Agenda Ransomware Propagates to vCenters and ESXi via Custom PowerShell Script

This blog entry discusses the Agenda ransomware group's use of its latest Rust variant to propagate to VMWare vCenter and ESXi servers...

Vans warns customers of data breach

Skater brand Vans emailed customers last week to tell them about a recent “data incident.” On December 13, 2023, Vans said it detected unauthorized activities on its IT systems, attributed to "external threat actors." An investigation revealed that the incident involved some personal information ...

3 important lessons from a devastating ransomware attack

In October 2023, The British Library was attacked by the Rhysida ransomware gang in a devastating cyberattack. The library, a vast repository of over 170 million items, is still deep in the recovery process, but recently released an eighteen page cyber incident review describing the attack, its...

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...

TeamCity Vulnerabilities Unleash Jasmin Ransomware and More

Summary: Recently patched vulnerabilities in JetBrains TeamCity CVE-2024-27198, CVE-2024-27199 have emerged as a breeding ground for cyber threats, as attackers leverage them to disseminate various dangers such as Jasmin ransomware, XMRig cryptominers, SparkRAT backdoor, and remote access trojans...

Win32.STOP.Ransomware (Smokeloader) MVID-2024-0676 Remote Code Execution

Discovery / credits: Malvuln John Page aka hyp3rlinx c 2024 Original source: https://malvuln.com/advisory/3b9e9e130d52fe95c8be82aa4b8feb74.txt Contact: [email protected] Media: twitter.com/malvuln Threat: Win32.STOP.Ransomware smokeloader Vulnerability: Remote Code Execution MITM Family: Stop...

Why The External Attack Surface Matters: An analysis into APAC related threat activities

Co-authors are Robin Long and Raj Samani Considerable focus within the cybersecurity industry has been placed on the attack surface of organizations, giving rise to external attack surface management EASM technologies as a means to monitor said surface. It would appear a reasonable approach, on t...

TeamCity Flaw Leads to Surge in Ransomware, Cryptomining, and RAT Attacks

Multiple threat actors are exploiting the recently disclosed security flaws in JetBrains TeamCity software to deploy ransomware, cryptocurrency miners, Cobalt Strike beacons, and a Golang-based remote access trojan called Spark RAT. The attacks entail the exploitation of CVE-2024-27198 CVSS score...

Navigating Evolving Cybersecurity: Recent Trends and Future Outlook

“Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it." - Winston Churchill While Churchill may not have been the first person to use a variation of this quote, the essence of its meaning rang true then and still does today. In this spirit, and so that we may collectively learn and evolve...

E-Root Marketplace Admin Sentenced to 42 Months for Selling 350K Stolen Credentials

A 31-year-old Moldovan national has been sentenced to 42 months in prison in the U.S. for operating an illicit marketplace called E-Root Marketplace that offered for sale hundreds of thousands of compromised credentials, the Department of Justice DoJ announced. Sandu Boris Diaconu was charged wit...

TeamCity Vulnerability Exploits Lead to Jasmin Ransomware, Other Malware Types

CVE-2024-27198 and CVE-2024-27199 are vulnerabilities within the TeamCity On-Premises platform that can allow attackers to gain administrative control over affected systems...

Dark Web Tool Arms Ransomware Gangs: E-commerce & Aviation Industries Targeted

By Waqas Cyber Warfare Takes Flight: Geopolitics Fuel Attacks on Airlines - Dark Web Tool Aims at E-commerce! This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Dark Web Tool Arms Ransomware Gangs: E-commerce & Aviation Industries Targeted...

A week in security (March 11 – March 17)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Ransomware’s appetite for US healthcare sees known attacks double in a year Webinar recap: 6 critical cyberthreats in 2024 and how to counter them TikTok faces ban in US unless it parts ways with Chinese owner ByteDance Malwarebytes Premium blocks 100% of malware...

Ransomware’s appetite for US healthcare sees known attacks double in a year

Following the February 21 attack on Change Healthcare, scores of people in the US have been living with the brutal, real-world effects of ransomware. Described by the American Hospital Association AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack as “the most significant and consequential incident of its kind...

The LockBit story: Why the ransomware affiliate model can turn takedowns into disruptions

In ancient Greek mythos, the mighty Hercules faced a seemingly insurmountable challenge when he encountered the Lernaean Hydra. This fearsome serpent had a terrifying ability: For every head that Hercules severed, two more would spring forth, creating a never-ending cycle of regrowth and renewal...

Webinar recap: 6 critical cyberthreats in 2024 and how to counter them

Our webinar on the 2024 State of Malware report is now available on-demand. Featuring cybersecurity experts Mark Stockley and Jérôme Segura, this webinar unpacks 2024’s most critical cyberthreats, including big game ransomware, malvertising, and emerging challenges to mobile and Mac security. Key...

LockBit Ransomware Hacker Ordered to Pay $860,000 After Guilty Plea in Canada

A 34-year-old Russian-Canadian national has been sentenced to nearly four years in jail in Canada for his participation in the LockBit global ransomware operation. Mikhail Vasiliev, an Ontario resident, was originally arrested in November 2022 and charged by the U.S. Department of Justice DoJ wit...

EquiLend Employee Data Breached After January Ransomware Attack

By Waqas Some reports suggest that LockBit ransomware gang is behing the EquiLend data breach. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: EquiLend Employee Data Breached After January Ransomware Attack...

Ransomware review: March 2024

This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes ransomware specialist, who monitors information published by ransomware gangs on their Dark Web sites. In this report, "known attacks" are those where the victim did not pay a ransom. This provides the best overall picture of...

PT-2024-2247

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Windows versions prior to March 2024 Patch Tuesday Windows Server 2019 10.0.17763.2300 Description: A vulnerability exists in the Windows Error Reporting Service that allows attackers to gain SYSTEM-level privileges. The...