LockBit group returns, introducing a new strain of their ransomware, LockBit 3.0. Adversaries dubbed their latest release LockBit Black, enhancing it with new extortion tactics and introducing an option to pay in Zcash, adding to existing Bitcoin and Monero crypto payment options. This time, LockBit hackers are making the headlines by kicking off the first […]
A rather peculiar type of malware has recently hit the headlines. The new strain is dubbed GoodWill ransomware, and its novelty lies in the nature of the demands that victims have to fulfill to get the decryption key. The ransomware operators, claiming that they are “hungry for kindness”, expect their targets to support those in […]
New ransomware variant follows in the footsteps of the GonnaCope ransomware, the first strain in the family of CMD-based ransomware that first surfaced in April 2022. Other similar samples that were uploaded to VirusTotal in May 2022 are known as Kekpop and Kekware. The rising player is dubbed YourCyanide and presumably has all it takes […]
QBot, aka Qakbot, has been around since 2007, while its companion, a threat actor group tagged Black Basta, first surfaced just a few months ago – in April 2022. According to the latest insights into a partnership between Qakbot and Black Basta, the latter uses this modular information stealer to travel through the compromised system […]
In December 2019, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the Russia-linked cybercriminal gang tracked as Evil Corp (aka Dridex, INDRIK SPIDER) that stood behind the deployment and distribution of the notorious Dridex malware targeting banks and financial institutions for nearly a decade. In an attempt to evade sanctions, threat actors […]
Chaos graphical user interface (GUI) builder has been on the market for less than a year, allowing adversaries to craft new ransomware strains. A new ransomware variant dubbed Yashma is its 6th version, available from May 2022. Yashma is the most refined version of this GUI ransomware builder that is known for its flexibility and […]
Iranian state-backed adversaries are accelerating their pace by leveraging different attack vectors and targeting multiple industries across the world. Hot on the heels of the spear-phishing campaign launched by the infamous APT34 group spreading a new Saitama backdoor, another Iran-linked hacking collective hits the headlines performing ransomware attacks against U.S. companies. The Iranian nation-backed COBALT […]
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) released a joint cybersecurity advisory in regards to the activities of the BlackByte Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) gang. BlackByte ransomware has been used against the businesses located in the USA as the primary targets. The greatest costs fall heavily on the critical infrastructure sectors such […]
LockBit operators are accelerating rapidly. The gang has been on cybersecurity professionals’ radar since 2019, revamping with the launch of a LockBit ransomware version 2.0 in June 2021. On February 07, 2022, The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) released IOCs, warning about LockBit 2.0 ransomware attacks. The current data suggest that the novel campaign is […]
Ransomware actors attempt to stay at the forefront of the malicious trends in their strive for bigger profits. Recently, security researchers spotted a new threat actor leveraging a critical vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence (CVE-2021-26084) to proceed with ransomware infections. Dubbed Atom Silo, the gang relies on CVE-2021-26084 alongside several novel evasion techniques to fly under […]