ransomware

Pierluigi Paganini February 10, 2023
Ransomware attack hit the City of Oakland

A ransomware attack hit the City of Oakland this week, forcing it to take all systems offline in response to the incident. The City of Oakland disclosed a ransomware attack, the security breach began on Wednesday night. In an abundance of caution, the City of Oakland has taken impacted systems offline, while they work to […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 10, 2023
DPRK fund malicious cyber activities with ransomware attacks on critical Infrastructure

North Korea-linked APT groups conduct ransomware attacks against healthcare and critical infrastructure facilities to fund its activities. Ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure conducted by North Korea-linked hacker groups are used by the government of Pyongyang to fund its malicious cyber operations, U.S. and South Korean agencies warn. US CISA published a Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 08, 2023
US CISA releases a script to recover servers infected with ESXiArgs ransomware

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 06, 2023
Royal Ransomware adds support for encrypting Linux, VMware ESXi systems

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 06, 2023
Italian National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN) warns of massive ransomware campaign targeting VMware ESXi servers

The Italian National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN) warns of an ongoing massive ransomware campaign targeting VMware ESXi servers. The Italian National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN) warns of an ongoing massive ransomware campaign targeting VMware ESXi servers worldwide, including Italian systems. The attackers are attempting to exploit the CVE-2021–21974 vulnerability. According to the ACN, most of the attacks […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2023
CERT-FR warns of a new wave of ransomware attacks targeting VMware ESXi servers

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 January 28, 2023
Copycat Criminals mimicking Lockbit gang in northern Europe

Recent reports of Lockbit locker-based attacks against North European SMBs indicate that local crooks started using Lockbit locker variants. Executive Summary Incident Insights Recently, there has been a significant increase in ransomware attacks targeting companies in northern Europe. These attacks are being carried out using the LockBit locker, which is known to be in use […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 17, 2023
1,000 ships impacted by a ransomware attack on maritime software supplier DNV

A ransomware attack against the maritime software supplier DNV impacted approximately 1,000 vessels. About 1,000 vessels have been impacted by a ransomware attack against DNV, one of the major maritime software suppliers.  DNV GL provides solutions and services throughout the life cycle of any vessel, from design and engineering to risk assessment and ship management. […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 09, 2023
inSicurezzaDigitale launches the Dashboard Ransomware Monitor

The cybersecurity blog inSicurezzaDigitale has launched the Italian Dashboard Ransomware Monitor to analyze the principal RaaSs’ activities. Here it comes, inSicurezzaDigitale announced the Dashboard Ransomware Monitor, it is the second project after the recent presentation of the project Mastodon. The Dashboard is very easy to use and it is available via this link: ransom.insicurezzadigitale.com The […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 07, 2023
Hive Ransomware gang leaked 550 GB stolen from Consulate Health Care

The Hive ransomware gang just leaked 550 GB of data stolen from the Consulate Health Care, including customer and employee PII data. Consulate Health Care is a leading provider of senior healthcare services, specializing in post-acute care. The Hive ransomware gang this week added the company to its Tor leak site, threatening to publish the stolen […]