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Conti Ransomware Group Diaries, Part IV: Cryptocrime

March 7, 2022 admin A Little Sunshine, athens university school of information sciences and technolog, begemot, bloodrush, chainalysis, conti ransomware, ddos, demon, ghost, Gizmodo, jeffrey ladish, mango, matt novak, Ne'er-Do-Well News, pump-and-dump, ransomware, squid, stern, van

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2022 01:38:36 +0000

Three stories here last week pored over several years’ worth of internal chat records stolen from the Conti ransomware group, the most profitable ransomware gang in operation today. The candid messages revealed how Conti evaded law enforcement and intelligence agencies, what it was like on a typical day at the Conti office, and how Conti secured the digital weaponry used in their attacks. This final post on the Conti conversations explores different schemes that Conti pursued to invest in and steal cryptocurrencies.

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Conti Ransomware Group Diaries, Part II: The Office

March 2, 2022 admin A Little Sunshine, bentley, Bleeping Computer, conti, emotet, hof, Lawrence Abrams, mango, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Palo Alto Networks, ransomware, reverse, ryuk, stern, The Coming Storm, trickbot

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2022 17:49:52 +0000

Earlier this week, a Ukrainian security researcher leaked almost two years’ worth of internal chat logs from Conti, one of the more rapacious and ruthless ransomware gangs in operation today. Tuesday’s story examined how Conti dealt with its own internal breaches and attacks from private security firms and governments. In Part II of this series we’ll explore what it’s like to work for Conti, as described by the Conti employees themselves.