Two Russian Nationals Plead Guilty in LockBit Ransomware Attacks

Two Russian nationals have pleaded guilty in a U.S. court for their participation as affiliates in the LockBit ransomware scheme and helping facilitate ransomware attacks across the world. The defendants include Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov, 21, of Chechen Republic, and Mikhail Vasiliev, 34, a...

U.S. Charges Russian Man as Boss of LockBit Ransomware Group

The United States joined the United Kingdom and Australia today in sanctioning 31-year-old Russian national Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev as the alleged leader of the infamous ransomware group LockBit. The U.S. Department of Justice also indicted Khoroshev and charged him with using Lockbit to attac...

Russian Hacker Dmitry Khoroshev Unmasked as LockBit Ransomware Administrator

The U.K. National Crime Agency NCA has unmasked the administrator and developer of the LockBit ransomware operation, revealing it to be a 31-year-old Russian national named Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev. In addition, Khoroshev has been sanctioned by the U.K. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development...

CL0P's Ransomware Rampage - Security Measures for 2024

2023 CL0P Growth Emerging in early 2019, CL0P was first introduced as a more advanced version of its predecessor the 'CryptoMix' ransomware, brought about by its owner CL0P ransomware, a cybercrime organisation. Over the years the group remained active with significant campaigns throughout 2020 t...

German Police Seize 'Nemesis Market' in Major International Darknet Raid

German authorities have announced the takedown of an illicit underground marketplace called Nemesis Market that peddled narcotics, stolen data, and various cybercrime services. The Federal Criminal Police Office aka Bundeskriminalamt or BKA said it seized the digital infrastructure associated wit...

No “Apple magic” as 11% of macOS detections last year came from malware

We’re going to let you in on a little cybersecurity secret… There’s malware on Mac computers. There pretty much always has been. As revealed in our 2024 ThreatDown State of Malware report, a full 11% of all detections recorded by Malwarebytes on Mac computers in 2023 were for different variants o...

Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Actors 26 February to 3 March 2024

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary HiveForce Labs recently made several significant discoveries in the realm of cybersecurity threats. In the past week alone, a total of eight attacks were executed, twelve vulnerabilities were uncovered, and six active adversaries we...

LockBit’s Resurgence After Operation Cronos

Summary: LockBit ransomware, previously known as "ABCD," remains a significant threat despite the recent takedown of its operations by global law enforcement. It reemerged within 4 days and its Affiliates were found exploiting vulnerabilities in ScreenConnect to install LockBit ransomware and...

LockBit Ransomware Gang Returns, Taunts FBI and Vows Data Leaks

By Waqas LockBit ransomware gang relaunches operation after law enforcement hacked its servers, threatening to target government entities more now. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: LockBit Ransomware Gang Returns, Taunts FBI and Vows Data Leaks...

LockBit Ransomware Group Resurfaces After Law Enforcement Takedown

The threat actors behind the LockBit ransomware operation have resurfaced on the dark web using new infrastructure, days after an international law enforcement exercise seized control of its servers. To that end, the notorious group has moved its data leak portal to a new .onion address on the TO...

U.S. Offers $15 Million Bounty to Hunt Down LockBit Ransomware Leaders

The U.S. State Department has announced monetary rewards of up to $15 million for information that could lead to the identification of key leaders within the LockBit ransomware group and the arrest of any individual participating in the operation. "Since January 2020, LockBit actors have executed...

LockBit Ransomware Operation Shut Down; Criminals Arrested; Decryption Keys Released

The U.K. National Crime Agency NCA on Tuesday confirmed that it obtained LockBit's source code as well as a wealth of intelligence pertaining to its activities and their affiliates as part of a dedicated task force called Operation Cronos. "Some of the data on LockBit's systems belonged to victim...

The Notorious Lockbit Ransomware Gang Has Been Disrupted by Law Enforcement

LockBit’s website, infrastructure, and data have been seized by law enforcement—striking a huge blow against one of the world’s most prolific ransomware groups...

LockBit Ransomware's Darknet Domains Seized in Global Law Enforcement Raid

Update: The U.K. National Crime Agency NCA has confirmed the takedown of LockBit infrastructure. Read here for more details. An international law enforcement operation has led to the seizure of multiple darknet domains operated by LockBit, one of the most prolific ransomware groups, marking the...

LockBit Ransomware Gang Claims Subway as New Victim

By Deeba Ahmed From Footlongs to Stolen Bytes: Subway Faces Potential Ransomware Nightmare. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: LockBit Ransomware Gang Claims Subway as New Victim...

LockBit Ransomware Exploiting Critical Citrix Bleed Vulnerability to Break In

Multiple threat actors, including LockBit ransomware affiliates, are actively exploiting a recently disclosed critical security flaw in Citrix NetScaler application delivery control ADC and Gateway appliances to obtain initial access to target environments. The joint advisory comes from the U.S...

CISA, FBI, MS-ISAC, and ASD’s ACSC Release Advisory on LockBit Affiliates Exploiting Citrix Bleed

Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center MS-ISAC, and Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Center ASD’s ACSC released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA,...

Lockbit Ransomware Leaks Boeing Data Trove

By Deeba Ahmed Earlier, Boeing acknowledged a cyberattack amidst claims by the Lockbit ransomware gang of breaching its security and stealing data. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Lockbit Ransomware Leaks Boeing Data Trove...

Boeing Confirms Cyberattack Amid Lockbit Ransomware Gang Claims

By Waqas In late October 2023, it was reported that the Lockbit Ransomware had claimed to have breached Boeing. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Boeing Confirms Cyberattack Amid Lockbit Ransomware Gang Claims...

Lockbit leak, research opportunities on tools leaked from TAs

Lockbit is one of the most prevalent ransomware strains. It comes with an affiliate ransomware-as-a-service RaaS program offering up to 80% of the ransom demand to participants, and includes a bug bounty program for those who detect and report vulnerabilities that allow files to be decrypted...