Enigma info-stealing malware targets the cryptocurrency industry

Alleged Russian threat actors have been targeting cryptocurrency users in Eastern Europe with Enigma info-stealing malware. A malware campaign conducted by alleged Russian threat actors has been targeting users in Eastern European in the crypto industry. The attackers are sending out emails with fake job opportunities as bait in an attempt to trick victims into […]

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February 14, 2023
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Russian Government evaluates the immunity to hackers acting in the interests of Russia

The Russian Government proposed to give a sort of immunity to the hackers that operate in the interests of Moscow. Russian media reported that Alexander Khinshtein, the head of the Duma committee on information policy, announced that the Russian government is evaluating to avoid punishing hackers acting in the interests of Moscow. “The question of […]

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February 12, 2023
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Clop ransomware claims the hack of 130 orgs using GoAnywhere MFT flaw

The Clop ransomware group claims to have breached over 130 organizations exploiting the GoAnywhere MFT zero-day. The Clop ransomware group claims to have stolen sensitive data from over 130 organizations by exploiting a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-0669) in Fortra’s GoAnywhere MFT secure file transfer tool, BleepingComputer reported. Fortra immediately addressed the flaw with the release of […]

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February 11, 2023
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New TA886 group targets companies with custom Screenshotter malware

The TA886 hacking group targets organizations in the United States and Germany with new spyware tracked as Screenshotter. A recently discovered threat actor, tracked as TA886 by security firm Proofpoint, is targeting organizations in the United States and Germany with new malware dubbed Screenshotter. The experts first spotted the attacks attributed to this threat actor […]

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February 10, 2023
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Reddit discloses security breach that exposed source code and internal docs

Social news aggregation platform Reddit suffered a security breach, attackers gained unauthorized access to internal documents, code, and some business systems. Reddit announced it was hit by a sophisticated and highly-targeted attack that took place on February 5, 2023. A highly-targeted phishing attack hit the employees of the company. The company pointed out that Reddit […]

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February 10, 2023
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US and UK sanctioned seven Russian members of Trickbot gang

The US and the UK have sanctioned seven Russian individuals for their involvement in the TrickBot operations. The US and the UK authorities have sanctioned seven Russian individuals for their involvement in the TrickBot operations. The US Treasury has frozen the assets belonging to the individuals and imposed travel bans against them. The US Treasury […]

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February 9, 2023
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A new variant of ESXiArgs ransomware makes recovery much harder

Experts warn of new ESXiArgs ransomware attacks using an upgraded version that makes it harder to recover VMware ESXi virtual machines. Experts spotted a new variant of ESXiArgs ransomware targeting VMware ESXi servers, authors have improved the encryption process, making it much harder to recover the encrypted virtual machines. The new variant was spotted less than a […]

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February 9, 2023
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Russian national pleads guilty to money laundering linked to Ryuk Ransomware operation

A Russian national pleaded guilty in the U.S. to money laundering charges linked to the Ryuk ransomware operation. On February 7, 2023, Russian national Denis Mihaqlovic Dubnikov (30) pleaded guilty in the U.S. to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering for the Ryuk ransomware operation. Denis Mihaqlovic Dubnikov, 30, was arrested in Amsterdam in November […]

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February 8, 2023
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