U.S. offers $10 million reward for leaders of REvil ransomware
The U.S. is offering up to $10 million for identifying or locating leaders in the REvil (Sodinokibi) ransomware operation, including $5 million leading to the arrest of affiliates. [...]
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Robinhood discloses data breach impacting 7 million customers
Stock trading platform Robinhood has disclosed a data breach after their systems were hacked and a threat actor gained access to the personal information of approximately 7 million customers. [...]
MediaMarkt hit by Hive ransomware, initial $240 million ransom
Electronics retail giant MediaMarkt has suffered a Hive ransomware with an initial ransom demand of $240 million, causing IT systems to shut down and store operations to be disrupted in Netherlands and Germany. [...]
Operation Cyclone deals blow to Clop ransomware operation
A thirty-month international law enforcement operation codenamed 'Operation Cyclone' targeted the Clop ransomware gang, leading to the previously reported arrests of six members in Ukraine. [...]
The Week in Ransomware - November 5th 2021 - Placing bounties
Law enforcement continues to keep up the pressure on ransomware operations with infrastructure hacks and million-dollar rewards, leading to the shut down of criminal operations. [...]
US targets DarkSide ransomware, rebrands with $10 million reward
The US government is targeting the DarkSide ransomware and its rebrands with up to a $10,000,000 reward for information leading to the identification or arrest of members of the operation. [...]
Alleged Twitter hacker charged with theft of $784K in crypto via SIM swaps
The US Department of Justice has indicted a suspected Twitter hacker known as 'PlugWalkJoe' for also stealing $784,000 worth of cryptocurrency using SIM swap attacks. [...]
BlackMatter ransomware moves victims to LockBit after shutdown
With the BlackMatter ransomware operation shutting down, existing affiliates are moving their victims to the competing LockBit ransomware site for continued extortion. [...]
US sanctions NSO Group and three others for spyware and exploit sales
The U.S. has sanctioned four companies located in Israel, Russia, and Singapore for the development of spyware or the sale of hacking tools used by state-sponsored hacking groups. [...]
BlackMatter ransomware claims to be shutting down due to police pressure
The BlackMatter ransomware is allegedly shutting down its operation due to pressure from the authorities and recent law enforcement operations. [...]
Facebook deletes 1 billion faceprints in Face Recognition shutdown
Facebook announced today that they will no longer use the Face Recognition system on their platform and will be deleting over 1 billion people's facial recognition profiles. [...]
Microsoft Defender for Windows is getting a massive overhaul
Microsoft Defender for Windows is getting a massive overhaul allowing home network admins to deploy Android, iOS, and Mac clients to monitor antivirus, phishing, compromised passwords, and identity theft alerts from a single security dashboard. [...]
The Week in Ransomware - October 29th 2021 - Making arrests
This week, international law enforcement operations went on the offensive, making arrests in numerous countries for ransomware-related activities. [...]
Emergency Google Chrome update fixes zero-days used in attacks
Google has released Chrome 95.0.4638.69 for Windows, Mac, and Linux to fix two zero-day vulnerabilities that attackers have actively exploited. [...]
All Windows versions impacted by new LPE zero-day vulnerability
A security researcher has disclosed technical details for a Windows zero-day privilege elevation vulnerability and a public proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit that gives SYSTEM privileges under certain conditions. [...]
NRA: No comment on Russian ransomware gang attack claims
The Grief ransomware gang claims to have attacked the National Rifle Association (NRA) and released allegedly stolen data as proof of the attack. [...]
Malicious NPM libraries install ransomware, password stealer
Malicious NPM packages pretending to be Roblox libraries are delivering ransomware and password-stealing trojans on unsuspecting users. [...]
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With The Ultimate 2021 Cyber Security Survival Training Bundle, you get full prep for five top certifications. The included content is worth a total of $495, but you can get it today for only $29.99. [...]
BlackMatter ransomware victims quietly helped using secret decryptor
Cybersecurity firm Emsisoft has been secretly decrypting BlackMatter ransomware victims since this summer, saving victims millions of dollars. [...]
Popular NPM library hijacked to install password-stealers, miners
Hackers hijacked the popular UA-Parser-JS NPM library, with millions of downloads a week, to infect Linux and Windows devices with cryptominers and password-stealing trojans in a supply-chain attack. [...]
The Week in Ransomware - October 22nd 2021 - Striking back
Between law enforcement operations, REvil's second shut down, and ransomware gangs' response to the hacking of their servers, it has been quite the week. [...]
Groove ransomware calls on all extortion gangs to attack US interests
The Groove ransomware gang is calling on other extortion groups to attack US interests after law enforcement took down REvil's infrastructure last week. [...]
Massive campaign uses YouTube to push password-stealing malware
Widespread malware campaigns are creating YouTube videos to distribute password-stealing trojans to unsuspecting viewers. [...]
Evil Corp demands $40 million in new Macaw ransomware attacks
Evil Corp has launched a new ransomware called Macaw Locker to evade US sanctions that prevent victims from making ransom payments. [...]
Brave ditches Google for its own privacy-centric search engine
Brave Browser has replaced Google with its own no-tracking privacy-centric Brave Search as the default search engine for new users in five regions. [...]
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