The 2024 Ransomware Landscape: Looking back on another painful year

The ransomware landscape in 2024 continued to evolve at a rapid pace, outgrowing many of the trends we saw in 2023. Threat actors remained relentless and innovative, targeting organizations of all sizes and sectors. In this post, we’ll examine the latest data points, discuss notable groups, and...

The 2024 Ransomware Landscape: Looking back on another painful year

The ransomware landscape in 2024 continued to evolve at a rapid pace, outgrowing many of the trends we saw in 2023. Threat actors remained relentless and innovative, targeting organizations of all sizes and sectors. In this post, we’ll examine the latest data points, discuss notable groups, and...

Cyber Threat Landscape Q&A with Trellix Head of Threat Intelligence John Fokker

Cyber Threat Landscape Q&A with Trellix Head of Threat Intelligence John Fokker By Trellix · January 27, 2025 As we step into 2025, it's time to reflect on the seismic changes that shaped the cybersecurity landscape in 2024 and anticipate what's on the horizon for 2025. The past year saw...

UnitedHealth Group’s Massive Data Breach Impacts 190 Million Americans

UnitedHealth Group has confirmed that a ransomware attack targeted its subsidiary, Change Healthcare, in February 2024, impacting 190…...

Experts Find Shared Codebase Linking Morpheus and HellCat Ransomware Payloads

An analysis of HellCat and Morpheus ransomware operations has revealed that affiliates associated with the respective cybercrime entities are using identical code for their ransomware payloads. The findings come from SentinelOne, which analyzed artifacts uploaded to the VirusTotal malware scannin...

Under Trump, US Cyberdefense Loses Its Head

Chinese hacks, rampant ransomware, and Donald Trump’s budget cuts all threaten US security. In an exit interview with WIRED, former CISA head Jen Easterly argues for her agency’s survival...

TRIPLESTRENGTH Hits Cloud for Cryptojacking, On-Premises Systems for Ransomware

Google on Wednesday shed light on a financially motivated threat actor named TRIPLESTRENGTH for its opportunistic targeting of cloud environments for cryptojacking and on-premise ransomware attacks. "This actor engaged in a variety of threat activity, including cryptocurrency mining operations on...

GRAU DATA Blocky 安全漏洞

GRAU DATA Blocky is a ransomware protection software from GRAU DATA, Germany. A security vulnerability exists in GRAU DATA Blocky versions prior to 3.1, which stems from a client-side enforcement of server-side security vulnerability in Blocky-Gui that allows an attacker to gain full access to al...

Imperva Protects Against the Exploited CVEs in the Cleo Data Theft Attacks

The Clop ransomware group has once again demonstrated its ability to exploit vulnerabilities to compromise sensitive systems. As Cleo—a managed file transfer provider for businesses—grapples with the aftermath of Clop’s targeted attack on their systems, the spotlight turns to CVE-2024-50623 and...

Cybersecurity 2025: Qualys’ Predictions for Navigating the Evolving Threat Landscape

Cybersecurity in 2024 was a year of contrasts—marked by rising threats and groundbreaking innovations. The surge in ransomware attacks and exploitation of vulnerabilities exposed weaknesses in core systems and software, while the rapid adoption of AI tools brought both risks and opportunities to...

Python-Based Malware Powers RansomHub Ransomware to Exploit Network Flaws

Cybersecurity researchers have detailed an attack that involved a threat actor utilizing a Python-based backdoor to maintain persistent access to compromised endpoints and then leveraged this access to deploy the RansomHub ransomware throughout the target network. According to GuidePoint Security...

Black Basta-Style Cyberattack Hits Inboxes with 1,165 Emails in 90 Minutes

A recent cyberattack, mimicking the tactics of the notorious Black Basta ransomware group, targeted one of SlashNext's clients.…...

PT-2025-1272

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SimpleHelp remote support software versions 5.5.7 and before Description The issue allows low-privileges technicians to create API keys with excessive permissions, which can be used to escalate privileges to the server admin role. Attackers ca...

PT-2025-1273

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SimpleHelp versions 5.5.7 and earlier Description SimpleHelp remote support software is affected by multiple path traversal vulnerabilities. These flaws allow unauthenticated remote attackers to download arbitrary files from the SimpleHelp hos...

New Codefinger Ransomware Exploits AWS to Encrypt S3 Buckets

The Halcyon RISE Team has identified a new Codefinger ransomware campaign targeting Amazon S3 buckets. This attack leverages…...

PT-2025-6278

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FortiOS versions 7.0.0 through 7.0.16 FortiProxy versions 7.0.0 through 7.0.19 FortiProxy versions 7.2.0 through 7.2.12 Description A critical authentication bypass issue exists in FortiOS and FortiProxy, potentially allowing a remote,...

Ransomware on ESXi: The Mechanization of Virtualized Attacks

In 2024, ransomware attacks targeting VMware ESXi servers reached alarming levels, with the average ransom demand skyrocketing to $5 million. With approximately 8,000 ESXi hosts exposed directly to the internet according to Shodan, the operational and business impact of these attacks is profound...

A week in security (January 6 – January 12)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Dental group lied through teeth about data breach, fined $350,000 AI-supported spear phishing fools more than 50% of targets US Cyber Trust Mark logo for smart devices is coming GroupGreeting e-card site attacked in "zqxq" campaign Massive breach at location data...

BayMark Health Services sends breach notifications after ransomware attack

BayMark Health Services, Inc. BayMark notified an unknown number of patients that attackers stole their personal and health information. BayMark profiles itself as North America’s largest provider of medication-assisted treatment MAT for substance use disorders helping tens of thousands of...

AI-Driven Ransomware FunkSec Targets 85 Victims Using Double Extortion Tactics

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a nascent artificial intelligence AI assisted ransomware family called FunkSec that sprang forth in late 2024, and has claimed more than 85 victims to date. "The group uses double extortion tactics, combining data theft with encryption to pressure...