Experts from eSentire established that the infrastructure used to hack Cisco in May 2022 was exploited to compromise an unnamed HR solutions company a month earlier. Researchers believe that malicious actors associated with Evil Corp. are behind these incidents. Let me remind you that we also said that Cisco Won’t Fix an RCE Vulnerability in… Continue reading Cisco Hack Is Linked to Russian-Speaking Hackers from Evil Corp
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Microsoft Links Raspberry Robin Worm to Evil Corp
Microsoft analysts have noticed that the access broker, which the company tracks as DEV-0206, is using the Raspberry Robin Windows worm to deploy the malware loader on networks where traces of malicious activity by Evil Corp are also detected. Let me remind you that we also wrote that The Austrian Company DSIRF Was Linked to… Continue reading Microsoft Links Raspberry Robin Worm to Evil Corp
Evil Corp Switched to Using LockBit Malware to Avoid Sanctions
The Evil Corp group switched to using the LockBit ransomware to avoid sanctions imposed earlier by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Department of the Treasury (OFAC). Let me remind you that Evil Corp has existed since at least 2007, but at first hackers more often acted as partners for other groups.… Continue reading Evil Corp Switched to Using LockBit Malware to Avoid Sanctions
Evil Corp Ransomware Posing As PayloadBin Group To Avoid US Sanctions
Operators of new ransomware PayloadBIN, linked to the cybercriminal group Evil Corp, are trying to avoid sanctions imposed by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Treasury Department (OFAC). Members of Evil Corp (also known as Indrik Spider and Dridex) started out as partners with the ZeuS botnet operators. Over time, Evil Corp… Continue reading Evil Corp Ransomware Posing As PayloadBin Group To Avoid US Sanctions
Media Reports that Garmin Paid Ransom to WastedLocker Malware Operators
In July 2020, Garmin, the manufacturer of wearable electronics and navigation equipment, suffered from a cyberattack and was forced to temporarily shut down a number of services. Now there is information in the media that Garmin has paid the ransom to the WastedLocker malware operators. At the same time, the incident affected not only wearable… Continue reading Media Reports that Garmin Paid Ransom to WastedLocker Malware Operators
Evil Corp returns to criminal activity with WastedLocker ransomware
Fox-IT experts talked about the latest activity of the famous hacker group Evil Corp. According to analysts, the group came back to life in January of this year and conducted several malicious campaigns, and then completely resumed activity with new tools – such as the WastedLocker ransomware. Let me remind you that the Evil Corp… Continue reading Evil Corp returns to criminal activity with WastedLocker ransomware