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Ransomware is one of the most common cyber threats that attack both companies and private users. It works by encrypting your files, making them available to access unless you have the key. The only way to get the key and have control over your files again is to pay the attackers a certain amount of […]
An emergency security update has been released recently by the Apache Software Foundation to fix a 0-day vulnerability in the popular Log4j logging library. This 0-day vulnerability in Log4j was exploited by the threat actors to deploy ransomware. The Log4j is a Java library that is widely used in business systems and web applications. The […]
Seven users were recently being suspected of using ransomware services on the Internet were arrested, and out of that seven users, five detainees are assumed of having links with the REvil group. However, among the five detainees, one is a Ukrainian imposed by the United States with ransomware attacks that include the Kaseya attacks which […]
A ransomware gang has been arrested recently in Ukraine, the gang has two members and both of them were arrested. This was a joint international law enforcement operation that was conducted by several law enforcement agencies with the coordination of Europol. The threat actors were arrested on September 28, in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital. And after […]
Sophos researchers has uncovered an unusually clever ransomware gang, that is named as “Cring Ransomware” that Exploits Ancient ColdFusion Server. Here, the operators of the Cring ransomware have abused an unpatched, 11-year-old Adobe bug, and take over the ColdFusion 9 running on Windows Server 2008 remotely. Adobe ColdFusion is a commercial rapid web-application development computing […]
The Microsoft exchange servers were hacked by a very new ransomware gang that is known as LockFile. According to the cyber security expert, this ransomware gang has appeared in July 2021. However, the main motive of this ransomware is to encrypt Windows domains soon after hacking into Microsoft Exchange servers, and this they do with […]
The security analysts at Abnormal Security classified and blocked a number of uncertain emails recently that were sent to the customers of Abnormal Security security firm. They detected that all the blocked emails were asking the customers of Abnormal Security to become a coordinator of an insider threat or ransomware scheme. Here, the primary goal […]
Researchers uncovered a new ransomware strain “Diavol” that has possibly been linked with the most wanted infamous TrickBot hackers group. TrickBot made it’s name as one of the top banking Trojans in the wild and attacked a wide variety of international banks and other organizations using malicious web injects. At current cybersecurity trends, Ransomware is […]
Security researchers from the threat hunting and intelligence company Group-IB have revealed that in 2020, at least two espionage groups from China targeted the Russian Federal authorities. Chinese espionage groups are notorious for global cyber-attacks that target state agencies, research institutes, military contractors, and other agencies and institutions with espionage in mind. According to Group-IB, […]
REvil is one of the well-known Ransomware Gangs from Russia which is popular for its earlier and recent ransomware attacks. Apart from this, the REvil ransomware gang mainly targets political figures and big tech companies. However, all the websites that were associated with the REvil ransomware group have currently disappeared from the Internet. According to […]
Recently a cyberattack hit the American MSP provider Kaseya, and the experts have claimed that this attack is one of the largest in the history of ransomware attacks. The attackers behind this incident, which affected hundreds of companies using Kaseya software, is the ransomware group “REvil.” And not only that even to provide a universal […]
Recently, an Indian IT company that is specialized in the Banking and Financial Services sector, Nucleus Software has suffered a security breach on May 30, 2021, as reported by the cybersecurity experts at Cyble. However, Nucleus Software has already reported the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange of India (NSEI) about this […]
Recently, cybersecurity experts have claimed that the operators of Ryuk Ransomware are targeting severe infrastructures to extort high ransom from their victims. In 2018, the Ryuk ransomware was spotted for the first time, and the security researchers claim that the Ryuk procured and developed by its operators from the Hermes ransomware’s source code. As last […]
Epsilon Red is a set of distinctive PowerShell scripts, that were being developed for making encryption. During an investigation of an unnamed attack that happened on a U.S. company in the hospitality sector, the security analysts of Sophos have detected a new malware. According, to the security experts, the threat actors of this new ransomware […]
In the last decade, cybercrime has become more sophisticated. Most individuals are not very keen on cybercrime and assume only corporates and businesses are targets. Ransomware is a prevalent form of malware or malicious software used by criminals. Most people ask, what is WannaCry? Ransomware is a form of malware that encrypts your sensitive data, […]
The insurance company, CNA Financial Corp., has been recently cyberattacked using a new variant of the “Phoenix CryptoLocker” Ransomware. According to the reports, on March 21, 2021, the threat actors stationed a ransomware program on the IT network of CNA, and encrypted 15,000 devices. However, to restore and regain all the controls of the hijacked […]
Android is the primary operating system that is currently being used all over the world. As such, it has become one of the biggest targets for hackers. As many antivirus companies continue to work diligently to develop features that can safeguard your data, the question that arises among many android users is, does Avast free […]
Nowadays ransomware attacks are increasing rapidly, and the threat actors are demanding huge ransom in return. As cybercriminals are making their moves advanced by specializing in ransomware attacks and the newly uncovered attacks are demand ransom from the victim’s customers. The ransomware attackers are using double extorsion methods to deploy the victim’s data that is […]
Recently, the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) along with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has detected ongoing attacks of the “Avaddaon ransomware,” that is targeting the organizations in a variety of sectors. The cybersecurity researchers at ACSC have claimed in their report that this Avaddon ransomware campaign is continuously targeting the organizations globally in […]
The largest gasoline company in the US, Colonial Pipeline was recently attacked by ransomware, and this attack has caused the company to shut down all its operations. Colonial Pipeline produces half of the gasoline and diesel on the East Coast of the US. On the 7th of May, the Colonial Pipeline learned that they have […]
The importance of accessibility and protection of personal information can never be overstated especially when it comes to online dealings. This is because of the sensitive nature of such information which could prove extremely detrimental in cases where it falls into the wrong hands. One of the major instruments that facilitate such fraudulent access and […]