Dissecting “SocialNet” – A Chinese Social Surveillance Operation?
The Cyble Research Labs discovered an open Elasticsearch (ES) server with the alias SocialNet and containing over 4.4 billion data sets.
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Uncensored Interview with REvil / Sodinokibi Ransomware Operators
An uncensored interview between the Russian OSINT and REvil operator has popped up in one of the hacking forums today. This is an unedited interview, which was originally released on October 23, 2020, by the Russian OSINT on their YouTube channel. Here are some of the interesting insights – Per the operators, it meant Ransom …
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Ransomware Attacks Trends – May 2021 Snapshot
The month of May was quite dramatic from the ransomware attacks perspective. The big picture view of the ransomware attacks are below (grouped by industries and number of victims): The intent of bringing these insights is to understand better and identify any patterns. We are not interested in highlighting any particular breach. Some of the …
Popular Hacking Forum, XSS, Says NO to Ransomware and Lockers
The recent attack on Colonial Pipeline has raised the eyebrows of many US policymakers and has put a lot of focus on the DarkSide ransomware threat group. The Biden-Harrris Administration in the US has launched iniaitives to address the Colinial pipeline incident.. The ransomware group has published multiple advertisements in the past to hire hackers, …
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Infamous ‘WeLeakInfo.com’ 10,000+ Customers Details Leaked
In 2020, the FBI seized the website ‘WeLeakInfo.com’, which was selling breached data to anyone for as low as $2. The site was in operations for over 3 years. The website allowed anyone to see anybody’s plain-text passwords. Due to this very nature of its model, the website gained popularity in various hacking forums. Eventually, …
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