Author name: Adam Price

Here, There, Ransomware: The Surge of New Ransomware Groups

Introduction From late 2023 and into 2024, the ransomware ecosystem has become more diverse than ever, with an ever-expanding cast of extortion groups. Established players continue to compromise large companies globally, while smaller, newer groups are breaking into the scene with increasing frequency. From January to mid-May 2024 alone, 22 new ransomware groups emerged. In […]

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STOP ransomware spamming in Usenet

Introduction Cyjax analysts have identified the distribution of STOP ransomware on Google Groups through mass spam attacks on Usenet. Over 385,000 posts have been observed, which contain malicious links resulting in ransomware infection. This campaign, henceforth referred to as “STOPNET.GG”, has been in operation since at least May 2023, and is ongoing at the time

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Factors Contributing to Threat Actor Unification

Introduction In 2022 and 2023, there has been a significant increase in threat actors uniting under singular causes. This focuses their attacks and increases their efficiency. Long-standing multi-group attack campaigns are constantly occurring in the hacktivist environment, and state-sponsored or country-affiliated threat groups act on behalf of and in support of their respective governments. There

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Cyberattacks on the utilities sector

Utility providers (energy, gas, water, sewage and oil) are targets for both standalone threat actors and large or state-sponsored threat groups. If an Industrial Control System (ICS) or Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) network were to be compromised, threat actors could gain valuable information, disrupt services, and extort money from the providers. Also, customers are vulnerable

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