ransomware

Pierluigi Paganini June 26, 2021
Epsilon Red – our research reveals more than 3.5 thousand servers are still vulnerable

CyberNews researchers analyzed the recently discovered Epsilon Red operations and found that more than 3.5K servers are still vulnerable Several weeks later, security researchers from Sophos have discovered a new ransomware variant known as Epsilon Red. Now, we know exactly how it was carried out – and what you should do to be safe from it. Seemingly, […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2021
ChaChi, a GoLang Trojan used in ransomware attacks on US schools

A new Trojan written in the Go programming language, tracked as ChaChi, was involved in ransomware attacks against government agencies and US schools. Researchers from BlackBerry Threat Research and Intelligence spotted a new RAT written in the Go programming language, dubbed ChaChi, which has been used by PYSA (aka Mespinoza) operators to target victims globally. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 23, 2021
Clop ransomware is back into action after the recent police operation

A week after the law enforcement operation that targeted the Clop ransomware operators, the gang is back into action. A week after the international operation conducted by law enforcement that targeted several members of the Clop ransomware gang, the group is back into action. Last week, Ukraine police arrested multiple individuals that are believed to […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 22, 2021
Wormable bash DarkRadiation Ransomware targets Linux distros and docker containers

DarkRadiation is a new strain of ransomware implemented in Bash that targets Linux and Docker cloud containers and leverages Telegram for C2. Trend Micro researchers spotted a new strain of ransomware, dubbed DarkRadiation, which is writted in Bash script and target Linux distributions (Red Hat/CentOS and Debian) and Docker cloud containers. The ransomware uses OpenSSL’s […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 21, 2021
Ragnar Locker ransomware leaked data stolen from ADATA chipmaker

The Taiwanese memory and storage chip maker ADATA was hit by the Ragnar Locker ransomware gang that also published more than 700GB of stolen data. The Ragnar Locker ransomware gang has published on its leak sites more than 700GB of data stolen from Taiwanese memory and storage chip maker ADATA. The group published the link […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 15, 2021
Fujifilm restores operations after recent ransomware attack

Japanese multinational conglomerate Fujifilm announced that it has restored operations following the recent ransomware attack. On June 4, the Japanese multinational conglomerate Fujifilm announced that it was hit by a ransomware attack and shut down its network in response to the incident. Around two weeks later the Japanese giant announced that it has restored operations following […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 14, 2021
G7 calls on Russia to dismantle operations of ransomware gangs within its borders

The member states of the G7 group have called on Russia and other states to dismantle operations of the ransomware gangs operating within their countries. G7 member states have called on Russia and other states to dismantle operations of ransomware gangs operating within their countries. The call to action follows the large number of ransomware […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 08, 2021
US authorities recovered most of the ransom paid by Colonial Pipeline

US officials announced to have recovered most of the $4.3 million ransom that Colonial Pipeline paid to the DarkSide ransomware gang last month. During a video press conference, US officials announced to have recovered most of the $4.3 million ransomware that Colonial Pipeline paid to the DarkSide ransomware gang. The Colonial Pipeline facility in Pelham, […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 06, 2021
REvil Ransomware spokesman releases an interview on recent attacks

The REvil ransomware operators said in an interview on the “Russian OSINT” Telegram channel that they accidentally targeted United States-based firms. The recent attack against JBS Foods conducted by REvil ransomware gang (aka Sodinokibi) triggered the response of US authorities, US DoJ announced its decision to equate investigations into ransomware attacks with investigations into terrorism in […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2021
BlackCocaine Ransomware, a new malware in the threat landscape

Cyble researchers investigated a recent attack on an India-based IT firm that was hit by the BlackCocaine Ransomware gang.   Recently Cyber researchers for Cyble investigated an attack suffered by on May 30, 2021, by Nucleus Software, an India-based IT company in the Banking and Financial Services sector. The company reported the security breach to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange of […]