The Conti cyber-crime gang has featured in many of my blog post – they have been a prolific perpetrator of some of the worse cyber attacks. Now researchers are reporting that much of their illicit infrastructure has closed down: Notorious cybercrime gang Conti ‘shuts down,’ but its influence and talent …
BlackByte cyber gang active despite the FBI advisory
The BlackByte “Ransomware-as-a-Service” gang and it’s affiliates have been active worldwide, despite the FBI and US Secret Service issuing a cyber security advisory about the gangs operations. No one is slowing down BlackByte ransomware gang • The Register Ransomware in more hands can only be a bad thing for our …
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The malware player Wizard Spider
Wizard Spider, is the gang that is behind the malware Conti, Ryuk and Trickbot. Research by PRODAFT has examined their growth and operations over the last five years that has built an illicit corporate-like multimillion-dollar organisation. Terms like “full-service”, “it manages the entire lifecycle of a cyberattack” and “it invests …
“We will pay if hit by ransomware again”
If the ransomware gangs keep making large sums of money – easily – from attacking businesses, then they will continue sending out those phishing emails to organisations all round the world. Statistics like these do not help any of us: Most organizations hit by ransomware would pay if hit again …
Shopping for malware
How cheap it is for threat actors, who are less technically able, to set up a technically complex attack has been a theme on the blog over the last few weeks. More low-level cyber criminals joining in Budget friendly malware increases your risk Here is another article showing that the …
