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DECEMBER 19, 2023

Ransomware Group Declares Nothing Off Limits Outside of CIS Countries The BlackCat ransomware as service operation's putative "unseizing" of its leak site from the FBI is a stunt made possible by way the dark web handles address resolution, security researchers said Monday.

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JANUARY 12, 2024

Crypto-Malware Trackers Report a Surge in Known Ransomware Victims at End of 2023 Ransomware-wielding attackers show no signs of stopping, and experts report December 2023 was the second-worst month on record for known victims.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Emergency Services Are Suspended as Digital Systems Are Pulled Offline Ransomware operators disrupted emergency healthcare services over the weekend, crippling operations in nearly two dozen hospitals in Romania and France. Ransomware attacks increase the in-hospital mortality rate for already-admitted patients, a recent study concluded.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

US Agency Advisory Sheds Light on the Group's Activities The Snatch ransomware group is targeting a wide range of critical infrastructure sectors, including the defense industrial base, food and agriculture, and information technology sectors, according to a new alert issued by U.S. The group operates on a ransomware-as-a-service model.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2024

During the last three months of 2023, an average of 29% of organizations hit by ransomware paid a ransom - a notable shift from what ransomware watchers saw in recent years.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Ongoing Innovation and Sophistication Drive Unparalleled Profits Attackers wielding ransomware collectively earned over $1 billion last year - breaking previous records.

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

Prolific Ransomware Operation Tied to Big Hits Claims 'Everything Will Work Soon' Cybercrime underground chatter suggests ransomware group BlackCat - aka Alphv - is being disrupted by law enforcement.

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MARCH 15, 2024

Don't Let the Quest for Data Lead You to Amplify What Criminals Might Be Claiming For the love of humanity, please stop playing into ransomware groups' hands by treating their data leak blogs as reliable sources of information and then using them to build lists of who's amassed the most victims.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The LockBit Ransomware Operation May Have Exploited Citrix Bleed A ransomware attack affecting the New York financial services subsidiary of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China resulted in disruptions to the U.S. Close observers of the criminal underground say ransomware-as-a-service group LockBit is responsible.

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MARCH 18, 2024

The Python Library Flaw Allows Directory Traversal Attacks Hackers who are possibly members of a criminal group affiliated with numerous ransomware-as-a-service operations are exploiting a directory traversal vulnerability in a Python library that allows unauthenticated remote attackers access to sensitive information from server files.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) disclosed today that it infiltrated the world’s second most prolific ransomware gang, a Russia-based criminal group known as ALPHV and BlackCat. BlackCat formed by recruiting operators from several competing or disbanded ransomware organizations — including REvil , BlackMatter and DarkSide.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

5 Suspects Arrested; Group Tied to Ransomware Attacks Against 1,800 Victims Police have arrested a group of criminals in Ukraine, including their alleged ringleader, who they suspect launched ransomware attacks against organizations across 71 countries, amassing at least 1,800 victims, from which they demanded ransoms collectively worth hundreds of (..)

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

Oxygen of Publicity' Helps Intimidate Victims and Recruit Affiliates, Experts Warn Seeking to maximize profits no matter the cost, ransomware groups have been bolstering their technical prowess and psychological shakedowns with a fresh strategy: attempting to control the narrative.

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JANUARY 30, 2024

Manufacturer Confirms Systems Down, Data on Energy Consumption, Emission Accessed Schneider Electric confirmed a ransomware attack has locked up corporate systems of its Schneider Electric Sustainability Business division and accessed data. The company said it plans to resume operations in two business days after remediation is complete.

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APRIL 18, 2024

Experts See Groups Shoot Themselves in the Foot by Yet Again Swindling Affiliates Here's ransomware news to celebrate: The number of victims who opt to pay a ransom has dropped to a record low.

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JANUARY 22, 2024

million customers when they breached its systems earlier this month as part of a ransomware attack. Customers 'Sensitive Personal Information' Stolen, Large Mortgage Lender Reports Non-bank mortgage lending giant LoanDepot says hackers stole "sensitive personal information" pertaining to 16.6

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JANUARY 24, 2024

report that they recently fell victim to ransomware attacks. Ransomware trackers say known attacks, affecting all sectors, have been surging. US and UK Water Giants Report Network Breaches and Data Leaks, But No Encryption Two major water providers in the U.S.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

authorities have seized the darknet websites run by LockBit , a prolific and destructive ransomware group that has claimed more than 2,000 victims worldwide and extorted over $120 million in payments. “I don’t think this is an accident—this is how ransomware groups talk to each other,” Stockley said.

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OCTOBER 26, 2023

Ransomware Groups Listed 514 Victims in Total on Their Data Leak Sites Last Month The volume of known ransomware attacks surged last month to record-breaking levels, with groups collectively listing 514 victims on their data-leak sites, security researchers report.

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MARCH 7, 2024

Investment fraud and business email compromise losses dominated, and ransomware attacks spared almost no critical infrastructure sector.

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JANUARY 15, 2024

Report to State Regulators Indicates Big Jump in Number of Patients Affected A Mississippi health system is notifying nearly 253,000 individuals that their data was potentially compromised in a "malicious and sophisticated ransomware" attack last August that also took IT systems offline.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Even if Group Reboots, Disruption Already Stands as a Success, Experts Say Blue Monday arrived late this year for the LockBit ransomware-as-a-service group, after an international coalition of law enforcement agencies seized swathes of its infrastructure.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Also, New Malware Targets New Bitwarden Users This week: Johnson Controls suffers a ransomware attack, the Philippine state health insurance program struggles to recover from a ransomware and Air Canada reports a cyberattack. Also: an APT group uses the American Red Cross as bait and new malware targets would-be users of Bitwarden.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

After Operation Cronos, LockBit Leader LockBitSupp's Vows to Continue Hacking Russian-speaking ransomware operation LockBit reestablished a dark web leak site Saturday afternoon, posting a lengthy screed apparently authored by its leader, who vowed not to retreat from the criminal underground world. The FBI had no comment.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Researchers See Waning Mystique, Use of Ghost Groups, Breach Tricks, Trauma of War While overall ransomware profits might remain high, many of the remaining or rebooted top-tier groups are "really struggling" with scarce talent, trauma from the Russia-Ukraine war and repeated disruptions by law enforcement, say researchers from threat intelligence (..)

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MARCH 5, 2024

Affiliate Claims Administrators Kept All $22 Million Paid by Change Healthcare The administrators of the BlackCat ransomware-as-a-service group claim law enforcement has shut down their operation.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Today, we examine what happens when ransomware groups get careless, application developers' laissez-faire attitude toward vulnerabilities, and the security woes of a beleaguered crypto exchange.

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OCTOBER 13, 2023

Researcher Published Proof-of-Concept Exploit Code 1 Day After Vendor Issued Patch Ransomware-wielding attackers are targeting unpatched versions of FTP software that is widely used by large enterprises, including government and educational organizations.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Patient Care Still Disrupted and IT Network, EHR System Down Until Mid-December A shared IT services provider and its five Ontario member hospitals say their recovery from a Daixin Team ransomware attack in October could last into December as the group rebuilds its IT network.

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DECEMBER 15, 2023

Also: Fraud Trends; Cryptocurrency Regulatory Developments In the latest weekly update, editors at ISMG discuss whether police have seized ransomware group Alphv/BlackCat's data leak site, how fraudsters are adapting their tactics and techniques to exploit advancements in technology, and which cryptocurrency stories shaped the industry this year.

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MARCH 16, 2023

Microsoft Patches Another SmartScreen Signature-Based Vulnerability A financial motivated hacking group has been exploiting a now-patched zero-day vulnerability in the Windows operating system to deliver ransomware. Google Threat Analysis Group attributed the campaign to Magniber ransomware group.

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AUGUST 22, 2023

More Ransomware Groups Targeting Linux Systems A ransomware campaign by the recently emerged Monti ransomware group is targeting victims with a new Linux variant of its malware. The threat group is the latest in a growing number of ransomware groups finding profit in going after Linux infrastructure.

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APRIL 18, 2024

Christopher Budd on the Rise of Junk Gun Ransomware Variants Since June 2023, 19 junk gun ransomware variants have been discovered on the dark web.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2024

LockBit Leader Vows to Continue Hacking Russian-speaking ransomware operation LockBit reestablished a dark web leak site Saturday afternoon, posting a lengthy screed apparently authored by its leader, who vowed not to retreat from the criminal underground world. The FBI had no comment.

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OCTOBER 30, 2023

Patch or Perish: Researchers See Mass Exploits of NetScaler ADC and Gateway Devices Ransomware-wielding groups are among the attackers exploiting vulnerabilities in NetScaler devices to bypass authentication and gain initial access to victims' networks.

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