Q1 saw substantial shifts in activity from some of the most prolific Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) groups, according to GuidePoint Security. RaaS groups attempt to recruit disaffected or displaced affiliates In addition to revealing a nearly 20% year-over-year increase in the number of ransomware victims, the GRIT Q1 2024 Ransomware Report observes major shifts in the behavioral […]
Several of the law enforcement agencies involved in the takedown of one of the most prolific ransomware groups denied involvement in a new notice posted to the gang’s leak site — adding weight behind rumors from experts and cybercriminals that the group was attempting to carry out an elaborate exit scam. The U.S. Justice Department, […]
A prolific Russian-speaking ransomware group has made over $100m from dozens of victims since April 2022, new analysis has revealed. Corvus Insurance used the Elliptic Investigator blockchain forensics tool to lift the lid on the Black Basta group. The tool helped it to uncover patterns in the group’s online activities which enabled it to trace […]
Enlarge Getty Images A prolific espionage hacking group with ties to China spent over two years looting the corporate network of NXP, the Netherlands-based chipmaker whose silicon powers security-sensitive components found in smartphones, smartcards, and electric vehicles, a news outlet has reported. The intrusion, by a group tracked under names including “Chimera” and “G0114,” lasted […]
Nov 08, 2023NewsroomCyber Threat / Endpoint Security Cybersecurity researchers have unmasked a prolific threat actor known as farnetwork, who has been linked to five different ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) programs over the past four years in various capacities. Singapore-headquartered Group-IB, which attempted to infiltrate a private RaaS program that uses the Nokoyawa ransomware strain, said it underwent […]
A threat actor known as Prolific Puma has been maintaining a low profile and operating an underground link shortening service that’s offered to other threat actors for at least over the past four years. Prolific Puma creates “domain names with an RDGA [registered domain generation algorithm] and use these domains to provide a link shortening […]
Oct 26, 2023NewsroomCyber Threat / Social Engineering The prolific threat actor known as Scattered Spider has been observed impersonating newly hired employees in targeted firms as a ploy to blend into normal on-hire processes and takeover accounts and breach organizations across the world. Microsoft, which disclosed the activities of the financially motivated hacking crew, described […]
We grab a quick chat with the prolific Parisian resident Portable has just dropped his latest album Augmented Dreams, a concept album about humanity and technology of sorts, blending minimal house, techno ambient influences across four sides of lovely Circus Company vinyl. What better time to collar him for a chat? First of all, where […]
We grab a quick chat with the prolific Parisian resident Portable has just dropped his latest album Augmented Dreams, a concept album about humanity and technology of sorts, blending minimal house, techno ambient influences across four sides of lovely Circus Company vinyl. What better time to collar him for a chat? First of all, where […]
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