Learning from the LockBit Takedown

...

RaccoonO365 Phishing Network Dismantled as Microsoft, Cloudflare Take Down 338 Domains

Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit said it teamed up with Cloudflare to coordinate the seizure of 338 domains used by RaccoonO365 , a financially motivated threat group that was behind a phishing-as-a-service Phaas toolkit used to steal more than 5,000 Microsoft 365 credentials from 94 countries sin...

Authorities Carry Out Elaborate Global Takedown of Infostealer Heavily Used by Cybercriminals

US, European, and Japanese authorities, along with tech companies including Microsoft and Cloudflare, say they’ve disrupted Lumma, an infostealer popular with criminal gangs...

SUSE CVE-2024-56542

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: fix a memleak issue when driver is removed Running "modprobe amdgpu" the second time followed by a modprobe -r amdgpu causes a call trace like: 845.212163 Memory manager not clean during takedown. 845.212170...

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56542

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: fix a memleak issue when driver is removed Running "modprobe amdgpu" the second time followed by a modprobe -r amdgpu causes a call trace like: 845.212163 Memory manager not clean during takedown. 845.212170...

CVE-2024-56542 drm/amd/display: fix a memleak issue when driver is removed

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: fix a memleak issue when driver is removed Running "modprobe amdgpu" the second time followed by a modprobe -r amdgpu causes a call trace like: 845.212163 Memory manager not clean during takedown. 845.212170...

A week in security (November 18 – November 24)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Meta takes down more than 2 million accounts in fight against pig butchering "Sad announcement" email implies your friend has died Update now! Apple confirms vulnerabilities are already being exploited AI Granny Daisy takes up scammers’ time so they can’t bother yo...

Dutch Police Disrupt Major Info Stealers RedLine and MetaStealer in Operation Magnus

The Dutch National Police, along with international partners, have announced the disruption of the infrastructure powering two information stealers tracked as RedLine and MetaStealer. The takedown, which took place on October 28, 2024, is the result of an international law enforcement task force...

Four REvil Ransomware Members Sentenced in Rare Russian Cybercrime Convictions

Four members of the now-defunct REvil ransomware operation have been sentenced to several years in prison in Russia, marking one of the rare instances where cybercriminals from the country have been convicted of hacking and money laundering charges. Russian news publication Kommersant reported th...

Operation Morpheus Disrupts 593 Cobalt Strike Servers Used for Ransomware

Global Operation Morpheus dismantles Cobalt Strike network: Law enforcement takes down criminal infrastructure used for ransomware and data…...

Google Takes Down Influence Campaigns Tied to China, Indonesia, and Russia

Google has revealed that it took down 1,320 YouTube channels and 1,177 Blogger blogs as part of a coordinated influence operation connected to the People's Republic of China PRC. "The coordinated inauthentic network uploaded content in Chinese and English about China and U.S. foreign affairs,"...

Feds Unmask LockBit Ransomware Leader as Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev

By Waqas In a major blow to ransomware, international law enforcement has unmasked Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, the leader of LockBit ransomware. Learn about the takedown, sanctions imposed, and the future of LockBit in a post-Khoroshev era. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post:...

The Drop in Ransomware Attacks in 2024 and What it Means

The ransomware industry surged in 2023 as it saw an alarming 55.5% increase in victims worldwide, reaching a staggering 5,070. But 2024 is starting off showing a very different picture. While the numbers skyrocketed in Q4 2023 with 1309 cases, in Q1 2024, the ransomware industry was down to 1,048...

LockBit Takedown and Resurgence

What Happened? In a coordinated effort by National Crime Agency, Europol and multiple other internation law enforcement agencies dealt a significant blow to the operations of the LockBit ransomware group. Dubbed Operation Cronos, this multi-agency initiative led to the seizure of LockBit's dark w...

The LockBit story: Why the ransomware affiliate model can turn takedowns into disruptions

In ancient Greek mythos, the mighty Hercules faced a seemingly insurmountable challenge when he encountered the Lernaean Hydra. This fearsome serpent had a terrifying ability: For every head that Hercules severed, two more would spring forth, creating a never-ending cycle of regrowth and renewal...

ALPHV ransomware gang fakes own death, fools no one

For the second time in only four months, all is not well on the ALPHV aka BlackCat ransomware gangs dark web site. Gone are the lists of compromised victims. In their place, a veritable garden of law enforcement badges has sprouted beneath the ominous message "THIS WEBSITE HAS BEEN SEIZED." The...

A week in security (February 19 – February 25)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Joomla! patches XSS flaws that could lead to remote code execution Update now! ConnectWise ScreenConnect vulnerability needs your attention Why ransomware gangs love using RMM tools—and how to stop them Signal to shield user phone numbers by default Vibrator virus...

Law enforcement trolls LockBit, reveals massive takedown

In an act of exquisite trolling, the UKs National Crime Agency NCA has announced further details about its disruption of the LockBit ransomware group by using the groups own dark web website. The LockBit dark web site has a new look Since the demise of Conti in 2022, LockBit has been unchallenged...

LockBit Ransomware's Darknet Domains Seized in Global Law Enforcement Raid

Update: The U.K. National Crime Agency NCA has confirmed the takedown of LockBit infrastructure. Read here for more details. An international law enforcement operation has led to the seizure of multiple darknet domains operated by LockBit, one of the most prolific ransomware groups, marking the...

LockBit, the world’s worst ransomware, is down

For the last two years the absolute worst, most prolific, most globally significant "big game" ransomware gang has been LockBit. This evening its position as ransomwares biggest beast is suddenly in doubt, following some non-consensual website redecoration at the hands of the UKs National Crime...