Collaborate Disseminate
The FBI has obtained more than 7,000 LockBit ransomware decryption keys and is urging victims to get in touch with its IC3.
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The cybersecurity firm said it saw an increase in activity from ransomware gangs last year after a “slight dip” in activity in 2022.
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In this report, Kaspersky shares non-mobile malware statistics for Q1 2024, including ransomware, miner and macOS malware statistics. Continue reading IT threat evolution in Q1 2024. Non-mobile statistics
Law enforcement agencies in the United States and Europe today announced Operation Endgame, a coordinated action against some of the most popular cybercrime platforms for delivering ransomware and data-stealing malware. Dubbed “the largest ever operation against botnets,” the international effort is being billed as the opening salvo in an ongoing campaign targeting advanced malware “droppers” or “loaders” like IcedID, Smokeloader and Trickbot. Continue reading ‘Operation Endgame’ Hits Malware Delivery Platforms
Two weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, a large, mysterious new Internet hosting firm called Stark Industries Solutions materialized and quickly became the epicenter of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on government and commercial targets in Ukraine and Europe. An investigation into Stark Industries reveals it is being used as a global proxy network that conceals the true source of cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns against enemies of Russia. Continue reading Stark Industries Solutions: An Iron Hammer in the Cloud
The report shares statistics and observations from incident response practice in 2023, analyzes trends and gives cybersecurity recommendations. Continue reading Incident response analyst report 2023
Last week, the United States joined the U.K. and Australia in sanctioning and charging a Russian man named Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev as the leader of the infamous LockBit ransomware group. LockBit’s leader “LockBitSupp” claims the feds named the wrong guy, saying the charges don’t explain how they connected him to Khoroshev. This post examines the activities of Khoroshev’s many alter egos on the cybercrime forums, and tracks the career of a gifted malware author who has written and sold malicious code for the past 14 years. Continue reading How Did Authorities Identify the Alleged Lockbit Boss?
Boeing has confirmed that it received a demand for a massive $200 million after a ransomware attack by the notorious LockBit hacking group in October 2023.
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Do you know Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev?
If you do, there’s a chance that you might well on the way to receiving a reward of up to $10 million.
Read more in my article on the Exponential-e blog. Continue reading $10 million reward offer for apprehension of unmasked LockBit ransomware leader
That attempt was one of multiple “extremely large” ransom demands made by LockBit over the years, authorities said.
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