Last February of 2024, researchers at SentinelOne posted a write-up on Kryptina Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS), a free and open-source RaaS platform written for Linux. At the time, Kryptina provided all the components required to host a fully functional RaaS platform. This included automating payloads, managing multiple groups and campaigns nested within, and configuring the ransom payment requirements, such as the amount and type of payment. Despite such functionality, the offering struggled
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A new security report released this week revealed a record-breaking $75 million ransom paid by a single victim to the Dark Angels ransomware gang earlier this year. The payment surpasses the previous highest known ransom of $40 million paid by insurance giant CNA to Evil Corp. The specific company involved has not been disclosed at the time of this writing. However, there are speculations that pharmaceutical giant Cencora ranked #10 on the Fortune 50 list, experienced a cyberattack in February
The US Nation’s Capital police department has reportedly been hit by Russian-speaking ransomware threat actors who claim to have stolen sensitive information on informants. If true, this is a very troubling cyber-attack. If informants cannot keep their anonymity, they will never work with the police. The Babuk group gave police three days to pay-up before it shares the data with local gangs, according to media sources. The files were allegedly posted on a dark web forum.
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The Houston Rockets professional basketball team is reporting that their security and law enforcement authorities are investigating a cyber-attack. Officials are claiming a new hacking group attempted to install ransomware on the basketball team’s internal systems. “The Rockets organization recently detected suspicious activity on certain systems in its internal network. We immediately launched an investigation,” the Rockets said in an emailed statement, adding cybersecurity experts are assis
