Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2024 17:36:27 +0000
The parents of a 19-year-old Connecticut honors student accused of taking part in a $243 million cryptocurrency heist in August were carjacked a week later, while out house-hunting in a brand new Lamborghini. Prosecutors say the couple was beaten and briefly kidnapped by six young men who traveled from Florida as part of a botched plan to hold the parents for ransom.
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Credit to Author: Angela Gunn| Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 09:59:22 +0000
The “Mad Liberator” ransomware group leverages social-engineering moves to watch out for
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 16:22:59 +0000
The Russia-based cybercrime group dubbed “Fin7,” known for phishing and malware attacks that have cost victim organizations an estimated $3 billion in losses since 2013, was declared dead last year by U.S. authorities. But experts say Fin7 has roared back to life in 2024 — setting up thousands of websites mimicking a range of media and technology companies — with the help of Stark Industries Solutions, a sprawling hosting provider is a persistent source of cyberattacks against enemies of Russia.
Read moreCredit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2022 16:00:29 +0000
An obscure group called Karakurt has extorted organizations in the US and elsewhere. Know how to keep it away from your network.
The post Karakurt extortion group: Threat profile appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
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Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 11:30:45 +0000
Threat actors spent more than five months remotely googling for tools from the target’s machines
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Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2022 12:30:13 +0000
Attackers took two months to craft and install PowerShell scripts as services before deploying the ransomware
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