Extortion DDoS attacks grow stronger and more common
In the fourth quarter of last year, about a quarter of Cloudflare’s customers that were the target of a DDoS attack said that they received a ransom note from the perpetrator. click here to...
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New Karakurt Hacking Group Targets Over 40 Entities with Data Theft and Cyber Extortion Attacks
95% of the known victims are based in North America, while the rest are in Europe. Professional services, healthcare, industrial, retail, IT, and entertainment verticals have been the most targeted. click here to read...
'Karakurt' Extortion Threat Emerges, But Says No to Ransomware
Researchers from Accenture Security have been tracking a group that calls itself “Karakurt,” which means “black wolf” in Turkish and is the name of a venomous spider found in eastern Europe and Siberia. click...
FBI Warning: HelloKitty Adds DDoS for Quick Extortion
The FBI has issued a flash alert warning against the HelloKitty ransomware group who recently started threatening victims with DDoS attacks. The group’s ransom demands fluctuate for each victim and are based on their ability...
FBI Warns of HelloKitty Ransomware’s New DDoS Capabilities As Part of its Extortion Tactics
“In some cases, if the victim does not respond quickly or does not pay the ransom, the threat actors will launch a DDoS attack on the victim company’s public-facing website,” the FBI said. click...
Groove ransomware calls on all extortion gangs to attack US interests
The Groove ransomware cybercriminal group is calling on other ransomware extortion groups to attack US interests after law enforcement took down REvil’s infrastructure last week. click here to read full Article Read more on...
Triple Extortion Ransomware: A New Challenge For Defenders
Ransomware has historically focused on encryption, with the exfiltration and threatened exposure of sensitive data in a “double extortion” attack one of the most popular recent additions. click here to read full Article Read...
7 Emerging Ransomware Groups Practicing Double Extortion
Given the massive profit-making potential ransomware still offers, security experts believe that the core operators behind Avaddon, DarkSide, and REvil will simply set up shop under a different name. click here to read full...
Pegasus iPhone hacks used as lure in extortion scheme
This week, a threat actor began emailing recipients, telling them that their iPhone device was hacked with a ‘zero-click’ vulnerability to install the Pegasus spyware software. click here to read full Article Read more...
Extortion Emails by Bogus DarkSide Gang Targets Energy and Food Industry
In bogus extortion emails sent to firms in the energy and food industries, threat actors impersonate the now-defunct DarkSide Ransomware campaign. The Darkside ransomware attack first hit business networks in August 2020, asking...
Double Extortion Becomes Old, Triple Extortion is the New Threat
This technique involves third parties linked to the victims, including service providers, company clients, and external colleagues, as they are massively impacted by data breaches resulting from ransomware attacks. click here to read full...
Darkside Ransomware Gang Received Nearly $5 Million as the Extortion Amount from the Victims of Colonial Pipeline Attack
Security experts at London-based blockchain analytics firm Elliptic discovered the bitcoin wallet used by the ransomware group responsible for the Colonial Pipeline attack and the extortion amount received from victims. According to a...
Darkside Hacking Group Linked to Colonial Pipeline Attack Says it is Closing Down
DarkSide has told associates it has lost access to the infrastructure it uses to run its operation and would be shutting down, citing pressure from law enforcement and from the U.S., FireEye said. click...
Data leak marketplaces aim to take over the extortion economy
One well-known and highly publicized hacker who performed this practice was The Dark Overlord, who stole data and demanded ransoms from Disney, Netflix, and insurance companies. click here to read full Article Read More...
Browser lockers: extortion disguised as a fine
Browser lockers (aka browlocks) are a class of online threats that prevent the victim from using the browser and demand a ransom. A locker is a fake page that dupes the user, under a...
Russian pleads guilty to Tesla hacking and extortion attempt
Russian national Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov has pleaded guilty to recruiting a Tesla employee to plant malware designed to steal data within the network of Tesla’s Nevada Gigafactory. click here to read full Article Read...