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Core Members of DoppelPaymer Ransomware Gang Targeted in Germany and Ukraine

By Ravie Lakshmanan — March 6th 2023 at 12:13
Law enforcement authorities from Germany and Ukraine have targeted suspected core members of a cybercrime group that has been behind large-scale attacks using DoppelPaymer ransomware. The operation, which took place on February 28, 2023, was carried out with support from the Dutch National Police (Politie) and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), according to Europol. This encompassed
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Bluebottle Cybercrime Group Preys on Financial Sector in French-Speaking African Nations

By Ravie Lakshmanan — January 5th 2023 at 12:34
A cybercrime group dubbed Bluebottle has been linked to a set of targeted attacks against the financial sector in Francophone countries located in Africa from at least July 2022 to September 2022. "The group makes extensive use of living-off-the-land, dual use tools, and commodity malware, with no custom malware deployed in this campaign," Symantec, a division of Broadcom Software, said in a
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Vice Society Ransomware Attackers Targeted Dozens of Schools in 2022

By Ravie Lakshmanan — December 7th 2022 at 14:34
The Vice Society cybercrime group has disproportionately targeted educational institutions, accounting for 33 victims in 2022 and surpassing other ransomware families like LockBit, BlackCat, BianLian, and Hive. Other prominent industry verticals targeted include healthcare, governments, manufacturing, retail, and legal services, according to an analysis of leak site data by Palo Alto Networks
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Researchers Warn of Cyber Criminals Using Go-based Aurora Stealer Malware

By Ravie Lakshmanan — November 22nd 2022 at 12:30
A nascent Go-based malware known as Aurora Stealer is being increasingly deployed as part of multiple campaigns designed to steal sensitive information from compromised hosts. "These infection chains leveraged phishing pages impersonating download pages of legitimate software, including cryptocurrency wallets or remote access tools, and the 911 method making use of YouTube videos and SEO-poised
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Vice Society Hackers Are Behind Several Ransomware Attacks Against Education Sector

By Ravie Lakshmanan — October 26th 2022 at 08:13
A cybercrime group known as Vice Society has been linked to multiple ransomware strains in its malicious campaigns aimed at the education, government, and retail sectors. The Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence team, which is tracking the threat cluster under the moniker DEV-0832, said the group avoids deploying ransomware in some cases and rather likely carries out extortion using
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Ransomware Attackers Abuse Genshin Impact Anti-Cheat System to Disable Antivirus

By Ravie Lakshmanan — September 5th 2022 at 12:26
A vulnerable anti-cheat driver for the Genshin Impact video game has been leveraged by a cybercrime actor to disable antivirus programs to facilitate the deployment of ransomware, according to findings from Trend Micro. The ransomware infection, which was triggered in the last week of July 2022, banked on the fact that the driver in question ("mhyprot2.sys") is signed with a valid certificate,
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