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It’s often assumed that only large businesses are a prime target for the most severe cyber-attacks due to their higher…
The Securonix Threat Research Team is actively investigating the details of the critical targeted Wastedlocker ransomware attacks that has reportedly already exploited more than 31 companies, with 8 of the victims being Fortune 500 companies. Here are the key details regarding the impact of the high-profile WastedLocker ransomware attacks/EviICorp malicious cyber threat actor(s)(MTA) involved: The WastedLocker ransomware is a relatively new malicious payload used by the high-profile EvilCorp MTA, which previously used the Dridex trojan to deploy BitPaymer ransomware in attacks targeting government organisations and enterprises in Europe and the United States. This MTA currently focuses on targeted °big game hunting” (BGH) ransomware attacks with multiple industry victims in recent months, with Garmin as one of the latest high-profile victims attacked (officially confirmed by Garmin on July…
The DoppelPaymer gang deployed a ransomware attack against ventilator manufacturer Boyce Technologies amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The FDA-approved Coronavirus ventilator manufacturer Boyce Technologies has been targeted by…
Ransomware cyberattacks are everywhere in the news, and they seem to be getting bigger. Take the attack in February that…
The Evil Corp gang hacked into dozens of US newspaper websites owned by the same company to infect the employees of over…
According to Kaspersky ICS CERT data, a number of industrial companies are currently experiencing targeted attacks involving the Snake encryption…
Activity logs on a server used by the TrickBot trojan in post-compromise stages of an attack show that the actor…
Conduent, a $4.4 billion by revenue (2019) IT services giant, has admitted that a ransomware attack hit its European operations — but…
The operators of the REvil ransomware have launched a new auction site used to sell victim’s stolen data to the highest bidder. REvil,…
