Multiple Ransomware groups targets open RDP Ports

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Many ransomware attacks are being launched against exposed Remote Desktop services by Threat Actors. At present, five ransomware families are attacking open RDP ports...

Russian Courts Targeted by New CryWiper Data Wiper Malware Posing as Ransomware

A new data wiper malware called CryWiper has been found targeting Russian government agencies, including mayor's offices and courts. "Although it disguises itself as a ransomware and extorts money from the victim for 'decrypting' data, it does not actually encrypt, but purposefully destroys data ...

Crimeware trends: self-propagation and driver exploitation

Introduction If one sheep leaps over the ditch, the rest will follow. This is an old saying, found in various languages, and it can be applied to ransomware developers. In previous blog posts, we highlighted an increase in the popularity of platform-independent languages and ESXi support, and...

A week in security (November 28 - December 4)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Fraudster site iSpoof shut down, 142 arrested internationally 3 threats to watch out for this Cyber Monday Twitter user data leaks continue to drip from the faucet China-made equipment banned by FCC due to national security threat Sensitive police records stolen an...

CryWiper Masquerading as Ransomware to Target Russian Courts

By Deeba Ahmed CryWiper showcases ransomware-like features, such as file modification, adding a .CRY extension to the files, leaving a ransom note, etc. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: CryWiper Masquerading as Ransomware to Target Russian Courts...

CISA and the FBI issue alert about Cuba ransomware

In the latest StopRansomware effort of publicizing ransomware information for network defenders, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI have issued a joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA on the ransomware known as "Cuba." Though named...

Cuba Ransomware Extorted Over $60 Million in Ransom Fees from More than 100 Entities

The threat actors behind Cuba aka COLDDRAW ransomware have received more than $60 million in ransom payments and compromised over 100 entities across the world as of August 2022. In a new advisory shared by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA and the Federal Bureau of...

A Closer Look at Ransomware Attack Trends in APJ

Read about the surge of ransomware as a service RaaS cyberattack trends in APJ, and the infamous and prolific Conti group’s role in them...

Hackers Leak Another Set of Medibank Customer Data on the Dark Web

Medibank on Thursday confirmed that the threat actors behind the devastating cyber attack have posted another dump of data stolen from its systems on the dark web after its refusal to pay a ransom. "We are in the process of analyzing the data, but the data released appears to be the data we...

Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2022. Statistics

All statistics in this report are from the global cloud service Kaspersky Security Network KSN, which receives information from components in our security solutions. The data was obtained from users who had given their consent to it being sent to KSN. Millions of Kaspersky users around the globe...

#StopRansomware: Cuba Ransomware 

Today, the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI and CISA released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA StopRansomware: Cuba Ransomware to provide network defenders tactics, techniques, and procedures TTPs and indicators of compromise IOCs associated with Cuba ransomware. FBI investigations identifie...

Adversaries strike critical Windows IKE flaw in the “Bleed You” campaign

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary An active "Bleed You" campaign is leveraging a critical RCE CVE-2022-34721 vulnerability in Windows Internet Key Exchange IKE Protocol Extensions to assist subsequent malware and ransomware assaults and...

A new strain of Punisher ransomware

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A new variant of the Punisher ransomware is spreading via phishing website that delivers ransomware disguised as a COVID tracking application. Punisher Encryptor is a .NET binary that runs on Windows...

Fake COVID-19 Tracking App Spreads Punisher Ransomware

By Deeba Ahmed Currently, the new campaign involving Punisher ransomware is targeting users in Chile. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Fake COVID-19 Tracking App Spreads Punisher Ransomware...

Russia-based RansomBoggs Ransomware Targeted Several Ukrainian Organizations

Ukraine has come under a fresh onslaught of ransomware attacks that mirror previous intrusions attributed to the Russia-based Sandworm nation-state group. Slovak cybersecurity company ESET, which dubbed the new ransomware strain RansomBoggs, said the attacks against several Ukrainian entities wer...

A new RansomExx ransomware strain revised in Rust

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary RansomExx is a ransomware variant that operates on a ransomware-as-a-service RaaS model and has been active since it first appeared in 2018 as Defray777. The latest version, dubbed RansomExx2 by threat...

Black Basta Ransomware Invades US Firms with Qakbot Malware

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary In this latest spear-phishing campaign, the Black Basta ransomware gang employed QakBot malware, aka QBot or Pinkslipbot, to acquire an initial point of entry and migrate laterally through an organizatio...

#StopRansomware: Hive Ransomware

Actions to Take Today to Mitigate Cyber Threats from Ransomware: 1. Prioritize remediating known exploited vulnerabilities. 2. Enable and enforce multifactor authentication with strong passwords. 3. Close unused ports and remove any application not deemed necessary for day-to-day operations...

Win32.Ransom.Conti MVID-2022-0662 Cryptography Logic Flaw

Discovery / credits: Malvuln John Page aka hyp3rlinx c 2022 Original source: https://malvuln.com/advisory/99e55ce93392068c970384ab24a0e13d.txt Contact: [email protected] Media: twitter.com/malvuln Backup media: infosec.exchange/@malvuln Threat: Win32.Ransom.Conti Vulnerability: Crypto Logic Fla...

New RansomExx Ransomware Variant Rewritten in the Rust Programming Language

The operators of the RansomExx ransomware have become the latest to develop a new variant fully rewritten in the Rust programming language, following other strains like BlackCat, Hive, and Luna. The latest version, dubbed RansomExx2 by the threat actor known as Hive0091 aka DefrayX, is primarily...