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FBI responds to threats and announcement of LockBit 4.0

Alessio Stefan 22/12/2024

In the last month of 2024, LockBit has been exodusively talked about. The prominent news is the long-awaited release of the 4.0 program of the most famous RaaS in the scene. After the entire Operation Cronos series, which does not seem to be over yet, LockBit has been put to the test with an unprecedented digital crime-fighting experience executed by an international task force. In this article we will expand on the very latest updates trying to take stock and comment on these early (partial) conclusions of a real attrition that will impact the future of digital security and crime. For those

Brain Chiper claims computer attack on Deloitte. 1 Tera Byte of data

Luca Stivali 04/12/2024

At 14:35 today, the claim of a cyber attack on the consulting giant Deloitte was detected on BrainChiper’s Data Leak Site. A countdown is active, marking the time for the publication of the data, which according to the cybercriminals will take place in 10 days and 20 hours. At present, we cannot confirm the authenticity of the news, as the organisation has not yet published an official statement on its website about the incident. The information reported comes from public sources accessible on underground sites, so it should be interpreted as a source of intelligence and not as definitive confirmation. The post

The Exploit for the RCE on Palo Alto Firewalls is now Online! And let the Administration be for all

Luca Stivali 03/12/2024

A few hours ago on Breach Forum, a threat actor by the name “newplzqibeme” shared a GitHub repository where a python-written exploit for active exploitation of CVE-2024-0012 on PanOS (the Palo Alto firewall operating system) is published. The exploit grants the attacker, full administrative access to the firewall with an Authentication Bypass mechanism, gaining administrator access. The post by “newplzqibeme” shows two public IPs as examples, which are most likely exposed and vulnerable firewalls. Firewalls running PanOS 10.2, 11.0, 11.1 and 11.2 are affected by this CVE if not upgraded to the respective versions (>= 10.2.12-h2, >= 11.0.6-h1, >= 11.1.5-h1 and >=

RHC DarkLab Interviews Interlock Ransomware. “Don’t waste your energy and time. We will do it for you.”

RHC Dark Lab 02/12/2024

RHC DarkLab has always taken a unique and provocative approach in the fight against cyber threats, summed up by the motto: ‘One must know the Demons to learn how to counter them.’ This philosophy guides our ongoing commitment to understanding Threat Actors through face-to-face interviews to expose their techniques, tactics and procedures (TTPs) and improve the defences of those facing these insidious adversaries. Cyber gangs, such as Interlock, often present themselves with a mix of highly sophisticated motivations and skills, as demonstrated by recent attacks targeting seemingly secure systems such as FreeBSD. In many cases, they claim to act to fill gaps

How Threat Actor make EDR’s harmless with a reboot

Alex Necula 22/11/2024

I became aware of this technique like 9 months ago, and now I see this on a attack in the wild conducted by Qilin Ransomware Gang, so it’s time to make it public. One of the most important security things in EDR’s is the possibility to intercept calls to the kernel. For this purpose, EDR’s vendors use MiniFilter Drivers that load on boot. But what happens when these drivers are forced disabled by attacker? The attacker can peacefully make kernel calls without being intercepted by EDR’s. When the Windows load a MiniFilter Driver , there is a order to load them ,

The Story Of Conti Ransomware – The War Within (Episode 2)

Alessio Stefan 22/11/2024

This is a continuation of the Conti story. You can read the previous part, which covered the group’s origins, in the previous article. We will now explore the internal components of the group and how their own ecosystem began to collapse. Wizard Spider is still full of surprises and in this episode we will unravel the most proibhited ones The Fool – Trick or Treat Mid-2021, Conti is dominating the headlines with consistent attacks and gaining ransoms from victims. The RaaS operation has been a big deal in the ecosystem, attracting the attention of everyone involved, including victims, affiliates, and law enforcement

IntelBroker Claims Tesla Charging Database Breach

Redazione RHC 20/11/2024

Recently, the threat actor known as IntelBroker , posted an alleged data breach. The post, which appeared on the BreachForums platform, claims that Tesla’s charging station database has been compromised and made available for download. At this time we cannot confirm the veracity of the news, as the organization has not yet released any official press release on its website regarding the incident. Therefore, this article should be considered as an “intelligence source”. Introduction on the violation The post, published on BreachForums, revealed that the Tesla charging station database has been made available for download. According to the announcement, the database contains approximately 116,000 records

Potential Compromise of a U.S. Military Database

Pietro Melillo 06/11/2024

A high-ranking user of BreachForums, known as “GOD,” is reportedly selling an alleged database belonging to the U.S. Military, which purportedly contains data on over 385,000 personnel and contractors. This database would have been acquired in November 2024 and is said to include critical personal and service-related information. Details of the Potential Breach If authentic, the database would contain various fields of sensitive data, which may be categorized under the following headers: At this time, we cannot confirm the veracity of this information, as the organization has not released an official press statement on its website regarding the incident. Therefore, this article

Hellcat Claims an Alleged Breach Against Schneider Electric

Pietro Melillo 04/11/2024

In recent hours, the ransomware group known as Hellcat has claimed responsibility for an alleged attack against Schneider Electric, a global leader in energy management and automation. This supposed breach was reported on Hellcat’s data leak site, where information was published suggesting unauthorized access to the company’s infrastructure. At this time, we cannot confirm the authenticity of this news, as the organization has not yet released an official press statement on its website regarding the incident. Therefore, this article should be considered as an ‘intelligence source.’ Details of the Possible Breach According to the Hellcat group, access was allegedly obtained through Schneider

The Story Of Conti Ransomware – Origins and Evolution of the RaaS Model (Episode 1)

Alessio Stefan 30/09/2024

Ransomware, a malware designed to encrypt data making them restorable only with the use of a private key. Relatively simple math is all that threat actors out there needs to disrupt networks around the globe, once lock out you can get your plain data back just in one way : cripto payment. The real first Ransomware ever discovered was made by Joseph L. Popp Jr. with his malware called AIDS. Isolated in 1989, the program was stored inside a Floppy Disk with the label “AIDS Information Introductory”, sent in the email of 20,000 of WHO conference in Stockholm. Once opened the C:

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