A week in security (May 9 – 15)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: How to spot the signs of a virtual kidnap scam Virtual credit cards coming to Chrome: What you need to know Clearview AI banned from selling facial recognition data in the US Cyberattacks on SATCOM networks attributed to Russian threat actors F5 BIG-IP vulnerabilit...

Ransom.Conti MVID-2022-0602 Code Execution

Discovery / credits: Malvuln John Page aka hyp3rlinx c 2022 Original source: https://malvuln.com/advisory/7ba20fce7ac259f6062f73290c2e28cf.txt Contact: [email protected] Media: twitter.com/malvuln Threat: Ransom.Conti Vulnerability: Code Execution Description: Conti looks for and executes DLLs ...

Ransom.Conti MVID-2022-0603 Code Execution

Discovery / credits: Malvuln John Page aka hyp3rlinx c 2022 Original source: https://malvuln.com/advisory/6748dfe8e64dea2fc4c14691f7e766c6.txt Contact: [email protected] Media: twitter.com/malvuln Threat: Ransom.Conti Vulnerability: Code Execution Description: Conti looks for and executes DLLs ...

New ransomware trends in 2022

Ahead of the Anti-Ransomware Day, we summarized the tendencies that characterize ransomware landscape in 2022. This year, ransomware is no less active than before: cybercriminals continue to threaten nationwide retailers and enterprises, old variants of malware return while the new ones develop...

Conti Ransomware Attack Spurs State of Emergency in Costa Rica

Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves declared a state of national cybersecurity emergency over the weekend following a financially motivated Conti ransomware attack against his administration that has hamstrung the government and economy of the Latin American nation. The attack—attributed to the...

Costa Rica continues defence against sustained Conti ransomware attacks

Its not been plain sailing recently for Conti ransomware, the Ransomware as a Service RaaS group with several major attacks under its belt. In August last year, a pen tester leaked valuable manuals and documents related to the operation. These leaks continued as the Conti gang expressed support f...

U.S. Offering $10 Million Reward for Information on Conti Ransomware Hackers

The U.S. State Department has announced rewards of up to $10 million for any information leading to the identification of key individuals who are part of the infamous Conti cybercrime gang. Additionally, it's offering another $5 million for intelligence information that could help arrest or convi...

Ransom.Conti Code Execution

Discovery / credits: Malvuln John Page aka hyp3rlinx c 2022 Original source: https://malvuln.com/advisory/20f0c736a966142de88dee06a2e4a5b1.txt Contact: [email protected] Media: twitter.com/malvuln Threat: Ransom.Conti Vulnerability: Code Execution Description: Conti looks for and executes DLLs ...

Ransomware: April 2022 review

The Malwarebytes Threat Intelligence team monitors the threat landscape continuously and produces monthly ransomware reports based on a mixture of proprietary and open-source intelligence. April 2022 was most notable for the emergence of three new ransomware-as-a-service RaaS groups—Onyx, Mindwar...

Ransom.Conti Code Execution

Discovery / credits: Malvuln - malvuln.com c 2022 Original source: https://malvuln.com/advisory/3c55ee6753408bff2e3e6a392ed9f2a0.txt Contact: [email protected] Media: twitter.com/malvuln Threat: Ransom.Conti Vulnerability: Code Execution Description: Conti looks for and executes DLLs in its...

Conti and Hive ransomware operations: What we learned from these groups' victim chats

As part of Cisco Talos’ continuous efforts to learn more about the current ransomware landscape, we recently examined a trove of chat logs between the Conti and Hive ransomware gangs and their victims. Ransomware-as-a-service groups have exploded in popularity over the past few years, with these...

Conti Ransom Code Execution

Discovery / credits: Malvuln - malvuln.com c 2022 Original source: https://malvuln.com/advisory/9eb9197cd58f4417a27621c4e1b25a71.txt Contact: [email protected] Media: twitter.com/malvuln Threat: Conti Ransom Vulnerability: Code Execution Description: Conti looks for and executes DLLs in its...

Gold Ulrick Hackers Still in Action Despite Massive Conti Ransomware Leak

The infamous ransomware group known as Conti has continued its onslaught against entities despite suffering a massive data leak of its own earlier this year, according to new research. Conti, attributed to a Russia-based threat actor known as Gold Ulrick, is the second most prevalent malware stra...

Conti Group Targets ESXi Hypervisors With its Linux Variant

Conti Group Targets ESXi Hypervisors With its Linux Variant By Marc Elias, Jambul Tologonov and Alexandre Mundo · Apr 20, 2022 Despite the leak of the conversations of the Conti members that happened in March 2022, which we analyzed and published recently, the group seems to continue its operatio...

Conti Group Targets ESXi Hypervisors With its Linux Variant

Conti Group Targets ESXi Hypervisors With its Linux Variant By Marc Elias, Jambul Tologonov and Alexandre Mundo · Apr 20, 2022 Despite the leak of the conversations of the Conti members that happened in March 2022, which we analyzed and published recently, the group seems to continue its operatio...

Conti’s Ransomware Toll on the Healthcare Industry

Conti -- one of the most ruthless and successful Russian ransomware groups -- publicly declared during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic that it would refrain from targeting healthcare providers. But new information confirms this pledge was always a lie, and that Conti has launched more than 20...

A week in security (April 11 – 17)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Credential-stealing malware disguises itself as Telegram, targets social media users Old Play Store apps served notice by upcoming API level changes Denonia cryptominer is first malware to target AWS Lambda Ransomware: March 2022 review Why identity management...

Karakurt Ensnares Conti, Diavol Ransomware Groups in Its Web

Researchers have found financial and technological links between the Karakurt cybercriminal group and two high-profile ransomware actors that signal a shift in business operations and an expansion of opportunities for the threat actors to target victims, they said. Karakurt—a financially motivate...

Conti Ransomware Gang Hits German Wind Turbine Giant Nordex

By Deeba Ahmed All of Nordexs internal IT systems were shut down, and remote access to the turbines was disrupted due… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Conti Ransomware Gang Hits German Wind Turbine Giant Nordex...

Conti ransomware offshoot targets Russian organizations

Thanks to the Threat Intelligence team for their help with this article. Conti, the infamous ransomware created by a group of Russian and Eastern European cybercriminals, has again made headlines after a hacking group used its leaked source code to create another variant of the ransomware and...