Pierluigi Paganini
September 02, 2022
Uptycs researchers recently spotted a new Linux ransomware that appears to be under active development. The Uptycs Threat Research team recently observed an Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) ransomware which encrypts the files inside Linux systems based on the given folder path. We observed that the dropped README note matches exactly with the DarkAngels ransomware […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 31, 2022
Italian oil giant Eni was hit by a cyber attack, attackers compromised its computer networks, but the consequences appear to be minor. Italian oil giant company Eni disclosed a security breach, threat actors gained access to its network, but according to the company the intrusion had minor consequences because it was quickly detected. “The internal […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 30, 2022
Baker & Taylor, one of the world’s largest distributors of books, revealed that it was hit by a ransomware attack. Baker & Taylor, one of the world’s largest distributors of books worldwide, suffered a ransomware attack on August 23. The incident impacted the company’s phone systems, offices, and service centers. On August 24, the company […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 27, 2022
Threat actors abused a vulnerable anti-cheat driver for the Genshin Impact video game to disable antivirus software. Threat actors abused a vulnerable anti-cheat driver, named mhyprot2.sys, for the Genshin Impact video game to disable antivirus software. According to Trend Micro, a cybercrime gang abused the driver to deploy ransomware. The driver provides anti-cheat functions, but […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 18, 2022
A new version of the BlackByte ransomware appeared in the threat landscape, version 2.0 uses extortion techniques similar to LockBit ones. BlackByte ransomware Version 2.0 appeared in the threat landscape after a short break, the latest version has a new data leak site. It is interesting to note that the group introduced some novelties in the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 12, 2022
The Conti ransomware gang is using BazarCall phishing attacks as an initial attack vector to access targeted networks. BazarCall attack, aka call back phishing, is an attack vector that utilizes targeted phishing methodology and was first used by the Ryuk ransomware gang in 2020/2021. The BazarCall attack chain is composed of the following stages: Stage […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 20, 2022
Kaspersky researchers discovered a new ransomware family written in Rust, named Luna, that targets Windows, Linux, and ESXi systems. Researchers from Kaspersky Lab detailed a new ransomware family named Luna, which is written in Rust and is able to target Windows, Linux, and ESXi systems. Luna ransomware is the third ransomware family that is written […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 11, 2022
BlackCat (aka ALPHV) Ransomware gang introduced an advanced search by stolen victim’s passwords, and confidential documents. The notorious cybercriminal syndicate BlackCat competes with Conti and Lockbit 3.0. They introduced an advanced search by stolen victim’s passwords, and confidential documents leaked in the TOR network Resecurity (USA), a Los Angeles-based cybersecurity company protecting Fortune 500 companies, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 10, 2022
French virtual mobile telephone operator La Poste Mobile was hit by a ransomware attack that impacted administrative and management services. The ransomware attack hit the virtual mobile telephone operator La Poste Mobile on July 4 and paralyzed administrative and management services. The company pointed out that threat actors may have accessed data of its customers, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 09, 2022
Experts documented the evolution of the LockBit ransomware that leverages multiple techniques to infect targets and evade detection. The Cybereason Global Security Operations Center (GSOC) Team published the Cybereason Threat Analysis Reports that investigates the threat landscape and provides recommendations to mitigate their attacks. The researchers focused on the evolution of the Lockbit ransomware, they detailed two infections occurring […]
