Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Ransomware

New Contacto Ransomware Evades AV Detection & Uses Windows Console for Execution

In early January 2025, a new ransomware strain identified as Contacto surfaced, showcasing advanced techniques designed to bypass conventional security measures.This analysis provides insights into its operational mechanisms,...

Ransomware Attack Forces UK Brit High School to Close Doors For Students

A ransomware attack has compelled UK Brit, a prominent British high school, to close its doors to students for two days, specifically Monday, January...

FunkSec Ransomware Dominating Ransomware Attacks, Compromised 85 Victims In December

FunkSec is a RaaS operator that makes use of artificial intelligence and demonstrates how threat actor strategies are constantly evolving.The analysis reveals that...

New NonEuclid RAT Evades Antivirus and Encrypts Critical Files

A NonEuclid sophisticated C# Remote Access Trojan (RAT) designed for the.NET Framework 4.8 has been shown to pose a significant and ever-evolving cyber threat. The...

New Great Morpheus Hacker Group Claims Hacking Into Arrotex Pharmaceuticals And PUS GmbH

A Data Leak Site (DLS) belonging to a new extortion group named Morpheus, which has stolen data from Arrotex Pharmaceuticals (Australia) on December 12th...

1000’s Of SonicWall Devices Remain Vulnerable To CVE-2024-40766

A recent investigation revealed that the Akira and Fog ransomware groups are actively exploiting the SonicWall NSA vulnerability (CVE-2024-40766) to compromise organizations. As of December...

Casio Hacked – Servers Compromised by a Ransomware Attack

Casio Computer Co., Ltd. has confirmed a significant cybersecurity breach after its servers were targeted in a sophisticated ransomware attack.The incident, which occurred on...

17M Patient Records Stolen in Ransomware Attack on Three California Hospitals

A staggering 17 million patient records, containing sensitive personal and medical information, have been stolen in a devastating ransomware attack on PIH Health.The cyberattack,...

NotLockBit – Previously Unknown Ransomware Attack Windows & macOS

A new and advanced ransomware family, dubbed NotLockBit, has emerged as a significant threat in the cybersecurity landscape, closely mimicking the behavior and tactics...

US Charged Chinese Hackers for Exploiting Thousands of Firewall

The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned Sichuan Silence Information Technology Company and its employee Guan Tianfeng for their...

Mauri Ransomware Leverages Apache ActiveMQ Vulnerability to Deploy CoinMiners

The Apache ActiveMQ server is vulnerable to remote code execution (CVE-2023-46604), where attackers can exploit this vulnerability by manipulating serialized class types in the...