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Justice Dept. Claws Back $2.3M Paid by Colonial Pipeline to Ransomware Gang

June 7 2021 By BrianKrebs in A Little Sunshine, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Ransomware, rEvil, Security, Sodinokibi

The U.S. Department of Justice said today it has recovered $2.3 million worth of Bitcoin that Colonial Pipeline paid to ransomware extortionists last month. The funds had been sent...

Try This One Weird Trick Russian Hackers Hate

May 17 2021 By BrianKrebs in FBI, Ransomware, rEvil, Security, Sodinokibi, Twitter

In a Twitter discussion last week on ransomware attacks, KrebsOnSecurity noted that virtually all ransomware strains have a built-in failsafe designed to cover the backsides of the malware purveyors:...

Security Blueprints of Many Companies Leaked in Hack of Swedish Firm Gunnebo

October 28 2020 By BrianKrebs in Hold Security, Intel 471, Ransomware, RDP, rEvil, Security, Sodinokibi

In March 2020, KrebsOnSecurity alerted Swedish security giant Gunnebo Group that hackers had broken into its network and sold the access to a criminal group which specializes in deploying...

REvil ransomware crew dangles $1,000,000 cybercrime carrot

September 28 2020 By Paul Ducklin in Cybercrime, Law & order, Ransomware, rEvil, Security, Sodinokibi

When a company pays a multimillion dollar ransomware blackmail demand, where do you think the money goes?

GandCrab ransomware hacker arrested in Belarus

August 4 2020 By Paul Ducklin in GandCrab, Law & order, Ransomware, rEvil, Security, Sodinokibi

Suspect is alleged to have extorted more than 1000 people, mostly in India, US, Ukraine, UK, Germany, France, Italy and Russia.

REvil gang threaten to auction celebrity data from Mariah Carey, Lebron James, MTV and more

June 26 2020 By Lisa Vaas in Privacy, Ransomware, Security, Security threats, Sodinokibi

The ransomware gang is threatening to auction celebrities' legal documents stolen from the law firm it paralyzed in May.

REvil Ransomware Gang Starts Auctioning Victim Data

June 2 2020 By BrianKrebs in A Little Sunshine, Lawrence Abrams, Ransomware, Security, Sodin, Sodinokibi

The criminal group behind the REvil ransomware enterprise has begun auctioning off sensitive data stolen from companies hit by its malicious software. The move marks an escalation in tactics...

This Service Helps Malware Authors Fix Flaws in their Code

May 18 2020 By BrianKrebs in A Little Sunshine, Cerber, GandCrab, Intel 471, Krober, Lebron, malware testing service, Ne'er-Do-Well News, RedBear, rEvil, Sodin, Sodinokibi, UNKN, upO, Vivalamuerte, Web Fraud 2.0

Almost daily now there is news about flaws in commercial software that lead to computers getting hacked and seeded with malware. But the reality is most malicious software also...