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Ransomware Attack Results In Blood Shortages
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Ransomware Attack Results In Blood Shortages

England's NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) has issued an urgent call to O Positive and O Negative blood donors to book appointments and donate. This comes as major hospitals in the London area had to cancel operations and blood transfusions after a cyberattack on June 4, 2024. Hospitals were direct

RansomHub Linked To Now Defunct Knight Ransomware
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RansomHub Linked To Now Defunct Knight Ransomware

The relatively new ransomware gang RansomHub has been quick to cause waves amongst ransomware researchers. With increased attention comes increased analysis by researchers, who have now discovered possible links to the somewhat out-of-action Knight ransomware. According to a recently published

Europol's Operation Endgame
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Europol's Operation Endgame

In a recent press release by Europol, the details of the law enforcement agency's largest-ever operation against botnet infrastructure were released to the public. The main goal of the operation was to target the infrastructure behind some of the Internet's most prolific dropper malware strains: Ic

BiBi Wiper Now Destroys Disk Partition Table
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BiBi Wiper Now Destroys Disk Partition Table

Security researchers at security firm Check Point Research have discovered a new version of the BiBi wiper malware that now includes destroying disk partition drives, making any recovery process far more complex. Wiper malware is designed to cause permanent damage to both data and hardware, making

Black Basta Ransomware Breached Over 500 Organizations
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Black Basta Ransomware Breached Over 500 Organizations

In a joint report published by the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), it was stated affiliates associated with the Black Basta have breached the networks of over 500 organizations worldwide. Black Basta was first seen in an

LockBit Ransomware Admin Unmasked
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LockBit Ransomware Admin Unmasked

The United Kingdom's National Crime Agency (NCA) announced it had unmasked one of the kingpins behind the LockBit ransomware operation. US, UK, and Australian authorities have sanctioned this. In the announcement, it was stated, The sanctions against Russian national Dmitry Khoroshev, the a

Cuttlefish Malware Steals Credentials Via Routers
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Cuttlefish Malware Steals Credentials Via Routers

Security researchers based at security firm Black Lotus Labs recently discovered a new type of malware infecting enterprise-grade and small office routers to monitor data that passes through them and steal authentication information. To help facilitate this, the malware can perform DNS and HTTP hij

GuptiMiner Infects Machines Via Hijacked Antivirus Update
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GuptiMiner Infects Machines Via Hijacked Antivirus Update

According to a recent report by Avast, a new malware campaign was discovered by the security firm’s researchers hijacking an eScan antivirus update mechanism to distribute backdoors and cryptocurrency mining malware. The malware is currently being tracked as GuptiMiner and has been seen dropping po

SoumniBot Levels Up Obfuscation Game
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SoumniBot Levels Up Obfuscation Game

Banking trojan malware, namely malware designed to intercept a victim’s banking-related information, including login passwords, so that funds can be fraudulently stolen, is an ever-present danger for those using banking applications on mobile phones. Reminding us of this danger is the recent discov