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Inside DarkSide: Researchers share intel on break-out cyber gang Security researchers swap information on the newly famous DarkSide ransomware gang, the group that doesn’t appear to understand what ‘being a criminal’ actually means Share this item with your network: By Published: 12 May 2021 14:00 In the wake of the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack – which continues to disrupt supplies of fuel across the eastern and southern US – threat researchers from across the cyber community have been swapping information on the DarkSide ransomware gang, the up-and-coming cyber criminal...

Putting The Spotlight on DarkSide Incident responders share insight on the DarkSide ransomware group connected to the recent Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack. Details continue to emerge about the ransomware attack that hit Colonial Pipeline late last week, forcing the major US pipeline operator to take some systems offline and temporarily halt pipeline operations. The FBI has linked ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group DarkSide to the attack. Related Content: Colonial Pipeline runs a system spanning 5,500 miles between Houston, Texas, and northern New Jersey, delivering about 45% of the fu...

A student’s eagerness for free software and the willingness of the European biomolecular research institute he worked at to allow personal computers for network access recently proved to be a terrible combination. According to a study released this week by Sophos, the institute ended up hobbled by the Ryuk ransomware. While the unnamed facility had backups, they were not fully up to date, so the attack cost researchers a week’s worth of vital research data. In addition, all computer and server files had to be rebuilt from the ground up before the institute’s data could be restored.

An organization involved in COVID-19 research lost a week’s worth of critical data after a Ryuk attack which used a stolen password, according to Sophos. Cybersecurity vendor Sophos revealed the case yesterday as a cautionary tale of what can happen when organizations don’t follow security  best practice. The problem was traced back to one of the university students that the European research institute collaborates with as part of its outreach programs. That student obtained what they thought was a 'crack' version of a data visualization tool they needed, except in reality it contained i...

A student pirating software led to a full-blown Ryuk ransomware attack By A student's attempt to pirate an expensive data visualization software led to a full-blown Ryuk ransomware attack at a European biomolecular research institute. BleepingComputer has long warned against software cracks, not only because they are illegal but because they are a common source of malware infections. Threat actors commonly create fake software crack download sites, YouTube videos, and torrents to distribute malware, as shown below. Fake crack site distributing ransomware In the past, we have seen crack sites...