Karakurt extortion group: Threat profile

The FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation, together with CISA Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and other federal agencies, recently released a joint cybersecurity advisory CSA about the Karakurt data extortion group also known as Karakurt Team and Karakurt Lair. Like RansomHouse,...

Q1 2022 Global DDoS Threat Landscape Report Findings Summary

Last week, Imperva released the Q1 2022 Global DDoS Threat Landscape Report. To produce the report’s findings, Imperva performs detailed statistical analysis of all DDoS activity that our Threat Research Labs monitored from our global network of PoPs during the first three months of 2022. In...

BlackBasta is the latest ransomware to target ESXi virtual machines on Linux

BlackBasta, an alleged subdivision of the ransomware group Conti, just began supporting the encryption of VMwares ESXi virtual machines VM installed on enterprise Linux servers. Because more and more organizations have begun using VMs for cost-effectiveness and easier management of devices, this...

Paying Ransomware Paints Bigger Bullseye on Target’s Back

Paying ransomware attackers doesn’t pay off and often paints a bigger target on a victim’s back. Eighty percent of ransomware victims that paid their attackers were hit a second time by the malware scourge. New ransomware numbers come from a Cybereason’s April ransomware survey of 1,456...

Cyber Risk Retainers: Not Another Insurance Policy

The one-two punch of a cyberattack can be devastating. There is the breach and then the related mitigation costs. Implementing a comprehensive Incident Response IR gameplan into a worst-case-scenario should not be a post-breach scramble. And when that IR strategy includes insurance, it also must...

Karakurt Data Extortion Group

CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, the Department of Treasury, and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network FinCEN have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA to provide information on the Karakurt data extortion group. Karakurt actors steal data and threaten to auction it off or...

The Growing Threat of Ransom DDoS Attacks Requires Effective Prevention and Mitigation

By Waqas Essentially, ransom DDoS attacks are just DDoS with a ransom demand but a sudden increase in these attacks… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: The Growing Threat of Ransom DDoS Attacks Requires Effective Prevention and Mitigation...

It’s business as usual for REvil ransomware

After the FBS arrested 14 of its members in January, and a subsequent lull in action, the REvil ransomware gang appears to be back. We say "appears" because its still unclear whether the groups operations have indeed restarted. To the trained eye, REvils movements seem out of sorts. When REvils o...

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...

REvil Ransom Code Execution

Discovery / credits: Malvuln - malvuln.com c 2022 Original source: https://malvuln.com/advisory/7d7ee58c2696794b3be958b165eb61a9.txt Contact: [email protected] Media: twitter.com/malvuln Threat: REvil Ransom Vulnerability: Code Execution Description: REvil looks for and executes DLLs in its...

LokiLocker Ransom Code Execution

Discovery / credits: Malvuln - malvuln.com c 2022 Original source: https://malvuln.com/advisory/2ffc2446a2a6cf04c06a85deb43b9fb8.txt Contact: [email protected] Media: twitter.com/malvuln Threat: LokiLocker Ransom Vulnerability: Code Execution Description: LokiLocker looks for and executes DLLs ...

BlackBasta Ransom Code Execution

Discovery / credits: Malvuln - malvuln.com c 2022 Original source: https://malvuln.com/advisory/998022b70d83c6de68e5bdf94e0f8d71.txt Contact: [email protected] Media: twitter.com/malvuln Threat: BlackBasta Ransom Vulnerability: Code Execution Description: BlackBasta looks for and loads a DLL...

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...

Hive Ransomware targets organizations with ProxyShell exploit

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Hive Ransomware has been active since its discovery in June 2021, and it is constantly deploying different backdoors, including the Cobalt Strike beacon, on Microsoft Exchange servers that are vulnerable to ProxyShell...

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...

QNAP QTS / QuTS Hero DEADBOLT Ransomware (QSA-22-02)

The version of QNAP QTS / QuTS Hero installed on the remote host is affected by an arbitrary code execution vulnerability which is being actively exploited by the DEADBOLT ransomware. The ransomware encrypts files, renames them with a .deadbolt extension and hijacks the login page with a ransom...

A Closer Look at the LAPSUS$ Data Extortion Group

Microsoft and identity management platform Okta both this week disclosed breaches involving LAPSUS$, a relatively new cybercrime group that specializes in stealing data from big companies and threatening to publish it unless a ransom demand is paid. Heres a closer look at LAPSUS$, and some of the...

Pandora Ransomware Targets Multiple Plants around the Globe

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Pandora ransomware is a new operation that targets business networks and obtains data for double-extortion assaults and active since March 2022. DENSO, a Japanese auto parts manufacturers plant in Germany, and Global Wafers...

RagnarLocker ransomware gang breached 52 critical infrastructure organizations

In a FLASH publication issued by the FBI in coordination with DHS/CISA, the FBI says it has identified at least 52 organizations across 10 critical infrastructure sectors affected by RagnarLocker ransomware, including organizations in the critical manufacturing, energy, financial services,...

Imperva mitigated a series of massive ransom DDoS attacks

By Deeba Ahmed Imperva, a cyber security software and services company has thwarted a massive 2.5 million RPS requests per second… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Imperva mitigated a series of massive ransom DDoS attacks...