Scammers are impersonating the BianLian ransomware gang in fake ransom notes sent to US companies via snail mail through the United States Postal Service. Guidepoint Security first reported the phony ransom notes today, and BleepingComputer later received a scan of the note from a CEO who received the same letter. The envelopes for these ransom notes claim to be from the "BIANLIAN Group" and have a return address in an office building in Boston, Massachusetts.
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The FBI and CISA issued a joint advisory to warn that the Bl00dy Ransomware gang is now also actively exploiting a PaperCut remote-code execution vulnerability to gain initial access to networks. The US Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency mentions that the threat actor has focused their attacks on the education sector, which has a significant public exposure of the flaw.
"In early May 2023, according to FBI information, the Bl00dy Ransomware Gang gained access to victim networks acro
