Conti’s Ransomware Toll on the Healthcare Industry

Conti — one of the most ruthless and successful Russian ransomware groups — publicly declared during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic that it would refrain from targeting healthcare providers. But new information confirms this pledge was always a lie, and that Conti has launched more than 200 attacks against hospitals and other healthcare facilities since first surfacing in 2018 under the name “Ryuk.” Continue reading Conti’s Ransomware Toll on the Healthcare Industry

Prolific cyber extortion group Karakurt might be a Conti side hustle

Links in tooling, crypto wallets and even attacking victims simultaneously strongly suggest a link, researchers say.

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Conti Ransomware Gang Hits German Wind Turbine Giant Nordex

By Deeba Ahmed
All of Nordex’s internal IT systems were shut down, and remote access to the turbines was disrupted due…
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Conti Ransomware Gang Hits German Wind Turbine Giant Nordex

By Deeba Ahmed
All of Nordex’s internal IT systems were shut down, and remote access to the turbines was disrupted due…
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New details emerge on prolific Conti-linked cybercrime group

Google’s Threat Analysis Group is calling the hackers Exotic Lily, and it says they employed relatively novel tactics.

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Ransomware gang Conti has already bounced back from damage caused by chat leaks, experts say

A Twitter account known as ContiLeaks debuted to much fanfare in late February, with people around the globe watching as tens of thousands of leaked chats between members of the Russia-based ransomware gang Conti hit the web. In the days after the leaks, many celebrated what they thought would be a devastating blow to Conti, which a Ukrainian security researcher had apparently punished by leaking the internal chats because the gang threatened to “strike back” at any entities that organized “any war activities against Russia.” But ten days after the leaks began, Conti appears to be thriving. Experts say the notorious ransomware gang has pivoted all too easily, replacing much of the infrastructure that was exposed in the leaks while moving quickly to hit new targets with ransom demands. According to Vitali Kremez, CEO of the cybersecurity firm AdvIntel, by Monday morning Conti had successfully completed two new data breaches at […]

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Conti ransomware gang, which leaked ransomware victims’ data, has its own data leaked

Oh how embarrassing for the criminal gang who extorted millions from businesses by threatening to leak their data, that someone leaked some 160,000 messages between their members as well as their malware source code. Continue reading Conti ransomware gang, which leaked ransomware victims’ data, has its own data leaked

Conti Ransomware Group Diaries, Part III: Weaponry

Part I of this series examined newly-leaked internal chats from the Conti ransomware group, and how the crime gang dealt with its own internal breaches. Part II explored what it’s like to be an employee of Conti’s sprawling organization. Today’s Part III looks at how Conti abused a panoply of popular commercial security services to undermine the security of their targets, as well as how the team’s leaders strategized for the upper hand in ransom negotiations with victims. Continue reading Conti Ransomware Group Diaries, Part III: Weaponry