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NetWalker ransomware investigation yields arrest, big cryptocurrency seizure

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In a coordinated, multi-part offensive against NetWalker ransomware attackers, law enforcement agencies announced Wednesday that they charged a Canadian national, seized nearly half a million dollars in cryptocurrency and disabled a dark web leak site. The NetWalker attackers have been part of a growing ransomware trend where the hackers hold stolen data hostage, leak a sample of it and threaten to release the rest in order to incentivize victims into paying. They’ve been gone after everyone from government agencies to hospitals to schools, and haven’t shied from exploiting the COVID-19 crisis. They’ve also sought to expand profits by offering their ransomware as a service to other cybercriminals, leading to reports of booming revenue in 2020. The number of overall ransomware attacks increased by 311% in 2020, according to recent research by Chainalysis, a cryptocurrency tracking firm. The charges against Sebastien Vachon-Desjardins, as well as the seizure of approximately $454,530.19 in […]

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World’s Most ‘Resilient Malware’ Botnet Emotet Taken Down

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Emotet malware botnet has been taken down by cybersecurity and law enforcement agencies after a joint global operation.
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US, European police say they’ve disrupted the notorious Emotet botnet

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U.S. and European law enforcement agencies said Wednesday they had seized control of the computing infrastructure used by Emotet, a botnet of infected machines that has been one of the most pervasive cybercrime threats over the last six years. Through the police and the courts, investigators from Ukraine to Germany to the U.S. took aim at the hundreds of computer servers that Emotet has used globally to defraud victims of millions through extortion and data theft. The investigators “gained control of the infrastructure and took it down from the inside,” Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, said in a statement. “The infected machines of victims have been redirected towards this law enforcement-controlled infrastructure.   A video posted by Ukrainian police shows officers raiding an apartment and confiscating computer equipment as part of the Emotet bust. It’s a big blow to a botnet that has haunted the internet for years. […]

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International Action Targets Emotet Crimeware

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Authorities across Europe on Tuesday said they’d seized control over Emotet, a prolific malware strain and cybercrime-as-service operation. Investigators say the action could help quarantine more than a million Microsoft Windows systems currently compromised with malware tied to Emotet infections. Continue reading International Action Targets Emotet Crimeware→

The 5 Most-Wanted Threatpost Stories of 2020

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A look back at what was hot with readers — offering a snapshot of the security stories that were most top-of-mind for security professionals and consumers throughout the year. Continue reading The 5 Most-Wanted Threatpost Stories of 2020→

Exposing Emotet’s Modern Infrastructure – A Case Study on Tracking Down and Shutting Down Abusive Malware In Direct Cooperation with Abuse Departments

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In this post I’ll officially attempt to bring down and take offline the Emotet botnet including to actually provide never-published before OSINT type of research analysis on the actual C&C infrastructure behind the Emotet botnet which is one of the… Continue reading Exposing Emotet’s Modern Infrastructure – A Case Study on Tracking Down and Shutting Down Abusive Malware In Direct Cooperation with Abuse Departments→

The Issue & Impact of Malspam in the U.S. Elections

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Malspam campaigns and their related botnets were a potential major threat for the election process in the United States this year.
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Cyber Security Roundup for November 2020

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A roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, October 2020.
London’s Hackney Borough Council has been tight-lipped about “a serious cyber-attack” which… Continue reading Cyber Security Roundup for November 2020→