Rebranded Knight Ransomware Targeting Healthcare and Businesses Worldwide

An analysis of a nascent ransomware strain called RansomHub has revealed it to be an updated and rebranded version of Knight ransomware, itself an evolution of another ransomware known as Cyclops. Knight aka Cyclops 2.0 ransomware first arrived in May 2023, employing double extortion tactics to...

Europol Dismantles Ragnar Locker Ransomware Infrastructure, Nabs Key Developer

Europol on Friday announced the takedown of the infrastructure associated with Ragnar Locker ransomware, alongside the arrest of a "key target" in France. "In an action carried out between 16 and 20 October, searches were conducted in Czechia, Spain, and Latvia," the agency said. "The main...

LockBit 3.0 Ransomware Builder Leak Gives Rise to Hundreds of New Variants

The leak of the LockBit 3.0 ransomware builder last year has led to threat actors abusing the tool to spawn new variants. Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky said it detected a ransomware intrusion that deployed a version of LockBit but with a markedly different ransom demand procedure. "The...

Storm-0978 attacks reveal financial and espionage motives

Microsoft has identified a phishing campaign conducted by the threat actor tracked as Storm-0978 targeting defense and government entities in Europe and North America. The campaign involved the abuse of CVE-2023-36884, which included a remote code execution vulnerability exploited before disclosu...

An Overview of the Different Versions of the Trigona Ransomware

The Trigona ransomware is a relatively new ransomware family that began activities around late October 2022 — although samples of it existed as early as June 2022. Since then, Trigona’s operators have remained highly active, and in fact have been continuously updating their ransomware binaries...

Ransomware Hackers Using AuKill Tool to Disable EDR Software Using BYOVD Attack

Threat actors are employing a previously undocumented "defense evasion tool" dubbed AuKill that's designed to disable endpoint detection and response EDR software by means of a Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver BYOVD attack. "The AuKill tool abuses an outdated version of the driver used by version...

Trigona Ransomware Targets Improperly Managed MS-SQL Servers

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Trigona ransomware is installed on vulnerable MS-SQL servers that are not properly managed, allowing attackers to execute malicious commands and encrypt files without distinguishing file extensions. To...

Actors, Threats and Vulnerabilities 6 February to 12 February 2023

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Hive Pro identified three active actors over the past week. The first, OilRig, is a well-known threat actor known for its information theft and espionage activities. The secon...