Experts warn about an unusual approach to infect targets with BazarLoader — a notorious strain frequently used to deliver ransomware. The hacker collective, dubbed BazarCall, abuses call center functionality to trick victims into downloading the malicious payload. The campaign has been active since at least February 2021, continuously adding new tricks to increase its notoriety. […]
The cybersecurity community is facing a crisis caused by the escalating threat of high-profile ransomware attacks. Advancing the trend of 2020, ransomware continues to be the number one problem in 2021, with the increasing sophistication of intrusions and a constantly growing number of malicious affiliates. Big enterprises remain to be the primary target. Yet, the […]
The REvil gang stands behind the avalanche of attacks targeting major companies across the US, Europe, Africa, and South America. In March 2021, ransomware operators claimed almost a dozen of intrusions that resulted in sensitive data compromise. The list of victims includes law firms, construction companies, international banks, and manufacturing vendors. As per news reports, […]
Starting from December 2020, a new version of Zeoticus ransomware has been actively targeting users in the wild. Zeoticus 2.0 comes with better performance and enhanced offline capabilities, posing a bigger threat to businesses worldwide. What is Zeoticus Ransomware? Zeoticus is a relatively new malware sample that appeared in the cyber threat arena in December […]
Quasar remote administration tool (RAT) is a multi-functional and light-weight malware actively used by APT actors since 2014. Quasar’s code is publicly available as an open-source project, which makes the Trojan extremely popular among adversaries due to its broad customization options. As a result, a variety of samples exist inside the Quasar malware family. Many […]
Introduction On August 2020 a new type of malware, belonging to the Ransomware category, appeared in the cyber threat landscape. Threat actor responsible for its development called it “DarkSide” and, like others piece of malware of this type, is operated in Big Game Hunting (BGH) campaigns. Around more or less the same time, a DLS […]
Security researchers have spotted an ongoing Confucius APT campaign that leverages Warzone RAT malware to compromise its targets. The campaign is presumably aimed at the governmental sector of China and other South Asia countries. Warzone RAT Description Warzone remote access Trojan (RAT), a prolific successor of AveMaria stealer, first emerged in 2018 as a malware-as-a-service […]
DoppelPaymer ransomware is gaining momentum as a leading threat to critical infrastructure assets. According to the FBI warning released in December 2020, DoppelPaymer has targeted multiple organizations in healthcare, educational, governmental and other sectors. The attack routine is highly sophisticated and aggressive, allowing its operators to extort six- and seven-digit ransoms from their victims. Notably, […]
Companies worldwide are reported to have failed victims of the recent ransomware attack by Mount Locker. The new ongoing ransomware attack targets corporate networks and demands millions of dollars ransom payment is Bitcoins, and the hackers utter threats to reveal the encrypted data publicly if the victims refuse to pay ransom. Mount Locker ransomware activity […]
Today, we want to draw your attention to another ransomware targeting at Italian-speaking users. First spotted by the researchers back in 2013, FTCode is PowerShell based ransomware that is distributed via spam. In the recent attacks, the FTCode ransomware was delivered to the victim machines with an email containing an attachment pretending to be an […]