BlackCat Ransomware Raises Ante After FBI Disruption (Krebs on Security)

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The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) disclosed today that it infiltrated the world’s second most prolific ransomware gang, a Russia-based criminal group known as ALPHV and BlackCat. The FBI said it seized the gang’s darknet website, and released a decryption tool that hundreds of victim companies can use to recover systems. Meanwhile, BlackCat responded by briefly “unseizing” its darknet site with a message promising 90 percent commissions for affiliates who continue to work with the crime group, and open season on everything from hospitals to nuclear power plants. A slightly modified version of the FBI seizure notice on the BlackCat darknet site (Santa caps added). Whispers of a possible law enforcement action against BlackCat came in the first week of December, after the ransomware group’s darknet site went offline…
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3,500 Arrested in Global Operation HAECHI-IV Targeting Financial Criminals

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A six-month-long international police operation codenamed HAECHI-IV has resulted in the arrests of nearly 3,500 individuals and seizures worth $300 million across 34 countries. The exercise, which took place from July through December 2023, took aim at various types of financial crimes such as voice phishing, romance scams, online sextortion, investment fraud, money laundering
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New Go-Based JaskaGO Malware Targeting Windows and macOS Systems

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A new Go-based information stealer malware called JaskaGO has emerged as the latest cross-platform threat to infiltrate both Windows and Apple macOS systems. AT&T Alien Labs, which made the discovery, said the malware is "equipped with an extensive array of commands from its command-and-control (C&C) server." Artifacts designed for macOS were first observed in July
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BlackCat Ransomware Raises Ante After FBI Disruption (Krebs on Security)

Actualités, Sécurité
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) disclosed today that it infiltrated the world’s second most prolific ransomware gang, a Russia-based criminal group known as ALPHV and BlackCat. The FBI said it seized the gang’s darknet website, and released a decryption tool that hundreds of victim companies can use to recover systems. Meanwhile, BlackCat responded by briefly “unseizing” its darknet site with a message promising 90 percent commissions for affiliates who continue to work with the crime group, and open season on everything from hospitals to nuclear power plants. A slightly modified version of the FBI seizure notice on the BlackCat darknet site (Santa caps added). Whispers of a possible law enforcement action against BlackCat came in the first week of December, after the ransomware group’s darknet site went offline…
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