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ALPHV/BlackCat Seemingly Returns to Business as Usual
Despite law enforcement’s disruption to ALPHV/BlackCat’s infrastructure in December 2023, the group has since resumed operations.
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ALPHV (aka BlackCat) Ransomware Group Claims Responsibility for MGM Resorts Attack
MGM Resorts, an S&P 500® global hotel and entertainment company, recently experienced a cyberattack.
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Fool Us Once … BlackMatter Initial Access Tactics Point to a Possible REvil Association
Arete observed an overlap between a recent BlackMatter case and a Q1 2021 REvil case.
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The Hidden Costs of Cybercrime
This year, the global cost of cybercrime is expected to hit $6 trillion.[i] Up from $3 trillion in 2015, it’s nothing short of a big, flourishing business whose operators are relentless innovators.
Read moreGood Europol Hunting: How Do You Like Them Apples, Emotet?
On January 27, 2021, Europol announced that it had led a coordinated takedown of the Emotet infrastructure in collaboration with law enforcement authorities in the Netherlands, Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Lithuania,…
Read moreEgregor: The Ghost of Soviet Bears Past Haunts On
By Adam Brown and Harold Rodriguez, Arete Cyber Threat Intelligence Team Ransomware variants come. Ransomware variants go. And while Egregor may have only recently surfaced, it is by no means a fly-by-night operation. In fact, one could argue that…
Read moreSodinokibi Labels Keys with “Black Lives Matter”
OVERVIEW Since January 2020, the Arete IR practice has responded to forty-one (41) Sodinokibi engagements. The industry has seen two big changes with Sodinokibi/REvil from their shift to exfiltrating data as of January 2020, and more, recently with…
Read moreUS Government Alerts of Imminent Attacks Against the Healthcare Sector by Trickbot Group
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Last week, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in collaboration with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the following alert: AA20-302A…
Read moreMonero- Overview & Quick Facts
OVERVIEW Recently, the threat group behind Sodinokibi ransomware publicly announced the switch from Bitcoin to accepting only Monero payments. The switch was motivated largely by the fact that Monero is inherently more difficult for law…
Read moreLaw Enforcement Actions Leave ALPHV/BlackCat Scrambling to Salvage Operations
Through a coordinated law enforcement effort spearheaded by the FBI, ALPHV/BlackCat infrastructure was disrupted on December 7, 2023, in an operation publicly announced on December 19, 2023.
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