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Group-IB has presented a report which examines key shifts in the cybercrime world internationally between H2 2019 and H1 2020 and gives forecasts for the coming year. The most severe financial damage has occurred as a result of ransomware activity. The past year — a harrowing period for the world economy — culminated in the […]
Continue ReadingGroup-IB has discovered that QakBot (aka Qbot) operators have abandoned ProLock for Egregor ransomware. Egregor has been actively distributed since September 2020 and has so far hit at least 69 big companies in 16 countries. The biggest ransom demand detected by Group-IB team has been at $4 million worth of BTC. During recent incident response […]
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We recently looked into ways phishing mails are evolving, attackers getting creative by the day. But a new trend has taken up the dark web, and soon phishing campaigns for ransomware and malware will be a thing of the past. With the sources equable of a small government, malware gangs have started collaborating within […]
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Managed hosting provider Managed.com has temporarily taken down all its servers and web hosting systems offline including clients’ websites in response to a REvil ransomware attack that compromised public-facing web hosting systems. The threat actors behind the security incident that took place on Monday, 16th November are not known yet, however, the company said […]
Continue ReadingA new version of the Mount Locker crypto-ransomware strain is specifically targeting victims’ TurboTax files. As reported by Bleeping Computer, Advanced Intel’s Vitali Kremez came across a new Mount Locker sample that specifically sought out files used by the TurboTax tax preparation software. In particular, Kremez observed the sample going after files bearing the “.tax,” “.tax2009,” […]
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These statistics are based on detection verdicts of Kaspersky products received from users who consented to provide statistical data. Quarterly figures According to Kaspersky Security Network, in Q3: Kaspersky solutions blocked 1,416,295,227 attacks launched from online resources across the globe. 456,573,467 unique URLs were recognized as malicious by Web Anti-Virus components. Attempts to run malware […]
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The statistics presented here draw on detection verdicts returned by Kaspersky products and received from users who consented to providing statistical data. Quarterly figures According to Kaspersky Security Network, the third quarter saw: 1,189 797 detected malicious installers, of which 39,051 packages were related to mobile banking trojans; 6063 packages proved to be mobile ransomware […]
Continue ReadingThere’s a continued proliferation of ransomware, heightened concerns around nation-state actors, and the need for acceleration of both digital and security transformation, a CrowdStrike survey reveals. Proliferation of ransomware leads to more frequent payouts, costing millions Survey data indicates ransomware attacks have proven to be especially effective, as 56% of organizations surveyed have suffered a […]
Continue ReadingAttacks on the biotech and pharmaceutical industry had increased by 50% between 2019 and 2020, according to a BlueVoyant report. The report highlighted that nation-states are ramping up cyber attacks on companies that are developing vaccines, and this is likely to increase as production and distribution gets underway. The analysis examined open source records of […]
Continue ReadingA reported ransomware attack took down operations at the company, which in talks for COVID-19 vaccine-distribution contracts. Source: Threatpost.com
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