A number of companies and large corporations in Israel have been targeted by cyberattacks using a new ransomware called Pay2Key. The first attacks were recorded by specialists from Check Point at the end of October this year, and now their number has increased. According to experts, criminals usually carry out attacks after midnight, when companies… Continue reading New Pay2Key ransomware encrypts corporate networks in just an hour
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Ragnar Locker ransomware attacked Italian beverage manufacturer Gruppo Campari
ZDNet reports that on November 1, 2020, Ragnar Locker ransomware operators attacked the Italian beverage manufacturer Gruppo Campari, which owns such brands as Campari, Cinzano, SKYY vodka, Epsolon, Wild Turkey, Grand Marnier and Appleton. Hackers write that they stole about 2 TB of information from the company. They have already posted screenshots of the stolen… Continue reading Ragnar Locker ransomware attacked Italian beverage manufacturer Gruppo Campari
Alien malware steals passwords from 226 Android apps
ThreatFabric analysts have discovered a new Android malware Alien. The malware primarily targets banking applications. Overall, Alien steals passwords and other credentials from 226 apps. Alien is sold on hacker forums under the MaaS scheme (Malware-as-a-Service). At the same time, the malware was not developed from scratch, it is based on the source codes of… Continue reading Alien malware steals passwords from 226 Android apps
KryptoCibule malware steals cryptocurrency from Windows users
ESET specialists discovered the KryptoCibule malware, which has been active since 2018 and steals cryptocurrency from Windows users in the Czech Republic and Slovakia (these countries accounted for 85% of infections). KryptoCibule has three main functions and is capable of: installing cryptocurrency miners on victims’ systems (CPU and GPU miners are used to mine Monero… Continue reading KryptoCibule malware steals cryptocurrency from Windows users
Ukrainian cyber police in cooperation with Binance detained operators of 20 cryptocurrency exchangers
Since January 2020, the Ukrainian cyber police began cooperating with one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Binance. The fact is that exchange experts often detect transactions that potentially are related to financial crimes and fraud, and in order to find and punish those responsible, they need the help of law enforcement agencies. For this,… Continue reading Ukrainian cyber police in cooperation with Binance detained operators of 20 cryptocurrency exchangers
NightLion hacker claims to have hacked DataViper information security company
A hacker, hiding under the pseudonym NightLion, claims that has exploded the service for monitoring and aggregating leaks DataViper and has already put on sale over 8 thousand company databases on the darknet. Specialists often scan hacker forums, insert sites and other sources in search of data, stolen from various companies. Such information is usually… Continue reading NightLion hacker claims to have hacked DataViper information security company
Analysts say that over 5 billion unique credentials can be found on the black market
Analysts at Digital Shadows have estimated that there are currently more than 15 billion stolen logins and passwords, including more than 5 billion unique credentials, on the black market (hacker forums, underground marketplaces, paste sites, file sharing, and so on). For more than a year, the company has been collecting data from the abovementioned sources,… Continue reading Analysts say that over 5 billion unique credentials can be found on the black market
Hacker forums show growing demand for credentials from YouTube channels
IntSights experts found that recently in the darknet there increased interest YouTube Channel Credentials, and also, as a “side effect”, this stimulates data verification activities. On hacker forums and sites that sale credentials, you can find more and more offers of this kind. It should be noted that cybercriminals for a long time were interested… Continue reading Hacker forums show growing demand for credentials from YouTube channels
Experts confirm data leak of 26 million LiveJournal users
In mid-May 2020, in the Telegram channel of the head of DeviceLock company Ashot Hovhannisyan appeared information on data leak of 33.7 million LiveJournal users. Now, experts have confirmed a data leak of 26 million users. It was reported that the detected text file contains 33,726,800 lines, among which you can find user IDs, email… Continue reading Experts confirm data leak of 26 million LiveJournal users