Pierluigi Paganini
May 04, 2021
Iran-linked ATP group carried out a ransomware operation through a contracting company based in the country, Flashpoint researchers warn. Researchers from Flashpoint have uncovered a state-sponsored ransomware campaign conducted by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) through an Iranian contracting company called “Emen Net Pasargard” (ENP) (aka “Imannet Pasargad,” “Iliant Gostar Iranian,” “Eeleyanet Gostar Iraniyan”). […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 02, 2021
Swiss cloud hosting provider Swiss Cloud has suffered a ransomware attack that seriously impacted its server infrastructure. On April 27 the Swiss cloud hosting provider was hit by a ransomware attack that brought down the company’s server infrastructure. The company is currently working to restore operations from its backups with the help of experts from […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 30, 2021
UNC2447 cybercrime gang exploited a zero-day in the Secure Mobile Access (SMA), addressed by SonicWall earlier this year, before the vendor released a fix. Researchers from FireEye’s Mandiant revealed that a sophisticated cybercrime gang tracked as UNC2447 has exploited a zero-day issue (CVE-2021-20016) in SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) devices, fixed earlier this year, before […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 28, 2021
UK rail network Merseyrail was hit by a cyberattack, ransomware operators breached the corporate email system to disclose the attack to employees and journalists. UK rail network Merseyrail, which operates rail services across Merseyside, announced it was a victim of a cyber attack. A ransomware gang has also compromised the email system of the organization to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 27, 2021
Officials revealed that the school district near Albany was hit by a ransomware attack that forced students in grades 7 through 12 into all-remote learning on Monday. The Guilderland Central School District near Albany was hit by a ransomware attack that forced students in grades 7 through 12 into all-remote learning on Monday, the news […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 23, 2021
The Darkside ransomware gang is enhancing its extortion tactics to interfere with the valuation of stocks of companies that are listed on NASDAQ or other stock markets. The Darkside ransomware operators are stepping up their extortion tactics targeting companies that are listed on NASDAQ or other stock markets with a new technique. The group announced […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 21, 2021
The REvil ransomware operators are attempting to blackmail Apple after they has allegedly stolen product blueprints of the IT giant from its business partner. REvil ransomware gang is attempting to extort Apple ahead of the Apple Spring Loaded event threatening to sell stolen blueprints belonging to the IT giant that were stolen from Quanta Computer. Quanta […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 05, 2021
H2 2020 – Kaspersky observed an increase in ransomware attacks on industrial control system (ICS) systems in developed countries. Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has published the Industrial Control System Threat Landscape report for H2 2020 which is based on statistical data collected by the distributed antivirus Kaspersky Security Network (KSN). The data analyzed by the experts were received […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 04, 2021
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Pierluigi Paganini
April 03, 2021
The Avaddon ransomware operators updated their malware after security researchers released a public decryptor in February 2021. The Avaddon ransomware family first appeared in the threat landscape in February 2020, and its authors started offering it with a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model in June, 2020. In August 2020, cybersecurity intelligence firm Kela was the first to report that […]
