Pierluigi Paganini
June 16, 2023
DoJ charged a Russian national with conspiring to carry out LockBit ransomware attacks against U.S. and foreign businesses. The Justice Department announced charges against the Russian national Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov (20) for his role in numerous LockBit ransomware attacks against systems in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Africa. The US authorities arrested the man […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 15, 2023
The LockBit ransomware group successfully extorted roughly $91 million from approximately 1,700 U.S. organizations since 2020. According to a joint advisory published by cybersecurity agencies, the LockBit ransomware group has successfully extorted roughly $91 million in about 1,700 attacks against U.S. organizations since 2020. The advisory was published by Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 13, 2023
UK communications regulator Ofcom suffered a data breach after a Clop ransomware attack exploiting the MOVEit file transfer zero-day. UK’s communications regulator Ofcom disclosed a data breach after a Clop ransomware attack. The threat actors exploited the zero-day flaw (CVE-2023-34362,) in MOVEit file transfer and access the infrastructure of the regulator. A spokesperson for Ofcom […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 02, 2023
After the recent ransomware attack, Point32Health disclosed a data breach that impacted 2.5 million Harvard Pilgrim Health Care subscribers. In April, the non-profit health insurer Point32Health took systems offline in response to a ransomware attack that took place on April 17. The insurer immediately launched an investigation into the incident with the help of third-party […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 01, 2023
The BlackCat ransomware gang claims to have hacked the Casepoint legal technology platform used US agencies, including SEC and FBI. The cybersecurity researcher Dominic Alvieri first noticed that the BlackCat ransomware gang added the company Casepoint to the list of victims on its Tor Dark Web site. Casepoint provides a leading legal discovery platform used by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 28, 2023
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 27, 2023
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 22, 2023
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 17, 2023
The US government is offering a $10M reward for Russian national Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev (30) charged for his role in ransomware attacks The US Justice Department charged Russian national Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev (30), aka Wazawaka, m1x, Boriselcin, and Uhodiransomwar, for his alleged role in multiple ransomware attacks. The DoJ unsealed two indictments charging the man […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 16, 2023
French electronics manufacturer Lacroix Group shut down three plants after a cyber attack, experts believe it was the victim of a ransomware attack. The French electronics manufacturer Lacroix Group shut down three facilities in France, Germany, and Tunisia in response to a cyber attack. The group designs and manufactures electronic equipment for its customers in […]
