June 24, 2022

Conti ransomware finally closes the book on their operations

On Wednesday 20th of June 2022, the Conti ransomware gang finally closed the book on their operation after taking down the last two Tor servers which were used to leak data and negotiate with victims. It was first reported in May, that Conti had started to shut down their operations and had told its members that the operations were going […]
June 7, 2022

Mandiant confirms no evidence of an attack from the LockBit ransomware group

On Monday 6th of June, the LockBit ransomware gang published a new page on their data leak website that named Mandiant, a major American cybersecurity firm as the victim where they claimed to have stolen 356,841 files from Mandiant. On further investigation of the new page, there is a 0-byte file named ‘mandiantyellowpress.com.7z’ displayed on the page which appears to […]
June 6, 2022

The municipality of Palermo suffers major disruptions due to a ransomware attack

On Friday 3rd of June, the municipality of Palermo in Southern Italy suffered a cyberattack which resulted in a wide range of operations and services used by both citizens and visiting tourists being impacted. The systems have remained offline for the past three days even though local IT experts have been trying to restore the systems. According to multiple local […]
June 2, 2022

Evil Corp attempts to evade sanctions by switching to LockBit ransomware

On Thursday 2nd of June 2020, Mandiant revealed that the Evil Corp cybercrime group has now switched to deploying LockBit ransomware on targets’ networks to evade sanctions imposed by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). The cybercrime group has been active since 2007 and was originally known for using the Dridex malware but in more recent […]
June 2, 2022

Victim’s website hacked to display ransom note in a new extortion strategy

A new extortion strategy which is being used by the Industrial Spy has been identified where they gain access to their victim’s corporate websites to publicly display ransom notes. The first incident of this new strategy was seen on Thursday 2nd of June 2020, when Industrial Spy started to sell data, which they claim was stolen from the French company, […]
June 2, 2022

Foxconn confirms disruptions to production in Mexico as a result of a ransomware attack

Recently, the electronics manufacturer, Foxconn has confirmed that one of its production plants in Tijuana, Mexico has been impacted by a ransomware attack in late May. The plant is considered a key plant for Foxconn as it acts as a critical supply hub for the U.S. state of California which is a significant electronics consumer. A Foxconn spokesperson also revealed […]
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