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Ransomware’s cryptofootprint

January 20, 2021 admin 0 Comments bitcoin, BlockChain, Business, CCC, Cerber, Chaos Communication Congress, cryptocurrency, Locky, ransomware, rc3, SMB, WannaCry

Credit to Author: Nikolay Pankov| Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2021 16:28:22 +0000

Cybercriminals made off with more than $16 million from ransomware from 2016 to 2017.

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Funke Media Group suffers nationwide ransomware attack in Germany

January 7, 2021 admin data breach, funke, funke media group, ransomware, reports

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2021 11:05:24 +0000

The German Funke Media Group has suffered a ransomware attack affecting several offices around the nation which is severely hindering the publisher’s operations.

Categories: Ransomware Reports

Tags: data breach funke funke media group ransomware

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The most enticing cyberattacks of 2020

December 30, 2020 admin Agent Tesla, coronavirus, credit card skimmer, credit card skimming, emotet, extortion, extortion-based ransomware, Fallout, Fallout EK, kraken, malspam, maze, ransomware, ransomware attack, ryuk, Ryuk Ransomware, Security world, trickbot, tupperware, who, World Health Organization

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2020 16:00:55 +0000

These are the most enticing—or the most impossible-to-ignore—cyberattack lures and cyberattack capabilities of 2020. They can’t be gone soon enough.

Categories: Security world

Tags: Agent Tesla coronavirus credit card skimmer credit card skimming emotet extortion extortion-based ransomware Fallout Fallout EK kraken malspam Maze ransomware ransomware attack ryuk Ryuk ransomware trickbot tupperware WHO World Health Organization

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Malware wrapped in Cyberpunk 2077

December 23, 2020 admin Android, cyberpunk 2077, encryptors, gamers, games, ransomware, Threats, trojans

Credit to Author: Tatyana Shishkova| Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2020 10:57:21 +0000

Cybercriminals are disguising ransomware as a beta version of Cyberpunk 2077 for Android.

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Emotet returns just in time for Christmas

December 22, 2020 admin christmas, come back, cybercrime, emotet, malware, ransomware, Return, ryuk, trickbot

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2020 19:02:02 +0000

Guess who’s back right for the holidays? Emotet of course.

Categories: Cybercrime Malware

Tags: Christmas come back emotet ransomware return ryuk trickbot

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Why backups aren’t enough

December 17, 2020 admin Business, ransomware, ransomware trojans, SMB, Threats, trojans

Credit to Author: Alexander Moiseev| Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2020 17:20:16 +0000

Why backing up is good but not enough when it comes to staying safe from ransomware.

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Threat profile: Egregor ransomware is making a name for itself

December 15, 2020 admin cobalt strike, egregor, exfiltrated data, qakbot, raas, ransomware, sekhmet, threat spotlight

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2020 13:58:58 +0000

The Egregror ransomware is quickly making a name for itself by victimizing big corporations. How does it work and what is its background?

Categories: Ransomware Threat spotlight

Tags: cobalt strike egregor exfiltrated data Qakbot raas sekhmet

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Payment Processing Giant TSYS: Ransomware Incident “Immaterial” to Company

December 10, 2020 admin conti, data breaches, fs-isac, global payments, ransomware, ryuk, total systems services inc., tsys

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2020 17:45:36 +0000

Payment card processing giant TSYS suffered a ransomware attack earlier this month. Since then reams of data stolen from the company have been posted online, with the attackers promising to publish more in the coming days. But the company says the malware did not jeopardize card data, and that the incident was limited to administrative areas of its business.

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