Ransomware-as-a-service

Malware

Mar 04, 2024

Phobos Ransomware Aggressively Targeting U.S. Critical Infrastructure

U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have warned of Phobos ransomware attacks targeting government and critical infrastructure entities, outlining the various tactics and techniques the threat actors have adopted to deploy the file-encrypting malware. “Structured as a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) model, Phobos ransomware actors have targeted entities including municipal and county governments, emergency services, education, public healthcare, […]

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Malware

Aug 02, 2023

Iranian Company Cloudzy Accused of Aiding Cybercriminals and Nation-State Hackers

Services offered by an obscure Iranian company known as Cloudzy are being leveraged by multiple threat actors, including cybercrime groups and nation-state crews. “Although Cloudzy is incorporated in the United States, it almost certainly operates out of Tehran, Iran – in possible violation of U.S. sanctions – under the direction of someone going by the […]

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Malware

Nov 18, 2022

Hive Ransomware Attackers Extorted $100 Million from Over 1,300 Companies Worldwide

The threat actors behind the Hive ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) scheme have launched attacks against over 1,300 companies across the world, netting the gang $100 million in illicit payments as of November 2022. “Hive ransomware has targeted a wide range of businesses and critical infrastructure sectors, including government facilities, communications, critical manufacturing, information technology, and — especially […]

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Malware

Oct 25, 2022

Hive Ransomware Hackers Begin Leaking Data Stolen from Tata Power Energy Company

The Hive ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group has claimed responsibility for a cyber attack against Tata Power that was disclosed by the company less than two weeks ago. The incident is said to have occurred on October 3, 2022. The threat actor has also been observed leaking stolen data exfiltrated prior to encrypting the network as part […]

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Malware

Jul 06, 2022

Hive Ransomware Upgrades to Rust for More Sophisticated Encryption Method

The operators of the Hive ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) scheme have overhauled their file-encrypting software to fully migrate to Rust and adopt a more sophisticated encryption method. “With its latest variant carrying several major upgrades, Hive also proves it’s one of the fastest evolving ransomware families, exemplifying the continuously changing ransomware ecosystem,” Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) […]

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Malware

Nov 13, 2019

Ransomware as-a-service available 24X7; new Black Friday deal

Digital forensics specialists report the emergence of Buran, a new scheme for any user to acquire everything necessary to deploy a ransomware attack (a practice known as ransomware-as-a-service). According to the reports, this ransomware is able to exploit known vulnerabilities on devices with Windows operating system, and it is even possible to find it for […]

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Hacked

Feb 19, 2018

Free Saturn “Ransomware-as-a-Service” Allows Anyone To Become A Notorious Hacker

Last week, MalwareHunterTeam spotted a new ransomware named Saturn. As per a detailed report from Bleeping Computer, Saturn ransomware is being actively distributed at the moment, but the methods used for its distribution are unknown. Also, this ransomware is not decryptable at the moment. After infecting the machine, Saturn ransomware executes commands to disable Windows […]

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Ransomware

Feb 18, 2018

Ransomware-as-a-Service – Now Anyone can Download Free Ransomware that is Available on Dark Web

Researchers discovered a new Ransomware as a service threat available in the Dark web with free of cost without any registration. Instead of distributing the Malware and infect the computer, Malware authors are earning money by selling their malware via Ransomware as a service cybercrime business model. In this case usually, ransomware developer host their […]

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