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Hacker attack Arran Brewery using ransomware and lock down their computer system and demand ransom in bitcoin to unlock their system. It was one of the targeted attacks against Arran Brewery via email that contains attached ransom payload in order to demand the ransom. Arran Brewery, based on the Isle of Arran – a Scottish […]
A Romanian Woman Eveline Cismaru. 28, pled guilty to federal charges for illegally gaining access to more than 126 computers that connected to Surveillance cameras installed and used by Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and infected them with ransomware. She pled guilty before the Honorable Dabney L. Friedrich to one count of conspiracy to commit wire […]
A new breed of cyberattacks- ransomware, fileless attacks and cold boot- have been impacting enterprise networks worldwide and proving to be a real headache to many. The ransomware menace The ransomware, which has been here for quite some time, became sort of a household name, with even non-techies getting to know as to what it […]
Researchers discovered new Virobot Ransomware that distributed along with botnet futures mainly focusing on victims based on the United States. Attackers using spam email botnet to delivery the ransomware into more number of victims and this ransomware doesn’t have a previous Ransomware family. Cybercriminals always finding new innovative techniques to compromise victims by developing sophisticated threats. Initially, […]
Researchers at Palo Alto Networks have found a new malware called Xbash which is a lethal cocktail of botnet, ransomware and cryptocurrency mining software combined in a single worm. Xbash targets servers running on Linux or Windows and prey on systems that are protected by weak passwords or devices running with unpatched known vulnerabilities. This new malware behaves […]
Xbash is an “all in one” malware. Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 researchers have come to the conclusion that the notorious Xbash malware that has been attacking Linux and Windows servers is being operated by the Iron Group which is an infamous hacker collective previously involved in a number of cyber crimes involving the use […]
Airport officials refused to pay the ransom and opted to manual re-establishment of all affected systems The flight information screens at Bristol Airport (UK) suffered a blackout last weekend. According to specialists in ethical hacking, airport officials blamed the incident on a ransomware infection that affected computer systems running the airport TV screens showing arrivals and departures […]
Ransomware attack at the Bristol Airport in UK takes the flight display screens offline. The computers running the flight information display screen’s are affected. The incident likely took place on Friday morning which affected all the flight information display screen and the Airport staffs using Whiteboard to provide flight details. reports BBC. Bristol Airport says […]
Newly spreading PyLocky Ransomware widely targeting and attack various organization by evading the security solutions using its sophisticated attack functionality and its activities keep increasing since the last August. PyLocky mainly targeting European countries, particularly France, Germany and it trying to compromise the business units to demand the ransom amount. PyLocky ransomware written in python […]
When it comes to cybersecurity then no any business would be able to ignore it! In fact, if we consider the reports of Verizon Data Breach Investigation then we would be able to see that 60% of the cyber attacks target SMBs, mostly because they are comparatively somewhat easy targets. But, don’t be passive at […]
North Korean Government sponsored APT “Lazarus Group,” member Park Jin Hyok charged for conspiracy to various most destructive Wannacry and Sony Cyber Attack. Lazarus Group conspiracy attacks conducted against various sectors such as entertainment, financial services, defense, technology, and virtual currency industries, academia, and electric utilities. Their activities including the development of various malware that […]
It is no secret that the US government has always suspected and even accused North Korea was carrying out ransomware attacks using the destructive WannaCry ransomware and for hacking Sony Pictures. But it merely has remained a suspicion so far. However, now the US authorities have found solid evidence of the involvement of North Korean […]
Troldesh Ransomware emerges again and spreads all over the world. The crypto-ransomware variant was created in Russia, the previous variant of the ransomware encrypts the files and appends “.xtbl” extension whereas the new variant adds “.no_more_ransom” extension. Quick heal labs observed the ransomware is distributed by threat actors through RDP Brute-force Attack, Spam and phishing […]
A new ransomware that encrypts only EXE files present in your computer including the ones presented in the windows folder, which typically other ransomware won’t do to ensure the operating system function correctly. It was first tweeted by MalwareHunterTeam and it has the title as Barack Obama’s Everlasting Blue Blackmail Virus Ransomware, according to its […]
Mimecast, a data security firm recently announced the result of their quarterly Email Security Risk Assessment report revealing an 80% increase of phishing, through the use of impersonation activities. In a year after the devastation of the WannaCry ransomware and the wider spread of cryptojacking malware, cybercriminals are still depending on high-level social engineering attacks. […]
More information has been revealed recently from the Cosmos Bank hacking incident which happened a few weeks ago. As a 112-year old banking institution, Cosmos Bank holds a high regard in the Indian Banking Industry for its security and length of service. However, that doesn’t stop cybercriminals in penetrating the IT infrastructure of Cosmos Bank […]
A new ransomware distributed by attackers posing as a Windows Activator appearing to be distributed through external network drives. The ransomware found to be active from August 7th and spreading since then. Researchers from 360totalsecurity spotted the ransomware contains hidden configuration function and the information used for encryption. Once the ransomware execution started it executes […]
A new Email campaign spotted by Trustwave spreading HERMES Ransomware through password protected word document to encrypt the system files and lock the victim’s computer. Hermes Ransomware distributed in wild nowadays with newly updated features and targets various countries. The attachment named “Invoice.doc” contains the password protected macro if the user has security setting is […]
Newly spreading Ryuk Ransomware campaign targeting various enterprise network around the globe and encrypting various data in storage, personal computers, and data center. The attacker made over $640,000 from various victims by demanding 15 BTC to 50 BTC in order to retrieve their files and some of the organization from the U.S and other countries are […]
Newly emerging KeyPass ransomware actively spreading around the world to encrypt the targetted system files and demand the ransom to the victims. When compared to last year, currently ransomware outbreaks are very less, however, new ransomware attacks are kept increasing and the malware authors always trying to find the new method into infiltrate system to make a […]
A new Android malware that contains the functionalities of Banking Trojan, call forwarding, audio recording, keylogging and Ransomware Activities. The malware targeted the popular banking apps such as HFC, ICICI, SBI, Axis Bank and other E-Wallets. The malware operator needs more user interaction to be a successful attack, it continues to force the users in […]