Beginning April 24, 2024 and continuing daily for about a week, Proofpoint observed high-volume campaigns with millions of messages facilitated by the Phorpiex botnet and delivering LockBit Black ransomware.
This is the first time Proofpoint researchers have observed samples of LockBit Black ransomware (aka LockBit 3.0) being delivered via Phorpiex in such high volumes. The LockBit Black sample from this campaign was likely built from the LockBit builder that was leaked during the summer of 2023. Messages were from “Jenny Green” with the email address of Jenny @gsd[.]com. The emails contained an attached ZIP file with an executable (.exe). This executable was observed downloading the LockBit Black payload from Phorpiex botnet infrastructure.
Read more…
Source: Proofpoint
Related:
- From ClickFix to Command: A Full PowerShell Attack Chain
August 11, 2025
The FortiMail Workspace Security team recently identified a targeted intrusion campaign impacting multiple Israeli organizations. The adversary leveraged compromised internal email infrastructure to distribute phishing messages across the regional business landscape. These emails initiated a multi-stage, PowerShell-based infection chain that culminated in the delivery of a remote access trojan (RAT), executed entirely through PowerShell. Read more… Source: Fortinet Sign ...
- Massive leak of over 115 million US payment cards caused by Chinese “smishing” hackers
August 10, 2025
A wave of advanced phishing campaigns, traced to Chinese-speaking cybercriminal syndicates, may have compromised up to 115 million US payment cards in just over a year, experts have warned. Researchers at SecAlliance revealed these operations represent a growing convergence of social engineering, real-time authentication bypasses, and phishing infrastructure designed to scale. Investigators have identified a figure ...
- Hacker used a voice phishing attack to steal Cisco customers’ personal information
August 5, 2025
A cybercriminal tricked a Cisco representative into granting them access to steal the personal information of Cisco.com users, the company said on Tuesday. Cisco said it discovered the breach on July 24, blaming the incident on a voice phishing or “vishing” call. The hackers accessed and exported “a subset of basic profile information” from the database ...
- Luxembourg: Cybercriminals stole thousands from BIL customers using phishing scam
August 2, 2025
After cybercriminals stole thousands from BIL customers using a fake website, the banking association maintains that digital banking tools remain safe, but users must stay vigilant. In the wake of a sophisticated phishing scheme that led to major financial losses for dozens of BIL customers, The Luxembourg Banker’s Association (ABBL) is defending the security of the ...
- Minnesota: St. Paul cyber attack sparks reflections, calls to action
July 31, 2025
The recent cyber attack in St. Paul has gained pretty much everyone’s attention in the government technology space. It didn’t hurt that Gov. Tim Walz deployed 13 members of the Minnesota National Guard’s Cyber Protection Unit to help fix the damage — reportedly the first time that unit has deployed inside the state in its eight ...
- Cobalt Strike Beacon delivered via GitHub and social media
July 30, 2025
n the latter half of 2024, the Russian IT industry, alongside a number of entities in other countries, experienced a notable cyberattack. The attackers employed a range of malicious techniques to trick security systems and remain undetected. To bypass detection, they delivered information about their payload via profiles on both Russian and international social media platforms, ...