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At Request of U.S., Russia Rounds Up 14 REvil Ransomware Affiliates
The Russian government said today it arrested 14 people accused of working for "REvil," a particularly aggressive ransomware group that has extorted hundreds of millions of dollars from victim organizations. The Russian ...
Ransomware Gangs and the Name Game Distraction
It's nice when ransomware gangs have their bitcoin stolen, malware servers shut down, or are otherwise forced to disband. We hang on to these occasional victories because history tells us that most ...
Phorpiex Botnet Named “Most Wanted Malware” in November 2020
The Phorpiex botnet earned the notorious designation of “most wanted malware” for the month of November 2020. In its Global Threat Index for November 2020, Check Point Research revealed that it had ...
Belarus Announces Arrest of GandCrab Ransomware Distributor
Government officials in Belarus announced they had arrested an individual on charges of having helped to distribute GandCrab ransomware. On July 30, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Republic of ...
This Service Helps Malware Authors Fix Flaws in their Code
Almost daily now there is news about flaws in commercial software that lead to computers getting hacked and seeded with malware. But the reality is most malicious software also has its share ...
Is ‘REvil’ the New GandCrab Ransomware?
The cybercriminals behind the GandCrab ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) offering recently announced they were closing up shop and retiring after having allegedly earned more than $2 billion in extortion payments from victims. But a ...
Researchers Release Decryptor that Works against GandCrab Version 5.2
Security researchers have released a decryptor that works against the latest variants of GandCrab ransomware, including version 5.2. On 17 June, Bitdefender announced that users can download the tool from the No ...
Good riddance, GandCrab! We’re still fixing the mess you left behind.
On January 28th 2018, our analysts on watch saw a small blip pop up on the Bitdefender Threat Map. It was one of millions of blips we see daily here at Bitdefender, ...
Report: No ‘Eternal Blue’ Exploit Found in Baltimore City Ransomware
For almost the past month, key computer systems serving the government of Baltimore, Md. have been held hostage by a ransomware strain known as "Robbinhood." Media publications have cited sources saying the ...
GandCrab ransomware claims another healthcare firm
A medical billing service headquartered in Massachusetts has notified patients of a data breach, saying hackers may have exposed their data. The attack involved the infamous GandCrab ransomware. Cyber crooks have developed ...
