A Pakistan-linked threat actor has been striking government and energy organizations in the South and Central Asia regions to deploy a trojan on compromised Windows systems, according to new research.

The members of the Cl0p ransomware gang that were arrested in Ukraine as part of an international law enforcement action also operated money laundering services for multiple cybercrime groups.

The research team from BlackBerry Threat Research and Intelligence said on Wednesday that the malware, dubbed ChaChi, is also being used as a key component in launching ransomware attacks.

Patari.pk, a Pakistani music streaming site has suffered a data breach in which its database containing personal data and login credentials of over 257,000 users has been leaked on hacker forums.

French Connection has become the latest victim of ransomware, with a gang understood to be linked to REvil having penetrated its back-end - making off with a selection of private internal data.

Once infected by Ursnif and upon attempting to access their banking account, victims are advised that they won’t be able to continue to use their bank’s services without downloading a security app.

While effective in hiding ransomware activity, the tactic of using virtual machines is more complex than a traditional ransomware attack and may hamper the attackers' efforts.

Researchers found a novel class of DNS vulnerabilities in AWS Route53 and other DNS-as-a-service offerings that leak sensitive information on corporate and government customers.

The number of ransomware attacks is growing for a simple reason, hackers are getting paid. The willingness to pay creates a dangerous loop and increases the motivation of attackers.

Even though the motive behind the breach is not clear, local media reports that it is suspected to be a warning shot from hackers as the little noticeable damage has yet to come out from the breach.