Pierluigi Paganini
May 31, 2022
Cyber Research Labs reported a rise in ransomware attacks in the second quarter of 2022, small states are more exposed to these attacks. Cyber Research Labs observed a rise in ransomware attacks in the second quarter of 2022, some of them with a severe impact on the victims, such as the attack that hit the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 30, 2022
Researchers discovered a new ransomware family called GoodWill that asks victims to donate the ransom for social causes. CloudSEK’s Threat Intelligence Research team has disclosed a new ransomware strain called GoodWill, that demands victims the payment of a ransom through donations for social causes and financially helping people in need. “The ransomware group propagates very unusual demands in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 28, 2022
The recently launched Industrial Spy data extortion marketplace has now started its ransomware operation. In April, Malware HunterTeam and Bleeping Computer reported the launch of a new dark web marketplace called Industrial Spy that sells stolen data and offers free stolen data to its members. MalwareHunterTeam researchers spotted malware samples [1, 2] that drop the following wallpaper that promotes […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 08, 2022
The American agricultural machinery manufacturer AGCO announced that has suffered a ransomware attack that impacted its production facilities. AGCO, one of the most important agricultural machinery manufacturers, announced that a ransomware attack impacted some of its production facilities. The company was forced to shut down portions of its IT systems in response to the incident. AGCO did […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 04, 2022
A security researcher discovered that samples of Conti, REvil, LockBit ransomware were vulnerable to DLL hijacking. The security researcher John Page aka (hyp3rlinx) discovered that malware from multiple ransomware operations, including Conti, REvil, LockBit, AvosLocker, and Black Basta, are affected by flaws that could be exploited block file encryption. Page shared its findings through its […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 25, 2022
At least 60 entities worldwide have been breached by BlackCat ransomware, warns a flash report published by the U.S. FBI. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published a flash report that states that at least 60 entities worldwide have been breached by BlackCat ransomware (aka ALPHV and Noberus) since it started its operations in November. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 15, 2022
The Conti ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for the recent attack against Nordex, one of the largest manufacturers of wind turbines. The Conti ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the cyberattack that hit the manufacturer of wind turbines Nordex on March 31, 2022. Nordex Group shut down “IT systems across multiple locations and business units” as […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 28, 2022
The Hive ransomware gang ported its encryptor to the Rust programming language and implemented new features. The Hive ransomware operation has developed a Rust version of their encryptor and added new features to prevent curious from snooping on the victim’s ransom negotiations. According to BleepingComputer, which focused on Linux VMware ESXi encryptor, the Hive ransomware […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 09, 2022
Samsung confirmed that threat actors had access to the source code of its Galaxy smartphones in recent security breach. Samsung this week disclosed a data breach, threat actors had access to internal company data, including the source code of Galaxy models. Last week the Lapsus$ ransomware gang claimed to have stolen a huge trove of sensitive data […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 03, 2022
Avast released a decryptor for the HermeticRansom ransomware used in recent targeted attacks against Ukrainian entities. Avast has released a free decryptor for the HermeticRansom ransomware employed in targeted attacks against Ukrainian systems since February 23. The security firms aim at helping Ukrainians victims in recovering their file for free. The HermeticRansomware was one of […]
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