An FBI investigation on a recent breach suffered by an Oregon healthcare firm lead to the accidental revelation that the HelloKitty ransomware gang (Five Hands) operates out of Ukraine. click here to read full...
The FBI has issued a flash alert warning against the HelloKitty ransomware group who recently started threatening victims with DDoS attacks. The group’s ransom demands fluctuate for each victim and are based on their ability...
“In some cases, if the victim does not respond quickly or does not pay the ransom, the threat actors will launch a DDoS attack on the victim company’s public-facing website,” the FBI said. click...
Given the massive profit-making potential ransomware still offers, security experts believe that the core operators behind Avaddon, DarkSide, and REvil will simply set up shop under a different name. click here to read full...
Chief among the new entrants is AvosLocker, a RaaS group that commenced operations in late June via “press releases” that are branded with a blue beetle logo to recruit new affiliates. click here to...
For the first time, researchers have publicly spotted a Linux encryptor used by the HelloKitty ransomware gang: the outfit behind the February attack on videogame developer CD Projekt Red. click here to read full...
As the HelloKitty ransomware is not particularly active, there is not much information about it. It is named after a mutex named ‘HelloKittyMutex’ used when the malware executable is launched. Click here for image...
