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2 Mar, 2022

Conti Ransomware Group Diaries, Part II: The Office

Cybersecurity A Little Sunshine, Bentley, Bleeping Computer, Conti, Emotet, Hof, Lawrence Abrams, Mango, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Palo Alto Networks, Ransomware, Reverse, Ryuk, Stern, The Coming Storm, trickbot

Earlier this week, a Ukrainian security researcher leaked almost two years’ worth of internal chat logs from Conti, one of the more rapacious and ruthless ransomware gangs in operation today. Tuesday’s story examined how Conti dealt with its own internal breaches and attacks from private security firms and governments. In Part II of this series we’ll explore what it’s like to work for Conti, as described by the Conti employees themselves. …

13 Oct, 2021

How Coinbase Phishers Steal One-Time Passwords

Cybersecurity A Little Sunshine, alex holden, Bleeping Computer, Coinbase, Coinbase phishing, Hold Security, Lawrence Abrams, one-time password phishing, The Coming Storm, Web Fraud 2.0

12 Oct, 2021

Patch Tuesday, October 2021 Edition

Cybersecurity apple, AskWoody.com, Bleeping Computer, CVE-2021-26427, CVE-2021-30883, CVE-2021-36970, CVE-2021-38672, CVE-2021-40449, CVE-2021-40461, Immersive Labs, Kevin Breen, Lawrence Abrams, Microsoft Patch Tuesday October 2021, Morphus Labs, sans internet storm center, Satnam Narang, Tenable, Time to Patch

5 Apr, 2021

Ransom Gangs Emailing Victim Customers for Leverage

Cybersecurity Bleeping Computer, Clop, Emsisoft, Fabian Wosar, Lawrence Abrams, Racetrac, Ransomware, rEvil, The Coming Storm

2 Jun, 2020

REvil Ransomware Gang Starts Auctioning Victim Data

Cybersecurity A Little Sunshine, Bleeping Computer, Chainalysis, Lawrence Abrams, Ransomware, REvil ransomware, Sodin, Sodinokibi

The criminal group behind the REvil ransomware enterprise has begun auctioning off sensitive data stolen from companies hit by its malicious software. The move marks an escalation in tactics aimed at coercing victims to pay up — and publicly shaming those don’t. But it may also signal that ransomware purveyors are searching for new ways to profit from their crimes as victim businesses struggle just to keep the lights on during the unprecedented economic slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. …

11 May, 2020

Ransomware Hit ATM Giant Diebold Nixdorf

Cybersecurity BleepingComputer, Diebold Nixdorf, Emsisoft, Fabian Wosar, Lawrence Abrams, ProLock ransomware, Ransomware

17 Dec, 2019

Ransomware Gangs Now Outing Victim Businesses That Don’t Pay Up

Cybersecurity BleepingComputer, Lawrence Abrams, Maze Ransomware, Ransomware, rEvil, Sodinokibi, The Coming Storm

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