Deloitte and Rhode Island officials confirmed that a ransomware attack by Brain Cipher impacted public benefits data from the state’s RIBridges system. The Brain Cipher ransomware group initially listed Deloitte UK as a victim on its dark web leak site in early December, prompting Deloitte to respond saying only one client system outside of Deloitte’s … Read more
What is 3AM? 3AM (also known as ThreeAM) is a ransomware group that first emerged in late 2023. Like other ransomware threats, 3AM exfiltrates victims’ data (threatening to release it publicly unless a ransom is paid) and encrypts the copies left on targeted organisations’ computer systems. So it’s the normal story with ransomware – exfiltrate, … Read more
Ransomware attacks against utilities organizations have increased by 42% over the past year, with 81% of all attacks against the utilities sector involving spearphishing, a report by ReliaQuest published Tuesday revealed. In a study conducted between November 2023 and October 2024, ReliaQuest researchers analyzed customer alerts from its GreyMatter security operations platform along with dark … Read more
Dec 09, 2024Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Malware The threat actors linked to the Black Basta ransomware have been observed switching up their social engineering tactics, distributing a different set of payloads such as Zbot and DarkGate since early October 2024. “Users within the target environment will be email bombed by the threat actor, which is … Read more
Supply chain software giant Blue Yonder says it is investigating claims of data theft after a ransomware gang threatened to publish troves of data stolen from the company. Arizona-based Blue Yonder, which provides supply chain management software to thousands of organizations including DHL, Starbucks and Walgreens, was hit by a cyberattack on November 21. The … Read more
