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The Week in Ransomware - July 21st 2023 - Avaddon Back as NoEscape
This edition of the Week in Ransomware covers the last two weeks of news, as we could not cover it last week, and includes quite a bit of new information, including the return of the Avaddon ransomware gang.
- July 21, 2023
- 04:01 PM
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Meet NoEscape: Avaddon ransomware gang's likely successor
The new NoEscape ransomware operation is believed to be a rebrand of Avaddon, a ransomware gang that shut down and released its decryption keys in 2021.
- July 17, 2023
- 10:15 AM
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New Webinar: Choose Your Own Investigation — Browser Attack Edition
Modern attacks have shifted focus to the browser, yet detection tools remain largely blind to the crucial activity happening there.
Join Push Security on February 11th for an interactive "choose-your-own-adventure" webinar on ClickFix, credential phishing, and other in-browser attacks we've observed in the wild.
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The Week in Ransomware - January 21st 2022 - Arrests, Wipers, and More
It has been quite a busy week with ransomware, with law enforcement making arrests, data-wiping attacks, and the return of the Qlocker ransomware.
- January 21, 2022
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The Week in Ransomware - June 18th 2021 - Law enforcement strikes back
Compared to the last few weeks, it has been a relatively quiet week with no ransomware attacks causing widespread disruption.
- June 18, 2021
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Avaddon ransomware's exit sheds light on victim landscape
A new report analyzes the recently released Avaddon ransomware decryption keys to shed light on the types of victims targeted by the threat actors and potential revenue they generated throughout their operation.
- June 15, 2021
- 05:53 PM
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The Week in Ransomware - June 11th 2021 - Under Pressure
It has been quite the week when it comes to ransomware, with ransoms being paid, ransoms being taken back, and a ransomware gang shutting down.
- June 11, 2021
- 05:51 PM
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Avaddon ransomware shuts down and releases decryption keys
The Avaddon ransomware gang has shut down operation and released the decryption keys for their victims to BleepingComputer.com.
- June 11, 2021
- 12:10 PM
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Mexico walls off national lottery sites after ransomware DDoS threat
Access to Mexico's Lotería Nacional and Pronósticos lottery websites are now blocked to IP addresses outside of Mexico after a ransomware gang threatened to perform denial of service attacks.
- May 28, 2021
- 01:14 PM
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Insurer AXA hit by ransomware after dropping support for ransom payments
Branches of insurance giant AXA based in Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and the Philippines have been struck by a ransomware cyber attack. As seen by BleepingComputer yesterday, the Avaddon ransomware group claimed on their leak site that they had stolen over 3 TB of sensitive data from AXA's Asian operations.
- May 16, 2021
- 12:24 PM
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US and Australia warn of escalating Avaddon ransomware attacks
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) are warning of an ongoing Avaddon ransomware campaign targeting organizations from an extensive array of sectors in the US and worldwide.
- May 10, 2021
- 12:19 PM
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Windows XP makes ransomware gangs work harder for their money
A recently created ransomware decryptor illustrates how threat actors have to support Windows XP, even when Microsoft dropped supporting it seven years ago.
- April 06, 2021
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Avaddon ransomware fixes flaw allowing free decryption
The Avaddon ransomware gang has fixed a bug that let victims recover their files without paying the ransom. The flaw came to light after a security researcher exploited it to create a decryptor.
- February 11, 2021
- 06:30 PM
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Another ransomware now uses DDoS attacks to force victims to pay
Another ransomware gang is now using DDoS attacks to force a victim to contact them and negotiate a ransom.
- January 24, 2021
- 10:01 AM
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The Week in Ransomware - August 14th 2020 - Crime made easy
Ransomware continues its siege on organizations worldwide, with new variants released every day and attacks continuing to be reported.
- August 15, 2020
- 11:42 AM
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Avaddon ransomware launches data leak site to extort victims
Avaddon ransomware is the latest cybercrime operation to launch a data leak site that will be used to publish the stolen data of victims who do not pay a ransom demand.
- August 10, 2020
- 02:40 PM
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Avaddon ransomware shows that Excel 4.0 macros are still effective
Avaddon ransomware has been spreading this week via an old technique that's making a comeback, Microsoft cautions on Thursday.
- July 03, 2020
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The Week in Ransomware - June 12th 2020 - Slithering into networks
Attacks picked up at a rapid pace this week as well-known companies and cities were targeted with ransomware that impacted their networks.
- June 12, 2020
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New Avaddon Ransomware launches in massive smiley spam campaign
With a wink and a smile, the new Avaddon Ransomware has come alive in a massive spam campaign targeting users worldwide.
- June 08, 2020
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