ShadowSyndicate: A New Cybercrime Group Linked to 7 Ransomware Families

Cybersecurity experts have shed light on a new cybercrime group known as ShadowSyndicate formerly Infra Storm that may have leveraged as many as seven different ransomware families over the past year. "ShadowSyndicate is a threat actor that works with various ransomware groups and affiliates of...

Warning issued over increased activity of TrueBot malware

In a joint advisory, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center MS-ISAC, and the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security CCCS have warned about newly identified TrueBot malware variants use...

Cybersecurity Agencies Sound Alarm on Rising TrueBot Malware Attacks

Cybersecurity agencies have warned about the emergence of new variants of the TrueBot malware. This enhanced threat is now targeting companies in the U.S. and Canada with the intention of extracting confidential data from infiltrated systems. These sophisticated attacks exploit a critical...

Cybersecurity Agencies Sound Alarm on Rising TrueBot Malware Attacks

Cybersecurity agencies have warned about the emergence of new variants of the TrueBot malware. This enhanced threat is now targeting companies in the U.S. and Canada with the intention of extracting confidential data from infiltrated systems. These sophisticated attacks exploit a critical...

Increased Truebot Activity Infects U.S. and Canada Based Networks

SUMMARY The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center MS-ISAC, and the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security CCCS are releasing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA in response to cyber...

CISA and Partners Release Joint Cybersecurity Advisory on Newly Identified Truebot Malware Variants

Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, Federal Bureau of Investigations FBI, the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center MS-ISAC, and the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security CCCS released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA, Increased Truebot Activity Infects...

Alarming Surge in TrueBot Activity Revealed with New Delivery Vectors

A surge in TrueBot activity was observed in May 2023, cybersecurity researchers disclosed. "TrueBot is a downloader trojan botnet that uses command and control servers to collect information on compromised systems and uses that compromised system as a launching point for further attacks," VMware'...

Alarming Surge in TrueBot Activity Revealed with New Delivery Vectors

A surge in TrueBot activity was observed in May 2023, cybersecurity researchers disclosed. "TrueBot is a downloader trojan botnet that uses command and control servers to collect information on compromised systems and uses that compromised system as a launching point for further attacks," VMware'...

Bl00dy Ransomware Gang Strikes Education Sector with Critical PaperCut Vulnerability

U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have warned of attacks carried out by a threat actor known as the Bl00dy Ransomware Gang that attempt to exploit vulnerable PaperCut servers against the education facilities sector in the country. The attacks took place in early May 2023, the Federal...

Microsoft Confirms PaperCut Servers Used to Deliver LockBit and Cl0p Ransomware

Microsoft has confirmed that the active exploitation of PaperCut servers is linked to attacks that are designed to deliver Cl0p and LockBit ransomware families. The tech giant's threat intelligence team is attributing a subset of the intrusions to a financially motivated actor it tracks under the...

Microsoft Confirms PaperCut Servers Used to Deliver LockBit and Cl0p Ransomware

Microsoft has confirmed that the active exploitation of PaperCut servers is linked to attacks that are designed to deliver Cl0p and LockBit ransomware families. The tech giant's threat intelligence team is attributing a subset of the intrusions to a financially motivated actor it tracks under the...

Russian Hackers Suspected in Ongoing Exploitation of Unpatched PaperCut Servers

Print management software provider PaperCut said that it has "evidence to suggest that unpatched servers are being exploited in the wild," citing two vulnerability reports from cybersecurity company Trend Micro. "PaperCut has conducted analysis on all customer reports, and the earliest signature ...

CISA Warns of Active Attacks Exploiting Fortra MFT, TerraMaster NAS, and Intel Driver Flaws

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA on Friday added three flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities KEV catalog, citing evidence of active abuse in the wild. Included among the three is CVE-2022-24990, a bug affecting TerraMaster network-attached storage TNAS devices...

Silence is golden partner for Truebot and Clop ransomware

A recent rise in the number of Truebot infections has been attributed to a threat actor known as the Silence Group. The Silence Group is an initial access broker IAB that frequently changes tools and tactics to stay on top of the game. An IAB's primary task is to find a weakness or vulnerability,...

Truebot exploits vulnerability in Netwrix to deploy Clop Ransomware

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary In 2017, Truebot was discovered to be linked to the Silence group and has affected more than 1,500 systems worldwide with shellcode, Cobalt Strike beacons, Grace malware, the Teleport tool, and Clop...

New TrueBot Malware Variant Leveraging Netwrix Auditor Bug and Raspberry Robin Worm

Cybersecurity researchers have reported an increase in TrueBot infections, primarily targeting Mexico, Brazil, Pakistan, and the U.S. Cisco Talos said the attackers behind the operation have moved from using malicious emails to alternative delivery methods such as the exploitation of a now-patche...

Breaking the silence - Recent Truebot activity

Since August 2022, we have seen an increase in infections of Truebot aka Silence.Downloader malware. Truebot was first identified in 2017 and researchers have linked it to a threat actor called Silence Group that is responsible for several high-impact attacks on financial institutions in several...

Raspberry Robin Operators Selling Cybercriminals Access to Thousands of Endpoints

The Raspberry Robin worm is becoming an access-as-a-service malware for deploying other payloads, including IcedID, Bumblebee, TrueBot aka Silence, and Clop ransomware. It is "part of a complex and interconnected malware ecosystem, with links to other malware families and alternate infection...

Russian Hacking Group Targeting Banks Worldwide With Evolving Tactics

Silence APT , a Russian-speaking cybercriminal group, known for targeting financial organizations primarily in former Soviet states and neighboring countries is now aggressively targeting banks in more than 30 countries across America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. Active since at least September 201...