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- March 30th, 2025 - (Posted in Cybercrime and Darknet)
HellCat ransomware appeared in the second half of 2024 with and it has attracted the attentions of analysts thanks to the humor within their public statements. We recall the attack to Schneider Electric in France where the group ended up to request a "baguette payment” in their DLS. HellCat group...

Julian Assange Free! Freedom Reclaimed After Five Years of Detention

- June 25th, 2024

London, June 25, 2024 - Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, was released yesterday from the maximum-security Belmarsh prison after spending 1901 days in detention. The news was announced by...

  

BlackByte: The Return of the Gang after a few months of inactivity

- June 24th, 2024

In recent years, the cybersecurity landscape has been marked by ongoing ransomware attacks , with criminal groups constantly evolving to evade defenses. One such group, known as BlackByte, recently returned to action...

  

Presumed Cyber Attack on Zerto: Not for Financial or Espionage Purposes but for Political Reasons

- June 24th, 2024

Recently, Handala, a malicious actor, posted on a well-known dark web forum, claiming a cyber attack against Zerto, a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). Zerto is renowned for its...

  

Lockbit 3.0 Claims Attack on Federal Reserve: 33 Terabytes of Sensitive Data Allegedly Compromised

- June 24th, 2024

In a significant escalation within the cybersecurity realm, the notorious ransomware group Lockbit 3.0 has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack targeting the Federal Reserve of the United States. The declaration...

  

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