cybercrime

Why did Putin Pwn Russian Hacking Group REvil?

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Why did Putin Pwn Russian Hacking Group REvil?

RiSec.n0tst3 20 January 2022

The biggest name in cybercrime was taken completely offline courtesy of the Russian secret service agency the FSB, in quite a surprising plot twist because Russia has over the past few years become a well-known safe haven for Cybercriminals. It’s become a bit of an unwritten rule that as long as Russian black hats didn’t target Russian citizens or Russian companies, and instead focused their money-making attacks on the rest of the world, usually with ransomware, they were largely allowed to exist by the Russian authorities that were until...

Interpol Busted 11 Members of Nigerian BEC Cybercrime Gang

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Interpol Busted 11 Members of Nigerian BEC Cybercrime Gang

RiSec.n0tst3 20 January 2022

A coordinated law enforcement operation has resulted in the arrest of 11 members allegedly belonging to a Nigerian cybercrime gang notorious for perpetrating business email compromise (BEC) attacks targeting more than 50,000 victims in recent years. The disruption of the BEC network is the result of a ten-day investigation dubbed Operation Falcon II undertaken by the Interpol along with participation from the Nigeria Police Force’s Cybercrime Police Unit in December 2021. Cybersecurity firms Group-IB and Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42, both of which shared information on the threat actors and their infrastructure, said six...

Night Sky Ransomware Distributed via Log4j Exploits

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Night Sky Ransomware Distributed via Log4j Exploits

RiSec.n0tst3 13 January 2022

Crypto-Locking Malware Hits Traced by Microsoft to Attack Group Based in China Attackers wielding Night Sky ransomware are among the latest groups that have been attempting to exploit serious vulnerabilities in widely used Apache Log4j software. “In January, we started seeing attackers taking advantage of the vulnerabilities in internet-facing systems, eventually deploying ransomware,” Microsoft says. “We have observed many existing attackers adding exploits of these vulnerabilities in their existing malware kits and tactics, from coin miners to hands-on-keyboard attacks. Organizations may not realize their environments may already be compromised.” The emergence...