IT outfit says it can't — and won't — pay the ransom demand
In this article, we will focus on 8Base Ransomware, which ranked in the top 5 most active groups last month according to Daily Dark Web...
Microsoft's OneDrive file-sharing program can be used as ransomware to encrypt most of the files on a target machine without possibility of recovery, partly because the program is inherently trusted by Windows and endpoint detection and response programs (EDRs).
The number of ransomware attacks posted on extortion websites shot up to a record high in July, with ransomware gangs publicly claiming more than 15 attacks per day on average.
In total there were 484 ransomware attacks in July, compared to 408 the previous month, according to data collected by Recorded Future from extortion sites, government agencies, news reports, hacking forums, and other sources.
Clop, a Russian-speaking hacking group specialising in ransomware, has its own website. Yes, this is a thing — criminals openly encouraging their victims to negotiate a ransom for the return of their data as though it were a legitimate commercial deal.
Différentes données ultra sensibles pour la sécurité de la Suisse font partie des données volées au prestataire Xpl
In a recent investigation by Microsoft Incident Response of a BlackByte 2.0 ransomware attack, we found that the threat actor progressed through the full attack chain, from initial access to impact, in less than five days, causing significant business disruption for the victim organization.
The bureau is trying to take the fight to foreign ransomware gangs, even if it means giving up on bringing some of them behind bars.
The infamous Clop ransomware, mainly known as Cl0p, targets various industries and organizations, extorting data for a huge amount of ransom. It advances actively with new emerging campaigns. This blog walks through the Clop timeline, Mitre TTPs and their emulation.
Threat actors associated with the BlackCat ransomware have been observed employing malvertising tricks to distribute rogue installers of the WinSCP file transfer application.
Le groupe Cl0p a poursuivi la diffusion des données volées à Cegedim à l’occasion de sa campagne de cyberattaques contre les instances MOVEit Transfer. Il met désormais à disposition plus de 1,5 To de données.
Researchers for Avast have developed a decryptor for the Akira ransomware and released it for public download. The Akira ransomware appeared in March 2023 and since then, the gang claims successful attacks on various organizations in the education, finance and real estate industries, amongst others.
The LockBit ransomware group claims to have hacked Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), but the chip giant says only one of its suppliers was breached.
The notorious cybercrime group announced on Thursday on its website that it targeted TSMC, suggesting — based on the $70 million ransom demand — that it has stolen vast amounts of sensitive information. The victim was initially given seven days to respond, but the deadline has been extended to August 6 at the time of writing.
One of the world's biggest chipmakers confirmed a data breach after the LockBit ransomware gang targeted one of its third-party providers.
I stumbled upon an intriguing concept presented by Will Thomas (BushidoToken) in his blog post titled “Unmasking Ransomware Using Stylometric Analysis: Shadow, 8BASE, Rancoz.” This concept revolves around utilizing stylometry to identify potential modifications in new ransomware variants based on existing popular strains. If you’re interested, you can read the blog post here. (Notably, Will Thomas also appeared on Dark Net Diaries, discussing his tracking of the Revil ransomware.)
Cyble Research & Intelligence Labs examines the Linux variant of Akira Ransomware and assesses its impact on various sectors.
Siemens Energy has confirmed that data was stolen during the recent Clop ransomware data-theft attacks using a zero-day vulnerability in the MOVEit Transfer platform.
Russian national Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov was arrested in Arizona and charged by the U.S. Justice Department for allegedly deploying LockBit ransomware on the networks of victims in the United States and abroad.
The hackers responsible for exploiting a flaw to target users of a popular file transfer tool has begun listing victims of the mass-attacks
La société TAG Aviation a été victime d'une attaque par ransomware. Les recherches de watson révèlent que Black Basta est à l'origine de cette attaque.
