Tag: extortion
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Bling Libra’s Tactical Evolution: Exploiting Cloud Misconfigurations for Extortion
Cybersecurity researchers at Unit 42 have uncovered a concerning shift in the tactics employed by the notorious threat actor group, Bling Libra. Previ… First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/bling-libras-tactical-evolution-exploiting-cloud-misconfigurations-for-extortion/
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Employee arrested for locking Windows admins out of 254 servers in extortion plot
A former core infrastructure engineer at an industrial company headquartered in Somerset County, New Jersey, was arrested after locking Windows admins… First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/employee-arrested-for-locking-windows-admins-out-of-254-servers-in-extortion-plot/
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Iranian hackers work with ransomware gangs to extort breached orgs
An Iran-based hacking group known as Pioneer Kitten is breaching defense, education, finance, and healthcare organizations across the United States an… First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/iranian-hackers-work-with-ransomware-gangs-to-extort-breached-orgs/
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Attackers Exploit Public .env Files to Breach Cloud Accounts in Extortion Campaign
A large-scale extortion campaign has compromised various organizations by taking advantage of publicly accessible environment variable files (.env) th… First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to article: thehackernews.com/2024/08/attackers-exploit-public-env-files-to.html
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Russian Member of Karakurt Cyber Extortion Gang Charged in US
Deniss Zolotarjovs was charged in a US court for extorting victims and laundering cryptocurrency as part of the Karakurt cyber extortion group. The po… First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/russian-member-of-karakurt-cyber-extortion-gang-charged-in-us/
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Karakurt Ransomware Group Suspect Appears in US Courtroom
Latvian Charged With Serving as Extortion Specialist for Russian-Speaking Group. A Latvian national accused of serving as a Russian-speaking ransomwar… First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/karakurt-ransomware-group-suspect-appears-in-us-courtroom-a-26127
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U.S. charges Karakurt extortion gang’s cold case negotiator
Tags: extortionFirst seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/us-charges-karakurt-extortion-gangs-cold-case-negotiator/
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Radar/Dispossessor: Ermittlern gelingt Schlag gegen Ransomware-Hackergruppe
Sie sollen in vielen Ländern Daten von Unternehmen und Institutionen verschlüsselt und dann Lösegeld erpresst haben: Eine international agierende Band… First seen on csoonline.com Jump to article: www.csoonline.com/de/a/ermittlern-gelingt-schlag-gegen-ransomware-hackergruppe
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110K domains targeted in ‘sophisticated’ AWS cloud extortion campaign
First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2024/08/21/aws_extortion_campaign/
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Widespread cloud extortion facilitated by misconfigured .ENV files
First seen on scmagazine.com Jump to article: www.scmagazine.com/brief/widespread-cloud-extortion-facilitated-by-misconfigured-env-files
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New Mad Liberator gang uses fake Windows update screen to hide data theft
A new data extortion group tracked as Mad Liberator is targeting AnyDesk users and runs a fake Microsoft Windows update screen to distract while exfil… First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-mad-liberator-gang-uses-fake-windows-update-screen-to-hide-data-theft/
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FBI Shuts Down Dozens of Radar/Dispossessor Ransomware Servers
Computer infrastructure in the US, UK, and Germany associated with the cybercriminal group, which targeted SMBs using double extortion, is officially … First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/fbi-shuts-down-dozens-of-radar-dispossessor-ransomware-servers
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Extortion Group Exploits Cloud Misconfigurations, Targets 110,000 Domains
An unknown threat group leveraged publicly exposed environment variables in organizations’ AWS accounts to exfiltrate sensitive data and demand ransom… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2024/08/extortion-group-exploits-cloud-misconfigurations-targets-110000-domains/
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Cloud Misconfigurations Expose 110,000 Domains to Extortion in Widespread Campaign
Security researchers at Palo Alto Networks discover a threat actor extorting organizations after compromising their cloud environments using inadverte… First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/cloud-misconfigurations-expose-110000-domains-to-extortion-in-widespread-campaign/
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Large-scale extortion campaign targets publicly accessible environment variable files (.env)
A large-scale extortion campaign compromised multiple organizations by exploiting publicly accessible environment variable files (.env). Palo Alto Uni… First seen on securityaffairs.com Jump to article: securityaffairs.com/167180/cyber-crime/extortion-campaign-environment-variable-files.html
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Attackers Exploit Public .env Files to Breach Cloud and Social Media Accounts
A large-scale extortion campaign has compromised various organizations by taking advantage of publicly accessible environment variable files (.env) th… First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to article: thehackernews.com/2024/08/attackers-exploit-public-env-files-to.html
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Crooks took control of a cow milking robot causing the death of a cow
Crooks took control of a cow milking robot and demanded a ransom from a farmer who refused to pay it, resulting in the death of a cow. An extortion at… First seen on securityaffairs.com Jump to article: securityaffairs.com/166839/cyber-crime/cow-milking-robot-hacked.html
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Senate Bill to Classify Ransomware Extortion as Terrorism
The U.S. Senate has proposed designating extortion in ransomware attacks as equivalent to terrorism, potentially marking a turning point in the fight … First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/senate-bill-to-classify-ransomware-extortion-as-terrorism/
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Ransomware Royal heißt jetzt Blacksuit und ergaunert 500 Millionen US-Dollar
Blacksuit attackiert weltweit Unternehmen und erpresst Millionenbeträge. FBI und CISA zeigen aktuelle Taktiken auf und wie Admins PCs schützen können…. First seen on heise.de Jump to article: www.heise.de/news/Ransomware-Royal-heisst-jetzt-Blacksuit-und-ergaunert-500-Millionen-US-Dollar-9828015.html
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Breach Roundup: Royal Ransomware Group On An Extortion Tear
Also: French Museum Ransomware Attack, Cisco Smart Install and SharpRhino Malware. This week, Royal ransomware, a French museum ransomware attack and … First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/breach-roundup-royal-ransomware-group-on-extortion-tear-a-25986
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US Offers $10M Reward for Information on North Korean Hacker
The individual is part of a DPRK-backed group known as Andariel, which is known for using the ‘Maui’ ransomware strain to target and extort healthcare… First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/us-offers-10m-reward-for-information-on-north-korean-hacker
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Volcano Demon ransomware group rings its victims to extort money
Security researchers have warned that a new ransomware group has taken an unusual twist on the traditional method of extorting money from its corporat… First seen on tripwire.com Jump to article: www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/volcano-demon-ransomware-group-rings-its-victims-extort-money
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North Korea’s APT45: From Espionage to Ransomware Extortion
The North Korean hacker group Andariel is accused of stealing confidential information and weapons blueprints from various countries worldwide. The cy… First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/north-koreas-apt45-from-espionage-to-ransomware-extortion/
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SmashGrab Extortion
The ProblemThe 2024 Attack Intelligence Report from the staff at Rapid7 [1] is a well-researched, well-written report that is worthy of careful study…. First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to article: thehackernews.com/2024/07/smash-and-grab-extortion.html
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AT&T Allegedly Pays Ransom After Snowflake Account Breach
Paying Criminals for a Promise to Delete Data Is Part of the Problem What will it take for victims of ransomware, extortion and other types of cybercr… First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/blogs/att-allegedly-pays-ransom-after-snowflake-account-breach-p-3665
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More than 160 Snowflake customers hit in targeted data theft spree
Mandiant reports that more than 160 Snowflake customers have been hit in a broad data theft and extortion campaign targeting organisations that have f… First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366588696/More-than-160-Snowflake-customers-hit-in-targeted-data-theft-spree
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Inside a Violent Gang’s Ruthless Crypto-Stealing Home Invasion Spree
More than a dozen men threatened, assaulted, tortured, or kidnapped 11 victims in likely the worst-ever crypto-focused serial extortion case of its ki… First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/crypto-home-invasion-crime-ring/
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Tipps für den Ernstfall: Auch das Business muss Verantwortung übernehmen
Wer nach einem Cyberangriff mit erbeuteten Daten erpresst wird, sollte nicht in Panik geraten. Christian Milde, CEO der Cold Blue GmbH, gibt im Gesprä… First seen on csoonline.com Jump to article: www.csoonline.com/de/a/auch-das-business-muss-verantwortung-uebernehmen
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Ticketmaster Extortion Continues, Threat Actor Claims New Ticket Leak
First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ticketmaster-extortion-conitnues/
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Ransomware Extortion Demands Soar to $5.2M per Attack
First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/extortion-demands-reach-average-of-5-2m-per-ransomware-attack