Threat actors exploit Amazon S3 in ransomware attacks, using AWS credentials for data theft.
Sixteen individuals who were part of Evil Corp, once believed to be the most significant cybercrime threat in the world, have been sanctioned in the UK, with their links to the Russian state and other prolific ransomware groups, including LockBit, exposed.
Sanctions have also been imposed by Australia and the US, who have unsealed an indictment against a key member of the group.
These are some of the results of the third phase of Operation Cronos, a long-running collective effort of law enforcement authorities from 12 countries, Europol and Eurojust, who joined forces to effectively disrupt at all levels the criminal operations of the LockBit ransomware group. These actions follow the massive disruption of LockBit infrastructure in February 2024, as well as the large series of sanctions and operational actions that took place against LockBit administrators in May and subsequent months.
Between 2021 and 2023, LockBit was the most widely employed ransomware variant globally with a notable number of victims claimed on its data leak site. Lockbit operated on the ransom as a service model. The core group sold access to affiliates and received portions of the collected ransom payments. Entities deploying LockBit ransomware attacks had targeted organisations of various sizes spanning critical infrastructure sectors such as financial services, food and agriculture, education, energy, government and emergency services, healthcare, manufacturing and transportation. Reflecting the considerable number of independent affiliates involved, LockBit ransomware attacks display significant variation in observed tactics, techniques and procedures.
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The agency said at least 43 companies have been attacked by the group in the U.S., South America, India, Europe, the United Arab Emirates, and elsewhere.
Jon DiMaggio used sockpuppet accounts, then his own identity, to infiltrate LockBit and gain the trust of its alleged admin, Dmitry Khoroshev.
Two foreign nationals pleaded guilty today to participating in the LockBit ransomware group—at various times the most prolific ransomware variant in the world—and to deploying LockBit attacks against victims in the United States and worldwide.
Actors are masquerading as hacktivists targeting AI-centric communities with commodity malware and customized LockBit payloads.
The new Brain Cipher ransomware operation has begun targeting organizations worldwide, gaining media attention for a recent attack on Indonesia's temporary National Data Center.
Recently-disrupted LockBit ransomware group, in a desperate attempt to make a comeback, claimed this week that it had hit the Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States. Except, the rumor has been quashed.
The FBI is informing victims of LockBit ransomware it has obtained over 7K decryption keys that could allow some of them to decrypt their data
The report shares statistics and observations from incident response practice in 2023, analyzes trends and gives cybersecurity recommendations.
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The Hôpital de Cannes - Simone Veil (CHC-SV) in France announced it received a ransom demand from the Lockbit 3.0 ransomware gang, saying they refuse to pay the ransom.
CRIL investigates DragonForce Ransomware and its links to a leaked LOCKBIT Builder.
The Trellix Advanced Research Center has recently observed an uptick of LockBit-related cyber activity surrounding vulnerabilities in ScreenConnect. This surge suggests that despite the Law Enforcement's (LE) "Operation Cronos" aimed at dismantling LockBit's infrastructure, the ransomware operators somehow managed to survive and stay a float. It appears that the cybercriminals group behind LockBit ransomware partially restored their infrastructure and created an impression that the LE actions did not affect their normal operation. Concurrently, alongside the resurgence of LockBit's exploitation of ScreenConnect vulnerabilities, we have seen other threat actors have either impersonated LockBit ransomware or incorporated LockBit into their own cyber attack campaigns.
Kaspersky researchers revisit the leaked LockBit 3.0 builder and share insights into a real-life incident involving a custom targeted ransomware variant created with this builder.
The LockBit cybercriminal outfit appears to be planning a ransomware rebrand as the DarkVault, discovered after LockBit seemingly bungled the new website’s design.
This week, the Click Here podcast landed a rare interview with the purported leader of the LockBit ransomware group – he goes by the name LockBitSupp. He’s under pressure because last month an international police operation infiltrated the group and seized not just their platform, but their hacking tools, cryptocurrency accounts and source code ending a four year ransomware rampage.
