[ad_1] Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Ransomware Exposes Details of Victims, ‘Aggressive’ Negotiations, Cryptocurrency Addresses Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • May 8, 2025 LockBit data leak sites displayed this message on May 8, 2025. One year to the day after an international law enforcement operation unmasked and indicted the leader of the notorious...Read More
[ad_1] Multiple ransomware groups seen abusing Windows Common Log File System bug Among the abusers are RansomEXX and Play The bug is used to drop backdoors, encryptors, and more Notorious ransomware actors have been abusing a zero-day vulnerability in the Windows Common Log File System to gain system privileges and deploy malware on target devices,...Read More
[ad_1] The LockBit ransomware group has itself fallen victim to a data breach after its affiliate panels on the dark web were hacked and provided with a message containing a link to a MySQL database dump. All of the group’s management pages now display the text: Don’t commit crimes. Crimes are bad. Greetings from Prague....Read More
[ad_1] May 08, 2025Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Ransomware Threat actors with ties to the Qilin ransomware family have leveraged malware known as SmokeLoader along with a previously undocumented .NET compiled loader codenamed NETXLOADER as part of a campaign observed in November 2024. “NETXLOADER is a new .NET-based loader that plays a critical role in cyber...Read More
[ad_1] Hackers breached LockBit’s backend, releasing a database with thousands of Bitcoin addresses and key evidence of the ransomware group’s financial structure. Nearly 60,000 Bitcoin addresses linked to LockBit’s ransomware operations have been exposed following a major breach of the group’s dark web affiliate panel. The leak, which included a MySQL database dump, was shared...Read More
[ad_1] A new report from cyber insurance specialist Coalition finds the majority of 2024 claims (60 percent) originated from business email compromise (BEC) and funds transfer fraud (FTF) incidents, with 29 percent of BEC events resulting in FTF. Ransomware claims did stabilize in 2024 but they remain the most costly and disruptive type of cyberattack....Read More
[ad_1] Ransomware as a service. What is ransomware as a service? Ransomware as a service is a business model where ransomware operators and third parties, called “affiliates”, work together to launch ransomware attacks. RaaS was first identified in 2012 with the Reveton ransomware strain, and in the subsequent decade, it has exploded into a sophisticated...Read More
[ad_1] Shayimamba Conco, cyber security expert at Check Point. Ransomware attacks rebounded in 2024 after law enforcement took down LockBit and Noberus, two of the most prolific ransomware syndicates. The former was said to have been responsible for around 25% of all victims listed on ransomware leak sites in 2023. In February 2025, the Cybersecurity...Read More
[ad_1] Almost 60,000 Bitcoin addresses tied to LockBit’s ransomware infrastructure were leaked after hackers breached the group’s dark web affiliate panel. The leak included a MySQL database dump shared publicly online. It contained crypto-related information that could help blockchain analysts trace the group’s illicit financial flows. Ransomware is a type of malware used by malicious...Read More
