#double extortion

US, UK, Canada and Australia Link Iranian Government Agency to Ransomware Attacks

Home › Cyberwarfare US, UK, Canada and Australia Link Iranian Government Agency to Ransomware Attacks By Ionut Arghire on September 15, 2022 Tweet Government agencies in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia say that threat groups associated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have been engaging in data encryption and extortion operations. In a joint advisory published as an update…

Microsoft: North Korean Hackers Target SMBs With H0lyGh0st Ransomware

Home › Virus & Threats Microsoft: North Korean Hackers Target SMBs With H0lyGh0st Ransomware By Ionut Arghire on July 15, 2022 Tweet Microsoft this week sounded the alarm on a North Korean threat actor using the H0lyGh0st ransomware in attacks targeting small and midsize businesses worldwide. The hackers, who call themselves H0lyGh0st and are tracked by Microsoft as DEV-0530, have been using…

Organizations Warned of New Lilith, RedAlert, 0mega Ransomware

Home › Virus & Threats Organizations Warned of New Lilith, RedAlert, 0mega Ransomware By Ionut Arghire on July 14, 2022 Tweet Security researchers with threat intelligence firm Cyble have warned organizations about three new ransomware families named Lilith, RedAlert and 0mega. Written in C/C++ and targeting 64-bit Windows systems, Lilith appends the “.lilith” extension to the encrypted files,…