delivered the GandCrab ransomware. Experts pointed out that the cybercrime gangs behind the two campaigns are different, but they discovered many similarities in them. Attackers spread phishing messages using weaponized Microsoft Word document and leverages Powershell to deliver fileless malware. Ursnif is a banking […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 25, 2018

Experts released a free Decryption Tool for GandCrab ransomware

Good news for the victims of the infamous GandCrab ransomware, security experts have created a decryption tool that allows them to decrypts files without paying the ransom. Bitdefender security firm along with Europol, the FBI, Romanian Police, and other law enforcement agencies has developed a free ransomware decryption tool. “The good news is that now […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 03, 2018

Z-LAB Report – Analyzing the GandCrab v5 ransomware

Experts at the Cybaze Z-Lab have analyzed the latest iteration of the infamous GandCrab ransomware, version 5.0. Malware researchers at Cybaze ZLab analyzed the latest version of the infamous GandCrab ransomware, version 5.0. Most of the infections have been observed in central Europe, but experts found evidence that the malicious code doesn’t infect Russian users. […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 10, 2018

Fallout exploit kit appeared in the threat landscape in malvertising campaigns

At the end of August, security experts discovered a new exploit kit called Fallout that is being used to distribute the GandCrab ransomware. At the end of August, the threat analyst nao_sec discovered a new exploit kit called Fallout that is being used to distribute the GandCrab ransomware and other malicious codes, including droppers and potentially unwanted […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2018

GandCrab, a new ransomware-as-a-service emerges from Russian crime underground

Experts at cyber security firm LMNTRIX have discovered a new ransomware-as-a-service dubbed GandCrab. advertised in Russian hacking community on the dark web. Experts at cyber security firm LMNTRIX have discovered a new ransomware-as-a-service in the dark web dubbed GandCrab. The GandCrab was advertised in Russian hacking community, researchers noticed that authors leverage the RIG and GrandSoft exploit kits to distribute the malware. “Over […]

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Belarussian authorities arrested GandCrab ransomware distributor

GandCrab ransomware campaign targets Italy using steganography

Two distinct campaigns spread GandCrab ransomware and Ursnif Trojan via weaponized docs

Experts released a free Decryption Tool for GandCrab ransomware

Z-LAB Report – Analyzing the GandCrab v5 ransomware

Fallout exploit kit appeared in the threat landscape in malvertising campaigns

GandCrab, a new ransomware-as-a-service emerges from Russian crime underground

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