The LockBit Ransomware Gang Is Surprisingly Professional

This article makes LockBit sound like a legitimate organization: The DDoS attack last weekend that put a temporary stop to leaking Entrust data was seen as an opportunity to explore the triple extortion tactic to apply more pressure on victims to pay a ransom. LockBitSupp said that the ransomware...

Warning issued about Vice Society ransomware targeting the education sector

The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center MS-ISAC have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA after observing Vice Society threat actors disproportionately targeting the...

Sextortionists used mobile malware to steal nude videos, contact lists from victims

In an international police operation supported by Interpol, law enforcement agencies have uncovered and dismantled an international sextortion ring that managed to extract at least US$ 47,000 from victims. Sextortion is a form of cybercrime in which the victim is blackmailed by threatening to mak...

Critical RCE Vulnerability Affects Zyxel NAS Devices — Firmware Patch Released

Networking equipment maker Zyxel has released patches for a critical security flaw impacting its network-attached storage NAS devices. Tracked as CVE-2022-34747 CVSS score: 9.8, the issue relates to a "format string vulnerability" affecting NAS326, NAS540, and NAS542 models. Zyxel credited...

Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Hive.bv MVID-2022-0636 Code Execution

Discovery / credits: Malvuln John Page aka hyp3rlinx c 2022 Original source: https://malvuln.com/advisory/44aba241dd3f0d156c6ed82a0ab3a9e1.txt Contact: [email protected] Media: twitter.com/malvuln Threat: Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Hive.bv Vulnerability: Arbitrary Code Execution Description: Hive...

Update now! QNAP warns users DeadBolt is exploiting Photo Station vulnerability

QNAP Quality Network Appliance Provider has warned users to update Photo Station to the latest available version. The warning comes after QNAP detected that cybercriminals known as DeadBolt have been exploiting a Photo Station vulnerability in order to encrypt QNAP NAS systems that are directly...

QNAP Warns of New DeadBolt Ransomware Attacks Exploiting Photo Station Flaw

QNAP has issued a new advisory urging users of its network-attached storage NAS devices to upgrade to the latest version of Photo Station following yet another wave of DeadBolt ransomware attacks in the wild by exploiting a zero-day flaw in the software. The Taiwanese company said it detected the...

Play Ransomware's Attack Playbook Similar to that of Hive, Nokoyawa

Play is a new ransomware that takes a page out of Hive and Nokoyawa's playbook. The many similarities among them indicate that Play, like Nokoyawa, are operated by the same people...

Play Ransomware's Attack Playbook Unmasks it as Another Hive Affiliate like Nokoyawa

Play is a new ransomware that takes a page out of Hive and Nokoyawa's playbook. The many similarities among them indicate that Play, like Nokoyawa, may be a Hive affiliate...

#StopRansomware: Vice Society

CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center MS-ISAC have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA, StopRansomware: Vice Society, to disseminate tactics, techniques, and procedures TTPs and indicators of compromise IOCs associated...

Ransomware Attackers Abuse Genshin Impact Anti-Cheat System to Disable Antivirus

A vulnerable anti-cheat driver for the Genshin Impact video game has been leveraged by a cybercrime actor to disable antivirus programs to facilitate the deployment of ransomware, according to findings from Trend Micro. The ransomware infection, which was triggered in the last week of July 2022,...

The nature of cyber incidents

Kaspersky provides incident response services and trainings to organizations around the world. In our annual incident response report, we share our observations and statistics based on investigation of real-life incidents. The report contains anonymized data collected by the Kaspersky Global...

Chile government’s Windows and Linux servers hit by RedAlert ransomware

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The Chilean Ministry of Interior asserted that RedAlert ransomware aka N13V attack had disrupted the operations and online services of a government agency in the country. In classic double-extortion...

Police Across US Bypass Warrants With Mass Location-Tracking Tool

Plus: An unsecured database exposed face recognition data in China, ‘Cuba’ ransomware knocks out Montenegro, and more...

VulnCheck KEV: CVE-2022-27593

Certain QNAP NAS running Photo Station with internet exposure contain an externally controlled reference to a resource vulnerability which can allow an attacker to modify system files. This vulnerability was observed being utilized in a Deadbolt ransomware campaign...

Threat Roundup for August 26 to September 2

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Aug. 26 and Sept. 2. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting key behavioral characteristics...

Montenegro Is the Victim of a Cyberattack

Details are few, but Montenegro has suffered a cyberattack: A combination of ransomware and distributed denial-of-service attacks, the onslaught disrupted government services and prompted the country’s electrical utility to switch to manual control. … But the attack against Montenegro’s...

Architecting for Extortion: Acting on the IST’s Blueprint for Ransomware Defense

Last month, the Institute for Security and Technology’s IST Ransomware Task Force RTF launched the Blueprint for Ransomware Defense, a mitigation, response, and recovery plan for small- and medium-sized enterprises. This action plan is a cross-industry document that targets business leaders and...

A Windows 11 Automation Tool Can Easily Be Hijacked

Hackers can use Microsoft’s Power Automate to push out ransomware and key loggers—if they get machine access first...

Moisha Ransomware spotted launching highly targeted attacks

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Moisha ransomware based on .Net was first mentioned in mid-August, along with the PTMOISHA team, the threat actor behind it. This ransomware was developed to carry out very targeted attacks, as indicated...