Collaborate Disseminate
Security researchers found evidence that the Conti ransomware strain could be a possible successor to the Ryuk crypto-malware family. Vitali Kremez, strategic advisor for SentinelLabs, analyzed both Conti and Ryuk. He found that the former appeared to … Continue reading Conti Ransomware Deemed a Possible Successor of Ryuk
Security researchers detected a new variant of the Joker spyware family that had infiltrated Google Play and had begun abusing an old trick to target users. Check Point Research found that the authors of Joker, a dropper and premium dialer spyware, had… Continue reading Joker Spyware Infiltrated Google Play, Abused Old Trick to Target Users
A Nigerian national entered into the custody of the FBI to face charges of having targeted several U.S. companies with business email compromise (BEC) scams. On July 3, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois announced th… Continue reading Nigerian National Extradited to United States on BEC Scam Charges
Security researchers spotted Trickbot malware checking the screen resolution as a means of evading analysis on a virtual machine (VM). Digital security firm MalwareLab came across a sample of the trojan that checked to see whether a computer’s sc… Continue reading Trickbot Malware Using Screen Resolution Checks as Anti-VM Tactic
Security researchers detected a new ransomware strain that leveraged piracy as a means of distributing itself to Mac users. On June 29, a Twitter user reached out to Malwarebytes about a malicious Little Snitch installer that was available for download… Continue reading New Mac Ransomware Leveraged Piracy as Means of Distribution
Security researchers identified a string of attacks in which malicious actors attempted to target dozens of U.S. organizations with WastedLocker ransomware. Symantec detected the attack attempts on several of its customers’ networks. As part of t… Continue reading Attackers Targeted Dozens of U.S. Companies with WastedLocker
A Vancouver man received a federal prison sentence for his involvement in developing several distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnets. On June 25, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Alaska announced that Chief U.S. District Judge … Continue reading Vancouver Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Developing DDoS Botnets
New malware called “Lucifer” came with numerous exploits for conducting cryptomining functionality and performing distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on infected Windows machines. Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 research team ide… Continue reading Lucifer Malware Abused Windows Exploits for Cryptomining, DDoS Attacks
Security researchers came across a new ransomware family called “CryCryptor” that masqueraded as a Canadian COVID-19 tracing app. CryCryptor emerged just days after the Canadian government announced it would support the development of a nat… Continue reading New CryCryptor Ransomware Masqueraded as COVID-19 Tracing App
Several attack campaigns waited two weeks after achieving a successful Trickbot infection before they deployed Ryuk ransomware as their final payload. SentinelOne came across the attacks as the result of monitoring an attack server employed by Trickbot… Continue reading Ryuk Ransomware Deployed Two Weeks After Initial Trickbot Infection