LockBit ransomware hits French Ministry of Justice & European firms

By Waqas The LockBit ransomware operators claim to have hit business in France, Spain, Italy, Germany, and United Kingdom. The… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: LockBit ransomware hits French Ministry of Justice & European firms...

Crypto Hackers Using Babadeda Crypter to Make Their Malware Undetectable

A new malware campaign has been discovered targeting cryptocurrency, non-fungible token NFT, and DeFi aficionados through Discord channels to deploy a crypter named "Babadeda" that's capable of bypassing antivirus solutions and stage a variety of attacks. "This malware installer has been used in ...

Bangkok Airways hit by Lockbit ransomware; leaks 103GB of data

By Waqas The Lockbit ransomware gang also claimed to have ''extra 200 GB'' worth of Bangkok Airways data. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Bangkok Airways hit by Lockbit ransomware; leaks 103GB of data...

Accenture claims to fight off LockBit ransomware gang with backup

By Waqas The infamous LockBit ransomware gang launched a ransomware attack against global IT giant Accenture. Here's what the group claims. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Accenture claims to fight off LockBit ransomware gang with backup...

IT Giant Accenture Hit by LockBit Ransomware; Hackers Threaten to Leak Data

Global IT consultancy giant Accenture has become the latest company to be hit by the LockBit ransomware gang, according to a post made by the operators on their dark web portal, likely filling a void left in the wake of DarkSide and REvil shutdown. "These people are beyond privacy and security. I...

Interview with a LockBit ransomware operator

By Azim Khodjibaev, Dymtro Korzhevin and Kendall McKay. Ransomware is still highly prevalent in our current threat landscape — it's one of the top threats Cisco Talos Incident Response responds to. One such ransomware family we encounter is called LockBit, a ransomware-as-a-service RaaS platform...

A week in security (August 3 – 9)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, on our Lock and Code podcast, we talked about identity and access management technology. We also wrote about business email compromises to score big, discussed how the Data Accountability and Transparency Act of 2020 looks beyond consent, and we analyzed how the...