Tag: RaaS

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Meet NoEscape, the return of the Avaddon RaaS gang

Meet NoEscape, the return of the Avaddon RaaS gang

With NoEscape, the ransomware gang Avaddon, which has claimed victims in the past, appears to be returning. Since June 2023, NoEscape has been attacking large companies with double-extortion techniques. The cybercriminals steal data and encrypt files on Windows, Linux and VMware ESXi servers. How s... Read more

date9 months ago
Panasonic suffers yet another cyber attack

Panasonic suffers yet another cyber attack

The breach is the second attack in six months. Panasonic has confirmed its Canadian operations were hit by a cyberattack, less than six months after the company last fell victim to hackers. In a statement provided to TechCrunch, Panasonic said that it was a victim of a “targeted cybersecuri... Read more

date2 years ago
MountLocker ransomware is now spreading via criminal affiliates

MountLocker ransomware is now spreading via criminal affiliates

Security researchers at Blackberry say that a new strain of ransomware has popped up that uses affiliates to spread malware. Since July, the researchers say that MountLocker has been available as ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) and was updated this November to broaden the file types it targets and h... Read more

date3 years ago
IBM Security X-Force sees surge in ransomware attacks in June

IBM Security X-Force sees surge in ransomware attacks in June

The amounts demanded as ransom are also exploding, up to as much as $40 million. IBM reports that as of September 2020, one in four attacks that its Security X-Force Incident Response has remediated this year have been caused by ransomware. In addition, ransomware incidents appeared to explo... Read more

date4 years ago