The City of Defiance has fallen victim to a cyberattack orchestrated by the notorious Knight ransomware group. The City of Defiance data breach was first brought to light on December 13, 2023, when Knight officially listed the City of Defiance as their latest target. The threat actor, known as Knight, revealed their malicious intent on […]
Dec 11, 2023NewsroomVulnerability / Espionage The notorious North Korea-linked threat actor known as the Lazarus Group has been attributed to a new global campaign that involves the opportunistic exploitation of security flaws in Log4j to deploy previously undocumented remote access trojans (RATs) on compromised hosts. Cisco Talos is tracking the activity under the name Operation […]
The notorious Akira ransomware group has claimed two more victims, adding them to its list of Akira ransomware attacks. The claims were posted on a dark web forum where the threat actor boldly claimed the attack. However, upon inspection of both victim websites, it was evident that the ransomware attack had not impacted the front […]
Billion-dollar shoe seller Aldo said a recent claim by a notorious ransomware gang was related to one of the company’s franchise partners. On Wednesday morning, the LockBit ransomware gang claimed it attacked the company, giving it until December 25 to pay a ransom in exchange for an undisclosed amount of stolen data. The gang did […]
Nov 10, 2023NewsroomCyber Warfare / Network Security The notorious Russian hackers known as Sandworm targeted an electrical substation in Ukraine last year, causing a brief power outage in October 2022. The findings come from Google’s Mandiant, which described the hack as a “multi-event cyber attack” leveraging a novel technique for impacting industrial control systems (ICS). […]
Researchers have encountered a new phishing campaign that is being used to distribute the notorious Remcos RAT. The malware is disguised as a payslip to trick users. Modus operandi According to ASEC researchers, the phishing emails are sent with the subject name ‘This is a confirmation document for your payment transfer’ to deceive the recipients. […]
The government of Chile warned of ransomware attacks by a notorious gang of hackers after its customs department dealt with an incident on Tuesday. Officials from the Servicio Nacional de Aduanas de Chile — the government department in charge of foreign trade, imports and more — said on Tuesday afternoon that they were able to […]
The notorious Knight ransomware group has asserted responsibility for a cyberattack on BMW Munique Motors, the authorized BMW dealership for the State of Rondônia. This cyberattack claim was posted on the dark web channel frequently used by the Knight ransomware group. Adding to the gravity of the situation, the threat actors left a message for […]
In a concerning turn of events, the notorious Knight ransomware group has openly declared its involvement in the recent National Health Mission cyberattack. This announcement came via a dark web channel commonly frequented by such threat actors. The Knight ransomware group shared this update on their own dark web channel where they added some screenshots […]