Ransomware Extortion Drops to $813.5M in 2024, Down from $1.25B in 2023

Ransomware attacks netted cybercrime groups a total of $813.5 million in 2024, a decline from $1.25 billion in 2023. The total amount extorted during the first half of 2024 stood at $459.8 million, blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis said, adding payment activity slumped after July 2024 by...

[updated]REvil ransomware disappears after Tor services hijacked

With some pests you hope they never recover from a blow. It’s almost too good to be true, but one can hope. This is one of them. The REvil ransomware group has shut down their operation for the second time this year after losing control over their Tor-based domains. Shutdown number 1 REvils first...

[Security Nation] Philipp Amann on No More Ransom

!\Security Nation\ Philipp Amann on No More Ransomhttps://blog.rapid7.com/content/images/2021/07/securitynationlogo-2.jpg In this episode of Security Nation, we're joined by Philipp Amann of Europol. Jen and Tod chat with Philipp about No More Ransom, a Europol-lead effort to combat ransomware by...

Decrypter FOMO No Mo’: Five Years of the No More Ransom Project

The amazing No More Ransom Project celebrates its fifth anniversary today and so we just wanted to take a moment to talk about what it has accomplished and why you should tell all your friends about it. The name pretty much says it all — No More Ransom aims to help organizations avoid having to p...

DarkSide Ransomware Gang Quits After Servers, Bitcoin Stash Seized

The DarkSide ransomware affiliate program responsible for the six-day outage at Colonial Pipeline this week that led to fuel shortages and price spikes across the country is running for the hills. The crime gang announced it was closing up shop after its servers were seized and someone drained th...

Six Hundred Million Reasons to Celebrate: No More Ransom Turns FOUR!!

ARCHIVED STORY Six Hundred Million Reasons to Celebrate: No More Ransom Turns FOUR!! By John Fokker · July 27, 2020 Happy Birthday! Today we mark the fourth anniversary of the NoMoreRansom initiative with over 4.2 million visitors, from 188 countries, stopping an estimated $632 million in ransom...

Shade Threat Actors Call It Quits, Release 750K Encryption Keys

The threat actors behind the Shade ransomware have called it quits, releasing 750,000 encryption keys on GitHub and publicly apologizing to victims affected by the malware. User “shade-team” posted four files on the code repository earlier this week, one containing the file keys and four “ReadMe”...

AES-Killer - Burp Plugin To Decrypt AES Encrypted Traffic Of Mobile Apps

Burpsuite Plugin to decrypt AES Encrypted mobile app traffic. Requirements Burpsuite Java Tested on Burpsuite 1.7.36 Windows 10 xubuntu 18.04 Kali Linux 2018 What it does Decrypt AES Encrypted traffic on proxy tab Decrypt AES Encrypted traffic on proxy, scanner, repeater and intruder How it works...

Critical Flaws in PGP and S/MIME Tools Can Reveal Encrypted Emails in Plaintext

Note—the technical details of the vulnerabilities introduced in this article has now been released, so you should also read our latest article to learn how the eFail attack works and what users can do to prevent themselves. An important warning for people using widely used email encryption...

Excerpts from The Ransomware Economy: The Ransomware Supply Chain

Carbon Black recently published an investigative report on the Dark Web marketplace for ransomware. This is an excerpt from that report, which you can find here. For more information about the rise of ransomware, and what you can do about it, check out the Ransomware Epidemic: Stop Bad Rabbit In...

No More Ransom — 15 New Ransomware Decryption Tools Available for Free

No More Ransom, so is the Ransomware Threat. Launched less than a year ago, the No More Ransom NMR project has increased its capacity with new partners and new decryption tools added to its now global campaign to combat Ransomware. Started as a joint initiative by Europol, the Dutch National...

New CryptXXX Can Evade Detection, Outsmart Decryption Tools

Tweet Crooks behind the fast spreading CryptXXX ransomware updated the latest variant with better encryption technology and new methods to evade detection by researchers. This latest version of CryptXXX was spotted by researchers at SentinelOne that say the new updated sample has already earned...

Free Ransomware Decryption and Malware Removal ToolKit

A security researcher has compiled a ransomware removal and rescue kit to help victims deal with ransomware threats and unlock encrypted files without paying off a single penny to the cyber crooks. Ransomware is a growing threat to the evolution of cyber criminals techniques in an attempt to part...

Foreign hackers resources-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

allhack.com This website provides a library and a download area. The library for beginners provides hacking knowledge and computer technology basics. The download area includes the Scan Tool, FLOOD tool, decryption tools, denial of service attacks and the like. alw. nih,gov In the security...