Qilin Ransomware Upgrades and Now Steals Google Chrome Credentials

Qilin ransomware is evolving, now targeting Google Chrome credentials. Learn how this new tactic expands their attack arsenal…...

New Qilin Ransomware Attack Uses VPN Credentials, Steals Chrome Data

The threat actors behind a recently observed Qilin ransomware attack have stolen credentials stored in Google Chrome browsers on a small set of compromised endpoints. The use of credential harvesting in connection with a ransomware infection marks an unusual twist, and one that could have cascadi...

TotalCloud Insights: When Multi-Factor Authentication Turns Into Single-Factor Authentication

Introduction Multi-factor authentication MFA failures have fuelled a 500% surge in ransomware losses, as noted in an article published by "The Hacker News"—from an average ransom payment of $400,000 in 2023 to $2 million in 2024. And attacks exploiting an MFA failure are getting increasingly...

How Trend Micro Managed Detection and Response Pressed Pause on a Play Ransomware Attack

Using the Trend Micro Vision One platform, our MDR team was able to quickly identify and contain a Play ransomware intrusion attempt...

PT-2024-5748

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SonicWall Firewall Gen 5 affected versions not specified SonicWall Firewall Gen 6 affected versions not specified SonicWall SonicOS versions prior to 7.0.1-5035 Description An improper access control issue exists in the SonicWall SonicOS...

My child had her data stolen—here’s how to protect your kids from identity theft

Recently, I received a letter in the mail from a company about a data breach. The letter said that the company had been a victim of a cyberattack back in March in which files were scrambled what we know as ransomware. The attacker had also accessed sensitive files and customer health data. Sadly,...

It's Time To Untangle the SaaS Ball of Yarn

It's no great revelation to say that SaaS applications have changed the way we operate, both in our personal and professional lives. We routinely rely on cloud-based and remote applications to conduct our basic functions, with the result that the only true perimeter of our networks has become the...

Why you need to know about ransomware

Last month, a strange thing happened in cybersecurity: a type of cyberthreat typically reserved for large businesses and critical services appeared on the computers of everyday people. Starting on July 20, hundreds of individuals across the globe began reporting problems with ransomware. Ransomwa...

Selling Ransomware Breaches: 4 Trends Spotted on the RAMP Forum

The sale and purchase of unauthorized access to compromised enterprise networks has become a linchpin for cybercriminal operations, particularly in facilitating ransomware attacks. Underground forums are sharing guidelines on breaching networks and selling the access they obtain, leaving the...

CISA Warns of Critical Jenkins Vulnerability Exploited in Ransomware Attacks

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA has added a critical security flaw impacting Jenkins to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities KEV catalog, following its exploitation in ransomware attacks. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-23897 CVSS score: 9.8, is a path travers...

The State of Ransomware

Palo Alto Networks published its semi-annual report on ransomware. From the Executive Summary: Unit 42 monitors ransomware and extortion leak sites closely to keep tabs on threat activity. We reviewed compromise announcements from 53 dedicated leak sites in the first half of 2024 and found 1,762...

A week in security (August 12 – August 18)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Dozens of Google products targeted by scammers via malicious search ads Microsoft patches bug that could have allowed an attacker to revert your computer back to an older, vulnerable version We’re making it easier for you to protect your identity X accused of...

RansomHub Group Deploys New EDR-Killing Tool in Latest Cyber Attacks

A cybercrime group with links to the RansomHub ransomware has been observed using a new tool designed to terminate endpoint detection and response EDR software on compromised hosts, joining the likes of other similar programs like AuKill aka AvNeutralizer and Terminator. The EDR-killing utility h...

Black Basta-Linked Attackers Target Users with SystemBC Malware

An ongoing social engineering campaign with alleged links to the Black Basta ransomware group has been linked to "multiple intrusion attempts" with the goal of conducting credential theft and deploying a malware dropper called SystemBC. "The initial lure being utilized by the threat actors remain...

Belarusian-Ukrainian Hacker Extradited to U.S. for Ransomware and Cybercrime Charges

A coalition of law enforcement agencies coordinated by the U.K. National Crime Agency NCA has led to the arrest and extradition of a Belarussian and Ukrainian dual-national believed to be associated with Russian-speaking cybercrime groups. Maksim Silnikau aka Maksym Silnikov, 38, went by the onli...

A refresher on Talos’ open-source tools and the importance of the open-source community

Open-source software that is free to download, deploy and modify is a vital component in the fight for cyber security. Freely available software not only helps defend systems that would otherwise be unprotected, but it also allows people to learn and develop vital cybersecurity skills. In this...

FBI Shuts Down Dispossessor Ransomware Group's Servers Across U.S., U.K., and Germany

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI on Monday announced the disruption of online infrastructure associated with a nascent ransomware group called Radar/Dispossessor. The effort saw the dismantling of three U.S. servers, three United Kingdom servers, 18 German servers, eight U.S.-based...

CVE-2024-7694

ThreatSonar Anti-Ransomware from TeamT5 does not properly validate the content of uploaded files. Remote attackers with administrator privileges on the product platform can upload malicious files, which can be used to execute arbitrary system command on the server...

CVE-2024-7694

ThreatSonar Anti-Ransomware from TeamT5 does not properly validate the content of uploaded files. Remote attackers with administrator privileges on the product platform can upload malicious files, which can be used to execute arbitrary system command on the server...

A week in security (August 5 – August 11)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Security company ADT announces security breach of customer data Stolen data from scraping service National Public Data leaked online Android vulnerability used in targeted attacks patched by Google Men report more pressure and threats to share location and accounts...