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Feds Offer $10 Million Bounty for DarkSide Info
The federal government has upped the ante in its fight against ransomware by offering a $10 million reward for information leading to the identification or location of leaders of the DarkSide ransomware group. The U.S. Department of State unveiled the reward on Thursday, adding a $5 million rewar...
U.S. Offers $10 Million Reward for Information on DarkSide Ransomware Group
The U.S. government on Thursday announced a $10 million reward for information that may lead to the identification or location of key individuals who hold leadership positions in the DarkSide ransomware group or any of its rebrands. On top of that, the State Department is offering bounties of up ...
US offers $10m reward for decisive info on DarkSide ransomware gang
By Waqas The US is offering $10 million to anyone who can provide information to law enforcement authorities on the infamous DarkSide ransomware gang that may help in locating and arresting its operators. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: US offers $10m reward for decisive...
Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities exploited once again for ransomware, this time with Babuk
By Chetan Raghuprasad and Vanja Svajcer, with contributions from Caitlin Huey. Cisco Talos recently discovered a malicious campaign deploying variants of the Babuk ransomware predominantly affecting users in the U.S. with smaller number of infections in U.K., Germany, Ukraine, Finland, Brazil,...
BlackMatter ransomware gang is reportedly quitting operation
By Waqas BlackMatter ransomware gang, which is believed to be a rebrand of DarkSide, has decided to end the project, giving in to the pressures of the local law enforcement authorities. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: BlackMatter ransomware gang is reportedly quitting...
‘Tortilla’ Wraps Exchange Servers in ProxyShell Attacks
A new-ish threat actor sometimes known as “Tortilla” is launching a fresh round of ProxyShell attacks on Microsoft Exchange servers, this time with the aim of inflicting vulnerable servers with variants of the Babuk ransomware. Cisco Talos researchers said in a Wednesday report that they spotted...
Evolving Zero Trust—Lessons learned and emerging trends
Looking back at the last two years, to say that our security strategies have evolved would be an understatement. Organizations around the world made overnight transitions to remote work models in response to a global pandemic, forcing them to reassess attack surface areas as they underwent an...
Evolving Zero Trust—Lessons learned and emerging trends
Looking back at the last two years, to say that our security strategies have evolved would be an understatement. Organizations around the world made overnight transitions to remote work models in response to a global pandemic, forcing them to reassess attack surface areas as they underwent an...
BlackMatter Ransomware Reportedly Shutting Down; Latest Analysis Released
An analysis of new samples of BlackMatter ransomware for Windows and Linux has revealed the extent to which the operators have continually added new features and encryption capabilities in successive iterations over a three-month period. No fewer than 10 Windows and two Linux versions of the...
Akamai + Guardicore: End-to-End Zero Trust
Ransomware attacks increased by over 150% in 2020. As criminals find new ways to attack networks and systems, protect work-from-home employees with Akamai...
BlackMatter ransomware group announces shutdown. But for how long?
The BlackMatter ransomware gang has announced they are going to shut down their operation, citing pressure from local authorities. And pressure there is. Only two weeks ago, we wrote about a warning that the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency...
Report: BlackMatter Ransomware Gang Goes Dark, Again
The prolific ransomware group that rose from the ashes of DarkSide appears to be going dark—again. BlackMatter said it will shut down due to increased pressure from authorities, according to a message posted on its website. VX-Underground, which aggregates a collection of malware source code,...
FBI Releases PIN on Attacks Using Significant Financial Events for Extortion
The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI has released a Private Industry Notification PIN on ransomware actors using significant financial events, such as mergers and acquisitions, to target and leverage victim companies. CISA encourages users and administrators to review Ransomware Actors Use...
Ransomware Gangs Target Corporate Financial Activities
Ransomware gangs are zeroing in on publicly held companies with the threat of financial exposure in an effort to encourage ransom payments, the FBI is warning. In an alert issued this week PDF, the Bureau said that activity over the course of the past year shows a trend toward targeting companies...
The ‘Groove’ Ransomware Gang Was a Hoax
A number of publications in September warned about the emergence of "Groove," a new ransomware group that called on competing extortion gangs to unite in attacking U.S. government interests online. It now appears that Groove was all a big hoax designed to toy with security firms and journalists...
Lessons from a real-life ransomware attack
Ransomware attacks, despite dramatically increasing in frequency this summer, remain opaque for many potential victims. It isn’t anyone’s fault, necessarily, since news articles about ransomware attacks often focus on the attack, the suspected threat actors, the ransomware type, and, well, not mu...
Celebrity jewelry house Graff falls victim to ransomware
Data on countless celebrities, including politicians, is apparently now in the hands of ransomware attackers after a group using the Conti variant compromised systems of one of the world’s most exclusive jewelry houses, Graff. Despite what mathematicians like to think, there is an exception to...
A week in security (Oct 25 – Oct 31)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs Beyond the VPN: Ultimate online privacy with the Tor Project’s Isabela Bagueros: Lock and Code S02E20 Patch now to bypass Firefox add-ons that abuse the proxy API to deny updates How social media mistakes can impact cybersecurity Update now! Apple patches bugs in iO...
Police Arrest Suspected Ransomware Hackers Behind 1,800 Attacks Worldwide
12 people have been detained as part of an international law enforcement operation for orchestrating ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure and large organizations that hit over 1,800 victims across 71 countries since 2019, marking the latest action against cybercrime groups. The arrests...
