Suspected REvil Gang Insider Identified

He lolls around on yachts, wears a luxury watch with a Bitcoin address engraved on its dial, and is suspected of buying it all with money he made as a core member of the REvil ransomware gang. The showy billionaire goes by “Nikolay K.”on social media, and German police are hoping he’ll cruise out...

Threat profile: Ranzy Locker ransomware

Ranzy Locker ransomware emerged in late 2020, when the variant began to target victims in the United States. According to a flash alert issued by the FBI, unknown cyber criminals using Ranzy Locker ransomware had compromised more than 30 US businesses as of July 2021, including victims in the...

Grief Ransomware Targets NRA

A ransomware group tied to Russia claims to have stolen data from the National Rifle Association NRA in a ransomware attack on the controversial gun-rights group, which has declined to comment on the situation. The Grief ransomware gang listed the NRA as a victim of its nefarious activity on its...

What is fileless malware?

Unlike traditional malware, which relies on a file being written to a disk, fileless malware is intended to be memory resident only, ideally leaving no trace after its execution. The malicious payload exists in the computer’s memory, which means nothing is ever written directly to the hard drive...

Malicious NPM Libraries Caught Installing Password Stealer and Ransomware

Malicious actors have yet again published two more typosquatted libraries to the official NPM repository that mimic a legitimate package from Roblox, the game company, with the goal of distributing stealing credentials, installing remote access trojans, and infecting the compromised systems with...

Quarterly Report: Incident Response trends from Q3 2021

Ransomware again dominated the threat landscape, while BEC grew By David Liebenberg and Caitlin Huey. Once again, ransomware was the most dominant threat observed in Cisco Talos Incident Response CTIR engagements this quarter. CTIR helped resolve several significant... This is only the beginning!...

Ransomware Attacks Are Evolving. Your Security Strategy Should, Too

Ransomware is an intensifying problem for all organizations, and it’s only going to get worse. What started as a floppy disk-based attack with a $189 ransom demands has grown from a minor inconvenience for organizations into a multi-billion dollar cybercrime industry. The organizational threat of...

[Security Nation] Jack Cable on Ransomwhere

!\Security Nation\ Jack Cable on Ransomwherehttps://blog.rapid7.com/content/images/2021/10/securitynationlogo--1-.jpg In this episode of Security Nation, Jen and Tod chat with Jack Cable, security architect at the Krebs Stamos Group, about Ransomwhere, a crowdsourced ransomware payment tracker...

Cyber Attack Cripples Iranian Fuel Distribution Network

An attack on the fuel distribution chain in Iran reportedly forced the shutdown of a network of filling stations Tuesday, leaving motorists stranded at pumps across the country and unable to fill up their tanks. The incident disabled government-issued electronic cards providing subsidies that man...

FBI Releases Indicators of Compromise Associated with Ranzy Locker Ransomware

The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI has released a Flash report detailing indicators of compromise IOCs associated with attacks using Ranzy Locker, a ransomware variant first identified targeting victims in the United States in late 2020. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the...

How RASP Protects Apache Servers from zero-day Path Traversal Attacks (CVE-2021-41773)

In late September of 2021, a path traversal and file disclosure vulnerability was disclosed and reported as CVE-2021-41773 in Apache HTTP Server version 2.4.29. Both Windows and Linux servers are affected. This vulnerability, which occurs via remote code execution RCE, exposes a path traversal bu...

BillQuick Web Suite’s severe vulnerability may affect 400K users

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. Multiple versions of BillQuick Web Suite have been found to have a critical vulnerability. A hacker was able to get initial access to a US engineering company by exploiting this serious vulnerability CVE 2021 42258. It also...

What To Expect in a Ransomware Negotiation

We wanted to get a better understanding of what victims go through during the aftermath and recovery process of a ransomware attack to help others in case they find themselves in a similar situation. To do this, we analyzed victim support chats for five ransomware families...

What To Expect in a Ransomware Negotiation

We wanted to get a better understanding of what victims go through during the aftermath and recovery process of a ransomware attack to help others in case they find themselves in a similar situation. To do this, we analyzed victim support chats for five ransomware families...

Groove Calls for Cyberattacks on US as REvil Payback

UPDATE: Subsequent reporting and disclosures show “Groove” was a hoax intended to lure media outlets into reporting on fake potential threats against U.S. government interests. Threatpost regrets falling for a troll. Lesson learned and apologies to our readers. Following the recent international...

BQE Web Suite Billing App Rigged to Inflict Ransomware

Threat actors have been caught exploiting a now-patched zero-day critical vulnerability in a popular timeclock and billing system, to take over vulnerable servers and inflict companies’ networks with ransomware. Discovered by Huntress Labs earlier this month, the ongoing attacks focus on an...

BillQuick Billing App Rigged to Inflict Ransomware

Threat actors have been caught exploiting a now-patched zero-day critical vulnerability in a popular timeclock and billing system, to take over vulnerable servers and inflict companies’ networks with ransomware. Discovered by Huntress Labs earlier this month, the ongoing attacks focus on an...

Conti Ransom Gang Starts Selling Access to Victims

The Conti ransomware affiliate program appears to have altered its business plan recently. Organizations infected with Contis malware who refuse to negotiate a ransom payment are added to Contis victim shaming blog, where confidential files stolen from victims may be published or sold. But someti...

Ongoing Cyber Threats to U.S. Water and Wastewater Systems

Summary Immediate Actions WWS Facilities Can Take Now to Protect Against Malicious Cyber Activity • Do not click on suspicious links. • If you use RDP, secure and monitor it. • Usestrong passwords. • Usemulti-factor authentication. Note: This advisory uses the MITRE Adversarial Tactics, Technique...

A week in security (Oct 18 – Oct 24)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs Multiple vulnerabilities in popular WordPress plugin WP Fastest Cache. “Killware”: Is it just as bad as it sounds? REvil ransomware disappears after Tor services hijacked. Protect yourself from BlackMatter ransomware: Advice issued. q-logger skimmer keeps Magecart...