FBI Seizes Dark Web Domain of Blackcat – ALPHV Ransomware

By Waqas But the gang may already be back with a new domain. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: FBI Seizes Dark Web Domain of Blackcat - ALPHV Ransomware...

A week in security (December 11 – December 17)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: PikaBot distributed via malicious search ads Chrome starts the countdown to the end of tracking cookies Apple to introduce new feature that makes life harder for iPhone thieves Recently-patched Apache Struts vulnerability used in worldwide attacks ALPHV ransomware...

ALPHV (BlackCat) Ransomware Using Google Ads to Target Victims

By Deeba Ahmed Yet another day, another instance of a Google service being exploited for spreading malware infections. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: ALPHV BlackCat Ransomware Using Google Ads to Target Victims...

Scattered Spider

SUMMARY The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA are releasing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA in response to recent activity by Scattered Spider threat actors against the commercial facilities sectors and subsectors. This advisory...

Payment giant's point-of-sale outage caused by ALPHV ransomware

On April 12, 2023, payment giant NCR reported it was looking into an issue with its point-of-sale POS systems that caused an outage, leaving customers unable to use the system. The NCR Aloha POS systems are popular in hospitality services. Customers include Wendys, Chuck e Cheese, Cafe Rio, Leean...

UNC4466 Attack Campaign Targets Veritas Backup Exec and Deploys ALPHV Ransomware

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary UNC4466 conducted an attack campaign in late 2022, gaining initial access to an internet-exposed Windows server running Veritas Backup Exec and deploying the ALPHV ransomware, with over 8,500 potentially...

ALPHV ransomware gang claims it has hacked Amazon’s Ring

By Deeba Ahmed ALPHV ransomware group threatens to leak sensitive data allegedly stolen from amazon's ring security cameras unless demands are met. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: ALPHV ransomware gang claims it has hacked Amazons Ring...

Breast cancer photos published by ransomware gang

The Russia-linked ALPHV ransomware group, also known as BlackCat, has posted sensitive clinical photos of breast cancer patients--calling them "nude photos"--to extort money from the Lehigh Valley Health Network LVHN. This has triggered a chorus of accusations from the cybersecurity community, wi...