Pierluigi Paganini
May 14, 2024
Experts reported that since April, the Phorpiex botnet sent millions of phishing emails to spread LockBit Black ransomware. New Jersey’s Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell (NJCCIC)Â reported that since April, threat actors used the the Phorpiex botnet to send millions of phishing emails as part of a LockBit Black ransomware campaign. The botnet has been active […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 12, 2024
Black Basta ransomware affiliates have breached over 500 organizations between April 2022 and May 2024, FBI and CISA reported. The FBI, CISA, HHS, and MS-ISAC have issued a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) regarding the Black Basta ransomware activity as part of the StopRansomware initiative. Black Basta has targeted at least 12 critical infrastructure sectors, including […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 07, 2024
The FBI, UK National Crime Agency, and Europol revealed the identity of the admin of the LockBit operation and sanctioned him. The FBI, UK National Crime Agency, and Europol have unmasked the identity of the admin of the LockBit ransomware operation, aka ‘LockBitSupp’ and ‘putinkrab’ , and issued sanctions against him. It was the first time that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 04, 2024
The Blackbasta extortion group claimed responsibility for the attack that in April severely impacted the operations of Synlab Italia. Since April 18, Synlab Italia, a major provider of medical diagnosis services, has been experiencing disruptions due to a cyber attack. The company initially cited technical issues as the cause leading to âtemporary interruption of access […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 03, 2024
LockBit ransomware operators have published sensitive data allegedly stolen from the Simone Veil hospital in Cannes. In April, a cyber attack hit the Hospital Simone Veil in Cannes (CHC-SV), impacting medical procedures and forcing personnel to return to pen and paper. Non-urgent surgical procedures and consultations scheduled at the time of the attack were postponed. The French […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 26, 2024
A ransomware attack on a Swedish logistics company Skanlog severely impacted the country’s liquor supply. Skanlog, a critical distributor for Systembolaget, the Swedish government-owned retail chain suffered a ransomware attack. Systembolaget has a monopoly on the sale of alcoholic beverages containing more than 3.5% alcohol by volume. It operates stores across Sweden and is responsible […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 04, 2024
Jackson County, Missouri, confirmed that a ransomware attack has disrupted several county services. A ransomware attack disrupted several services of the Jackson County, Missouri. The County Executive Frank White, Jr. declared a state of emergency. “Jackson County has confirmed a ransomware attack was responsible for the disruption of several county services today.” reads the statement […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 16, 2024
School districts continue to be under attack, schools in Scranton, Pennsylvania, are suffering a ransomware attack. This week, schools in Scranton, Pennsylvania, experienced a ransomware attack, resulting in IT outages. The Scranton School District is working with third-party forensic specialists to investigate the security breach and restore impacted systems. âThe attack is causing a temporary […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 06, 2024
Researchers warn that the cybercrime groups GhostSec and Stormous have joined forces in a new ransomware campaign. The GhostSec and Stormous ransomware gang are jointly conducting a ransomware campaign targeting various organizations in multiple countries, Cisco Talos reported. GhostSec is a financially motivated threat actor that is also involved in hacktivism-related operations. The group is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 27, 2024
New threat actors have started exploiting ConnectWise ScreenConnect vulnerabilities, including the Black Basta and Bl00dy ransomware gangs. Multiple threat actors have started exploiting the recently disclosed vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2024-1709 (CVSS score of 10) and CVE-2024-1708 (CVSS score of 8.4), in the ConnectWise ScreenConnect software. ConnectWise recently warned of the following two critical vulnerabilities in […]
