Collaborate Disseminate
By Deeba Ahmed
In a bizarre announcement, the Maze ransomware gang revealed that their only aim was to reveal the security lapses at their targets.
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A press release on the website of a notorious cybercrime gang, who stole data from organisations and demanded a ransom be paid for its safe return, says that it is closing down.
The Maze gang not only encrypted files on corporate networks with their… Continue reading Maze ransomware gang says it has quit the cybercrime business
In a wide-ranging interview, a REvil leader said the gang is earing $100 million per year, and provided insights into the life of a cybercriminal. Continue reading REvil Gang Promises a Big Video-Game Hit; Claims Massive Revenue
Security researchers learned that the Maze digital crime gang is in the process of shutting down its ransomware operations. Bleeping Computer began hearing rumors of the shutdown in early September 2020. In an email conversation, a ransomware attacker … Continue reading Maze Ransomware Gang to Shut Down Operations
Network access to various industries is being offered in underground forums at as little as $300 a pop – and researchers warn that ransomware groups like Maze and NetWalker could be buying in. Continue reading Ransomware Attackers Buy Network Access in Cyberattack Shortcut
The last six months have seen damaging ransomware attacks on two multibillion-dollar IT firms, Conduent and Cognizant, with clients all over the world. The incidents locked computers across the companies, cut into revenue and required days, if not weeks, of clean up. A report published Monday by consulting giant Accenture warns that the kind of criminal groups behind those attacks have more options than ever for accessing corporate networks thanks to a thriving market for outsourced hacking. Accenture researchers are tracking more the 25 regular “network access sellers,” or people who specialize in breaching an organization’s networks and handing off that access to the highest bidder. The access sellers have frequented the same underground forums as the people involved with prolific strains of ransomware like NetWalker and Maze, the latter which was used against Cognizant. “Network access selling has progressed from a niche underground offering throughout 2017 to a central pillar of criminal underground […]
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Maze continues to adopt tactics from rival cybercrime gangs. Continue reading Maze Ransomware Adopts Ragnar Locker Virtual-Machine Approach
The crooks wanted $15,000,000. They didn’t get it. Huzzah! Continue reading A real-life Maze ransomware attack – “If at first you don’t succeed…”
Toward the end of August, the gang behind the SunCrypt ransomware strain announced they had joined the Maze cartel of ransomware operators, which currently boasts Maze, LockBit and Ragnar Locker. After that announcement, reports began emerging of the … Continue reading The Curious Case of SunCrypt
The gang responsible for the Maze ransomware family conducted an attack in which they distributed their malware payload inside of a virtual machine (VM). Sophos’ Managed Threat Response (MTR) observed the technique in action while investigating an atta… Continue reading Maze Gang Distributed Ransomware Payload Inside VM