How Does One Get Hired by a Top Cybercrime Gang?

The U.S. Department of Justice DOJ last week announced the arrest of a 55-year-old Latvian woman whos alleged to have worked as a programmer for Trickbot, a malware-as-a-service platform responsible for infecting millions of computers and seeding many of those systems with ransomware. Just how di...

Experts Shed Light On Distinctive Tactics Used by Hades Ransomware

Cybersecurity researchers on Tuesday disclosed "distinctive" tactics, techniques, and procedures TTPs adopted by operators of Hades ransomware that set it apart from the rest of the pack, attributing it to a financially motivated threat group called GOLD WINTER. "In many ways, the GOLD WINTER...

Andariel evolves to target South Korea with ransomware

Executive summary In April 2021, we observed a suspicious Word document with a Korean file name and decoy. It revealed a novel infection scheme and an unfamiliar payload. While we were doing our research into these findings, Malwarebytes published a nice report with technical details about the sa...

Another one bites the dust: Avaddon ransomware group shuts down operation

Are you seeing some pattern here? In what could be a called "shocking news" on Friday, BleepingComputer revealed that the gang behind the Avaddon ransomware shut down its operations after releasing more than 2,000 decryption keys to the technology news site. BleepingComputer claimed they received...

Utilities ‘Concerningly’ at Risk from Active Exploits

The amount of time that utility networks spend exposed to a known application exploit has spiked over the past two months — something analysts called out as a “concerning datapoint,” and an important reminder that ransomware isn’t the only threat utility networks need to secure against. A new...

As Ransomware Demands Boom, Insurance Keeps Paying Out

While major carriers like AXA have backed away from covering ransoms, don't expect the industry at large to break the vicious cycle...

REvil Hits US Nuclear Weapons Contractor: Report

Sol Oriens, a subcontractor for the U.S. Department of Energy DOE that works on nuclear weapons with the National Nuclear Security Administration NNSA, last month was hit by a cyberattack that experts say came from the relentless REvil ransomware-as-a-service RaaS gang. The Albuquerque, N.M...

Cyberpunk 2077 Hacked Data Circulating Online

New data from the February hack of CD Projekt Red, the videogame-development company behind Cyberpunk 2077 and the Witcher series, is circulating online. Earlier this year, the company suffered a ransomware attack in which a cyberattack group believed by some to be the HelloKitty gang “gained...

This Week in Security News June 11, 2021

The post-pandemic security landscape and the banning of ransomware payments could create new crisis situations...

How Enterprises can Deflect Million-Dollar Ransomware Demands

Blue-chip businesses are not the only ones that have been hit hard by the recent ransomware strikes. We outline some best practices and countermeasures to avert any shakedowns at the hands of cybercriminals...

Chrome Browser Bug Under Active Attack

Google is warning that a bug in its Chrome web browser is actively under attack, and it is urging users to upgrade to the latest 91.0.4472.101 version to mitigate the issue. In all, Google rolled out fixes for 14 bugs impacting its Windows, Mac and Linux browsers as part of its June update to the...

How a Resident Evil image leaked in a ransomware attack ended up in the middle of $12m copyright claim

Back in November, gaming giant Capcom suffered a ransomware attack. In its press notification, it mentioned the various types of data potentially grabbed by their attackers. Things took an ominous turn when they refused to pay the ransom, and the group behind the attack said that was the wrong...

JBS Paid $11M to REvil Gang Even After Restoring Operations

JBS Foods paid the equivalent of $11 million in ransom after a cyber-attack that forced the company to shut down some operations in the United States and Australia over the Memorial Day weekend. The company made the payment to cybercriminals to ensure the protection of its data and mitigate any...

What is Ransomware Attack❓ Detection, Removal and Examples

What is Ransomware? Any type of computer virus that encrypts and holds hostage the data of its victims is called a ransomeware. The basic information of a customer or company is encrypted, making it difficult to access documents, data sets, or apps. Then, in order to gain access, you must pay a...

Threat Source newsletter (June 10, 2021)

Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw.Good afternoon, Talos readers. We seriously can't escape from ransomware. It's in the headlines constantly and has now drawn the full attention of the federal government. But we at Talos recognize that is going to take far more than just words to... This is only...

Emerging Ransomware Targets Dozens of Businesses Worldwide

An emerging ransomware strain in the threat landscape claims to have breached 30 organizations in just four months since it went operational by riding on the coattails of a notorious ransomware syndicate. First observed in February 2021, "Prometheus" is an offshoot of another well-known ransomwar...

Beef Supplier JBS Paid Hackers $11 Million Ransom After Cyberattack

Meat processing company JBS on Wednesday confirmed it paid extortionists $11 million in bitcoins to regain access to its systems following a destructive ransomware attack late last month. "In consultation with internal IT professionals and third-party cybersecurity experts, the company made the...

Are Virtual Machines the New Gold for Cyber Criminals?

ARCHIVED STORY Are Virtual Machines the New Gold for Cyber Criminals? ATR Operational Intelligence Team · JUN 10, 2021 Introduction Virtualization technology has been an IT cornerstone for organization for years now. It revolutionized the way organizations can scale up IT systems in a heartbeat,...

Are Virtual Machines the New Gold for Cyber Criminals?

ARCHIVED STORY Are Virtual Machines the New Gold for Cyber Criminals? ATR Operational Intelligence Team · JUN 10, 2021 Introduction Virtualization technology has been an IT cornerstone for organization for years now. It revolutionized the way organizations can scale up IT systems in a heartbeat,...

[Security Nation] Jeff Man on Mapping the MITRE ATT&CK Framework Against PCI

!\Security Nation\ Jeff Man on Mapping the MITRE ATT&CK Framework Against PCIhttps://blog.rapid7.com/content/images/2021/05/securitynationlogo-1.jpg In this episode of Security Nation, we are joined by Jeff Man, who discusses his work mapping the MITRE ATT&CK Framework against PCI. Stick around f...