In an unexpected move, a Ukrainian hacktivist group attacked the dark web portal of a Russian ransomware group. Hacktivists from the Ukrainian Cyber Alliance wiped out, exfiltrated, and defa… Read More
A secure (really secure), anonymous, “off the govt’s radar” E-mail service is the need of the hour, isn’t it? Well, that’s where this Protonmail review comes in… Read More
A sophisticated ransomware threat known as RedEnergy has recently been detected targeting energy utilities, oil, gas, telecom, and machinery sectors in Brazil and the Philippines through the… Read More
GhostSec hackers have taken responsibility for the TAP Air Portugal cyber attack, claiming to exfiltrate 350GB of data. They have further demanded a ransom to prevent the release of the info… Read More
Source: Stockis/AdobeA Brazilian barber has admitted to blowing up a supermarket and trying to blackmail its owner into paying a Bitcoin (BTC) ransom.
In an official police release, office… Read More
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GUWAHATI: Abductors go high-tech, and so do Guwahati police. The police busted an abductors’ gang that demanded bitcoin, not cash, as ransom.
Bitcoin (BTC) is a c… Read More
A hospital in Romania has been focused in a ransomware assault with the perpetrators looking for fee in cryptocurrency to decrypt its database. The hack prevents the medical establishmen… Read More
The upcoming guidelines and rules round crypto transactions all over the world will make Bitcoin much less attractive for criminals to make use of as a fee gateway. As per a brand new rep… Read More
Maastricht University (UM) is anticipating the return of roughly half a million euros’ worth of Bitcoin (BTC.) This follows a successful resolution of the infamous ransomware assault i… Read More
The Financial institution of Brazilia was attacked by the LockBit ransomware, with hackers requesting for 50 BTC to deliver the secured delicate data.
On October 3, the Bank of Brasilia, a… Read More
Data backups are indispensable for a business continuity, disaster recovery, and incident response plan for cybersecurity for startups during disasters (e.g., fire and hurricane), human erro… Read More
Cybersecurity firm Group-IB has analyzed a sample of the DeadBolt ransomware virus, which some Russian universities have already fallen victim to. Attackers using DeadBolt demanded a ransom… Read More
Just before the start of the recent Professional Golf Association [PGA] Championship at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, bad news seemed to be looming over the event. According to report… Read More
Crema hacker who exploited Solana’s liquidity protocol on July 2 was allowed to keep $1.6 million in white hat incentives, but he returned most of the money. The 45,455 Solana (SOL) re… Read More
The USA Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) recovered $500,000 worth of crypto that a North Korean hacking group had illegally obtained.
According to a… Read More
Local reports in Japan revealed that the Numata Town Hall office, a government infrastructure in Hokkaido, an island in Japan, received bomb explosion threats after not giving any response t… Read More
TL;DR Breakdown
FBI recovers ransom paid to pipeline hackersHow hackers hit colonial pipelineThe FBI has recovered millions of dollars in cryptocurrency paid in ransom to hackers of Colon… Read More
Usually, the one strategy to entry one’s crypto funds is thru their personal key, which, because of advances in cryptography, would take nothing lower than a complicated futuristic… Read More
A cyber attack had been conducted on Chatham County, North Carolina back on the 28th of October last year. During that period, an investigation on the computer network revealed that personal… Read More
CWT, one of the largest travel companies based in the United States, has agreed to pay $4.5 million as Bitcoin ransom to the hackers who breached its computer network.
Formerly Carlson Wagon… Read More
According to recent surveys, Eastern Europe happens to be the primary basis of cybercrime activity in the cryptocurrency division from victims to scams, from users to darknet markets.
Acc… Read More
A group of malicious hackers have claimed that they have infiltrated the computer servers of Lotenal or National Lottery. They have also threatened to disclose confidential informa… Read More
The advent of modernization in the digital landscape has brought with it different variations in digital threat landscape. Of all, undoubtedly phishing attacks of all types are the most prev… Read More
Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) has been rapidly developing on darknet since the rise of WannaCry in 2017. Nowadays, vendors operating on major dark web marketplaces provide RaaS to people, w… Read More
BleepingComputer has released a report according to which a malware asking for a Bitcoin ransom is being circulated.
Not just scary, empty messages but can actually permanently encrypt file… Read More
A recent report published on 27th March revealed that the Pakistan police have arrested an extortionist gang that demanded ransom in bitcoins to release the hostage. The gang had demanded mo… Read More
The cryptocurrency has attracted many representatives of the criminal world. And in the race for easy money these people are ready for anything. Blackmail, kidnapping, murder — is just… Read More