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2018-10-17 05:22:03 | (Déjà vu) A crippling ransomware attack hit a water utility in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence (lien direct) | A water utility in the US state of North Carolina suffered a severe ransomware attack in the week after Hurricane Florence hit the East Coast of the U.S. According to the Onslow Water and Sewer Authority (aka ONWASA) some internal systems were infected with the Emotet malware, but the regular water service was not impacted. According to ONWASA, […] | Ransomware | ||
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2018-10-04 11:35:03 | Canadian restaurant chain Recipe suffered a network outage, is it a ransomware attack? (lien direct) | The Canadian restaurant chain Recipe Unlimited that operates over 20 restaurant brands has suffered a major IT outage over the weekend in a “malware outbreak.” The company operates nearly 1,400 restaurants under 19 different brands in Canada, Recipe Unlimited has suffered a major malware-based attack that impacted several of its brands. On Monday the company Monday […] | Ransomware | ||
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2018-10-03 04:57:00 | Z-LAB Report – Analyzing the GandCrab v5 ransomware (lien direct) | Experts at the Cybaze Z-Lab have analyzed the latest iteration of the infamous GandCrab ransomware, version 5.0. Malware researchers at Cybaze ZLab analyzed the latest version of the infamous GandCrab ransomware, version 5.0. Most of the infections have been observed in central Europe, but experts found evidence that the malicious code doesn't infect Russian users. […] | Ransomware Malware | ||
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2018-09-23 08:43:00 | New Virobot malware combines ransomware and botnet capabilities (lien direct) | Security experts from Trend Micro discovered a new malware tracked as Virobot that combines ransomware and botnet capabilities. Virobot encrypts files on infected machines and is also implements spam botnet abilities and leverages it target other systems. Virobot was first spotted on September 17, 2018, experts pointed out that it is not associated with any known ransomware […] | Ransomware Spam Malware | ||
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2018-09-13 06:30:01 | New PyLocky Ransomware stands out for anti-machine learning capability (lien direct) | Security experts from Trend Micro have spotted a new strain of ransomware involved in attacks in July and August, the malicious code was posing as the Locky ransomware. Researchers at Trend Micro have detected a new ransomware family, dubbed PyLocky, that was used in attacks between July and August, the malware was posing as the Locky ransomware using its ransom […] | Ransomware Malware | ||
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2018-09-10 07:09:04 | Fallout exploit kit appeared in the threat landscape in malvertising campaigns (lien direct) | At the end of August, security experts discovered a new exploit kit called Fallout that is being used to distribute the GandCrab ransomware. At the end of August, the threat analyst nao_sec discovered a new exploit kit called Fallout that is being used to distribute the GandCrab ransomware and other malicious codes, including droppers and potentially unwanted […] | Ransomware Threat | ||
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2018-09-07 09:22:01 | US charges North Korea agent over Sony Pictures hack and WannaCry (lien direct) | The U.S. Department of Justice charged a North Korea agent over WannaCry and 2014 Sony Pictures Entertainment Hack. The U.S. Department of Justice announces charges against a North Korean government spy that was involved in the massive WannaCry ransomware attack and the 2014 Sony Pictures Entertainment hack. “the Justice Department charged on Thursday in a 174-page criminal complaint that detailed how […] | Ransomware Hack | Wannacry | |
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2018-08-07 13:54:04 | (Déjà vu) TSMC Chip Maker confirms its facilities were infected with WannaCry ransomware (lien direct) | TSMC shared further details on the attack and confirmed that its systems were infected with a variant of the infamous WannaCry ransomware. Early in August, a malware has infected systems at several Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) factories, the plants where Apple produces its devices. TSMC is the world's biggest contract manufacturer of chips for tech giants, including Apple […] | Ransomware Malware | Wannacry | |
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2018-08-01 05:14:00 | SamSam Ransomware operators earned more than US$5.9 Million since late 2015 (lien direct) | The security experts from Sophos have published a report on the multimillion-dollar black market business for crooks, they analyzed the SamSam ransomware case as a case study. The researchers that have tracked Bitcoin addresses managed by the crime gang discovered that crooks behind the SamSam ransomware had extorted nearly $6 million from the victims since December […] | Ransomware | ||
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2018-07-31 15:16:02 | Ransomware attack against COSCO spread beyond its US network to Americas (lien direct) | New revelations on the attack against COSCO confirm it was worse than initially thought, the ransomware spread beyond the US network. Chinese shipping giant COSCO recently suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted some systems of the company in the United States. The shipping company quickly isolates the systems to avoid propagation to other regions and started […] | Ransomware | ||
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2018-07-27 07:06:02 | Dutch brothers sentenced to community service for involvement in CoinVault ransomware distribution (lien direct) | On Thursday, two Dutch brothers were sentenced to 240 hours of community service for creating and using the CoinVault ransomware. In 2015, Melvin (25) and Dennis van den B. (21), were arrested from a district court in Rotterdam for their alleged involvement in CoinVault ransomware creation and distribution. On Thursday, the Dutch men were sentenced to 240 hours […] | Ransomware | ||
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2018-07-26 10:19:05 | Ransomware attack disrupted some systems of the shipping giant COSCO in the US (lien direct) | The Chinese shipping giant COSCO was reportedly hit by a ransomware based attack, the attack occurred in the American region. According to COSCO a “local network breakdown” disrupted some systems in the United States. Media confirmed the incident was the result of a ransomware attack and quoted a company spokesman as the source. “The China Ocean Shipping […] | Ransomware | APT 32 | |
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2018-07-14 17:35:01 | A few days after discovery of GandCrab ransomware ver 4.0, experts found 4.1 version (lien direct) | Security experts from Fortinet recently detected a new version of the GandCrab ransomware, ver 4.1, that is being distributed through compromised websites A few days ago, I wrote about the return of the GandCrab ransomware (v4), a new version appeared in the threat landscape and experts at BleepingComputer first reported it. GandCrab ransomware is a young threat, it first […] | Ransomware Threat | ||
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2018-07-07 05:26:04 | New Rakhni variant could infect systems with either a ransomware or a miner (lien direct) | Security researchers at Kaspersky Labs have discovered a new strain of the Rakhni malware that could infect systems with either a ransomware or a cryptocurrency miner. Experts from Kaspersky Labs have discovered a new strain of the Rakhni ransomware family that could infect systems with either a ransomware or a cryptocurrency miner depending upon their configurations. “Way back in 2013 our malware analysts […] | Ransomware Malware | ||
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2018-07-04 11:45:05 | The GandCrab ransomware V4 appears in the threat landscape (lien direct) | A new variant of the infamous GandCrab ransomware V4 was released during the weekend, experts shared details of the threat, A new version of the dreaded GandCrab ransomware (V4) was released during the weekend and according to the experts it included numerous changes. New #GandCrab version "V4" GANDCRAB V4 Ransomware – Remove and Restore .KRAB […] | Ransomware Threat | ||
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2018-06-28 06:35:01 | Talos releases ThanatosDecryptor, a free Thanatos Ransomware decryptor (lien direct) | Experts from Cisco's Talos team released a free decryption tool for the Thanatos ransomware to recover the files without paying the ransom. The Thanatos ransomware first appeared in the threat landscape in February when it was discovered by researchers at the MalwareHunterTeam. The experts from Talos believe the malware is being actively developed, it was being distributed […] | Ransomware Malware Tool Threat |
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