Commentaries and Analyses, Data Breach News, Malware Ransomware
May 08, 2025
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Defending Against UNC3944/Scattered Spider: Cybercrime Hardening Guidance from the Frontlines – Mandiant

Background UNC3944, which overlaps with public reporting on Scattered Spider, is a financially-motivated threat actor characterized by its persistent use of social engineering and brazen communications with victims. In early operations, UNC3944 largely targeted telecommunications-related organizations to support SIM swap operations. However, after shifting to ransomware and data theft extortion in early 2023, they impacted […]

Malware Ransomware, Data Breach News, News
May 03, 2025
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Yemeni Man Charged in Federal Indictment Alleging He Sent ‘Black Kingdom’ Malware to Extort Businesses, Schools, and Medical Clinics

May 1, 2025. A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California: LOS ANGELES – A Yemeni national was charged today in a three-count federal grand jury indictment alleging he deployed the so-called “Black Kingdom” ransomware against computer servers owned organizations worldwide, including businesses, schools, and hospitals in the United States, […]

Data Breach News, Malware Ransomware
May 02, 2025
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Harrods latest retailer to be hit by cyber attack

Someone’s hitting big UK retail firms. First it was M&S, then Co-Op, and now it’s Harrod’s. BBC reports: The luxury department store Harrods says it is the latest retailer to have been targeted by a cyber attack. The firm said it had “restricted internet access at our sites” following an attempt to gain access to […]

Data Breach News, Malware Ransomware, News
April 29, 2025
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Marks & Spencer breach linked to Scattered Spider ransomware attack

Bleeping Computer reports: Ongoing outages at British retail giant Marks & Spencer are caused by a ransomware attack believed to be conducted by a hacking collective known as “Scattered Spider” BleepingComputer has learned from multiple sources. Marks & Spencer (M&S) is a British multinational retailer that employs 64,000 employees and sells various products, including clothing, food, […]

Consumer Alerts, Malware Ransomware
April 28, 2025
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‘Dangerous’ Russian hacking group exploits bugs in Microsoft Windows, Firefox browser: What users should do

TOI Tech Desk reports: A Russian-linked hacking group is reportedly exploiting two newly discovered zero-day vulnerabilities. Security researchers have warned that the Russian cybercrime group known as RomCom has been misusing these security flaws to target Firefox and Windows users in Europe and North America. These “zero-click” exploits, identified by security firm ESET, allowed hackers […]

Malware Ransomware, Data Breach News, News
April 27, 2025
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DragonForce expands ransomware model with white-label branding scheme

Bleeping Computer reports: The ransomware scene is re-organizing, with one gang known as DragonForce working to gather other operations under a cartel-like structure. DragonForce is now incentivizing ransomware actors with a distributed affiliate branding model, providing other ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operations a means to carry out their business without dealing with infrastructure maintenance cost and effort. […]

Malware Ransomware, News
April 24, 2025
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DOGE-Trolling Ransomware Hackers Demand $1 Trillion

Forbes reports: The same criminal group behind the DOGE Big Balls ransomware attack has just upped the ante. A newly updated ransom note is now using Elon Musk and DOGE references with a demand for, are you sitting down, one trillion dollars from victims. Although there is no doubt that ransomware threats should be taken very seriously, […]

Malware Ransomware, News
April 21, 2025
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Chinese Ghost Hackers Hit Hospitals And Factories In America And U.K.

Forbes reports: Now, a new threat intelligence report has revealed how financially motivated Chinese cybercriminals are targeting government offices, the energy sector, factories, financial services, and, yes, hospitals across the globe. However, North America and the U.K. have been most attacked by the Ghost ransomware hackers. According to a new report from Rebecca Harpur at […]

News, Malware Ransomware
April 07, 2025
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The Double Life of a Digital Genius: Saving Windows by Day, Hacking Corporations by Night

The story of EncryptHub, who conquered 600 companies, but failed in conversations with ChatGPT. Swedish computer security experts have uncovered an unusual story of a hacker who balances between a legitimate career and cybercrime. Last month, he received an official commendation from Microsoft for discovering two serious vulnerabilities in Windows, but as experts at Outpost24 KrakenLabs […]