Ransomware operators constantly seek lucrative and feasible extortion opportunities, affecting a wide array of organizations across industries. One of the latest examples of successful breaches is the Vice Society gang’s attack against the Los Angeles Unified School District that happened over the Labor Day weekend. The attack caused widespread disruption, affecting several information management systems. […]
The method of a secure cryptographic key exchange was introduced by Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman in 1976. Cool thing about the public and private key pair is that the decryption key cannot be deciphered in any way from an encryption key. This feature is exactly what’s exploited by ransomware actors who encrypt data and […]
Researchers warn of a new ransomware family: a novel strain called Agenda sails in, targeting healthcare and education entities. Similar to another emerging piece written in Go language (aka Golang) dubbed BianLian, this cross-platform threat is gaining popularity with affiliates for its versatility and easy-to-tweak elements of the campaign, including encryption extension, personalized ransomware note […]
Malware stands for malicious software and denotes software that is designed to execute computer instructions that are destructive to a user’s system or in any other way hazardous for targeted individuals and enterprises. Rapid technology development has brought a proliferation of various kinds of malware. It can do a range of bad things, such as […]
A new ransomware package dubbed HavanaCrypt quickly catapulted into operation earlier this summer and has already caused a fair share of trouble. HavanaCrypt is a .NET-compiled malware that uses an open-source obfuscation tool dubbed Obfuscar to facilitate code security in a .NET assembly. The ransomware operators use Microsoft Web hosting service IP address as its […]
The Redeemer ransomware builder’s author put a new spin on the malware’s software, distributing its new version on cybercrime forums. Redeemer 2.0 ransomware version is written in C++ and is built to infect Windows OS hosts. The first version of Redeemer was released in the Summer of 2021, followed by its upgraded variant published last […]
According to SOC Prime’s Detection as Code Innovation Report covering the threat landscape of 2021-2022, the Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model is gaining a monopoly in the cyber threat arena, with the majority of ransomware affiliates involved in diverse RaaS campaigns. On August 11, 2022, CISA, in conjunction with the FBI, issued a joint cybersecurity advisory on […]
BlueSky ransomware represents a rapidly evolving malware family that involves sophisticated anti-analysis capabilities and constantly enhances its evasion techniques. BlueSky ransomware targets Windows hosts and relies on a multithreading technique for faster file encryption. Cybersecurity researchers attribute the revealed ransomware patterns to the adversary activity of the infamous Conti ransomware group, which has long been […]
High-profile ransomware attacks illustrate a growing trend in the cyber threat arena in 2021-2022, with the majority of ransomware affiliates engaged in various ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) programs. In May 2022, cybersecurity researchers noticed novel adversary campaigns deploying Cuba ransomware attributed to the malicious activity of a hacking group tracked as Tropical Scorpius. In these latest attacks, […]
On August 10, 2022, Cisco officially confirmed its corporate network hack by the Yanluowang ransomware group earlier this year. The tech giant claims that the breach was reported internally on May 24 and was further investigated by Cisco Security Incident Response (CSIRT) team. This Cisco’s security incident made the headlines after the Yanluowang threat actors […]