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Experts Find Similarities Between New LockBit 3.0 and BlackMatter Ransomware

Jul 26, 2022 by iHash Leave a Comment

Cybersecurity researchers have reiterated similarities between the latest iteration of the LockBit ransomware and BlackMatter, a rebranded variant of the DarkSide ransomware strain that closed shop in November 2021. The new version of LockBit, called LockBit 3.0 aka LockBit Black, was released in June 2022, launching a brand new leak site and what's the very first ransomware … [Read more...] about Experts Find Similarities Between New LockBit 3.0 and BlackMatter Ransomware

BlackMatter Ransomware Reportedly Shutting Down; Latest Analysis Released

Nov 3, 2021 by iHash Leave a Comment

An analysis of new samples of BlackMatter ransomware for Windows and Linux has revealed the extent to which the operators have continually added new features and encryption capabilities in successive iterations over a three-month period. No fewer than 10 Windows and two Linux versions of the ransomware have been observed in the wild to date, Group-IB threat researcher Andrei … [Read more...] about BlackMatter Ransomware Reportedly Shutting Down; Latest Analysis Released

Over 2,000 Palo Alto Networks Devices Hacked in Ongoing Attack Campaign

Nov 21, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Cyber Attack As many as 2,000 Palo Alto Networks devices are estimated to have been compromised as part of a campaign abusing the newly disclosed security flaws that have come under active exploitation in the wild. According to statistics shared by the Shadowserver Foundation, a majority of the infections have […]

Shazam hits 100 billion song recognitions

Shazam has now officially surpassed over 100 billion song recognitions since it launched. To help put that into perspective: That’s equivalent to 12 songs identified for every person on Earth. A person would need to use Shazam to identify a song every second for 3,168 years to reach 100 billion. That’s more than 2,200x the […]

Collecting Windows telemetry with Elastic: An introduction to the ETW Filebeat input

From this output, we can see that the provider Microsoft-Windows-DNSServer offers several keywords for filtering specific event types, such as QUERY_RECEIVED, RESPONSE_SUCCESS, RESPONSE_FAILURE, and others — each represented by a unique hex code. Additionally, it provides levels (Error, Warning, Informational) that specify the severity of events that can be captured. The Filebeat ETW input offers […]

Ngioweb Botnet Fuels NSOCKS Residential Proxy Network Exploiting IoT Devices

The malware known as Ngioweb has been used to fuel a notorious residential proxy service called NSOCKS, as well as by other services such as VN5Socks and Shopsocks5, new findings from Lumen Technologies reveal. “At least 80% of NSOCKS bots in our telemetry originate from the Ngioweb botnet, mainly utilizing small office/home office (SOHO) routers […]

New Report Reveals Surge in Demand for AI Solutions as Contact Centers Confront Escalating Performance Pressures

Survey shows overwhelming interest in AI tools, but lack of in-house technical expertise creates barriers to implementation. Level AI, a pioneer in customer experience AI, leading with industry-first innovations like GPT integration and human-accurate Auto-QA, announced the release of its new report titled AI’s Impact on the State of the Contact Center, which provides insights into […]

Elastic Cloud Serverless coming soon on Microsoft Azure for cost-efficient scalability

Building on the success of Elastic’s Azure Native ISV Service and its availability on the Azure Marketplace, Elastic Cloud Serverless on Microsoft Azure takes cloud innovation a step further. As we think about the next decade, we recognize the need for a simpler user experience that still delivers fast performance. Elastic Cloud Serverless now provides […]

Pangu Releases Updated Jailbreak of iOS 9 Pangu9 v1.2.0

Pangu has updated its jailbreak utility for iOS 9.0 to 9.0.2 with a fix for the manage storage bug and the latest version of Cydia. Change log V1.2.0 (2015-10-27) 1. Bundle latest Cydia with new Patcyh which fixed failure to open url scheme in MobileSafari 2. Fixed the bug that “preferences -> Storage&iCloud Usage -> […]

Apple Blocks Pangu Jailbreak Exploits With Release of iOS 9.1

Apple has blocked exploits used by the Pangu Jailbreak with the release of iOS 9.1. Pangu was able to jailbreak iOS 9.0 to 9.0.2; however, in Apple’s document on the security content of iOS 9.1, PanguTeam is credited with discovering two vulnerabilities that have been patched.

Pangu Releases Updated Jailbreak of iOS 9 Pangu9 v1.1.0

Pangu has released an update to its jailbreak utility for iOS 9 that improves its reliability and success rate. Change log V1.1.0 (2015-10-21) 1. Improve the success rate and reliability of jailbreak program for 64bit devices 2. Optimize backup process and improve jailbreak speed, and fix an issue that leads to fail to […]

Activator 1.9.6 Released With Support for iOS 9, 3D Touch

Ryan Petrich has released Activator 1.9.6, an update to the centralized gesture, button, and shortcut manager, that brings support for iOS 9 and 3D Touch.

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Experts Find Similarities Between New LockBit 3.0 and BlackMatter Ransomware

BlackMatter Ransomware Reportedly Shutting Down; Latest Analysis Released