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The Week in Ransomware – December 3rd 2021 – Seizing Bitcoin For this week’s ‘Week in Ransomware’ article we have included the latest ransomware news over the past two weeks. The biggest news over the past two weeks is the unsealing of a United States’ Complaint for Forfeiture detailing how the FBI seized 39.89138522 bitcoins from an Exodus wallet belonging
US State Dept Employees’ Phones Hacked Using NSO Spyware Apple has warned US Department of State employees that their iPhones have been hacked by unknown attackers using an iOS exploit dubbed ForcedEntry to deploy Pegasus spyware developed by Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group. The attacks hit US officials (at least 11 according to the Washington Post) based in or focused on
Fake Support Agents Call Victims to Install Android Banking Malware The BRATA Android remote access trojan (RAT) has been spotted in Italy, with threat actors calling victims of SMS attacks to steal their online banking credentials. The variant currently in circulation is new, and according to a report by researchers at Cleafy, it can pass
FBI: Cuba Ransomware Breached 49 US Critical Infrastructure Orgs The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has revealed that the Cuba ransomware gang has compromised the networks of at least 49 organizations from US critical infrastructure sectors. “The FBI has identified, as of early November 2021 that Cuba ransomware actors have compromised at least 49 entities in five