Vice Society – TheCyberThrone

Vice Society Ransomware Gang behind Australia FRV attack

The Vice Society ransomware group today claimed responsibility for a December 2022 attack on an Australian state fire department that led to a widespread IT outage. Fire Rescue Victoria warned…

PravinKarthik January 12, 2023

Vice Society intrudes UK Schools – Sensitive data stolen

Schools in the UK have suffered a cyberattack, and confidential documents have been leaked online by cybercriminals. A report from the BBC claims that children’s SEN information, child passport scans,…

PravinKarthik January 7, 2023

Most Prolific Ransomware Attacks in 2022

The year 2022 looks set to top last year as the worst year on record for ransomware attacks; There is an increase by 80% year-over-year and that the cybercriminals responsible…

PravinKarthik December 16, 2022

Vice Society Leaks IKEA Morocco & Kuwait ! Washington County sites down on Thanksgiving Holiday

Vice Society has supposedly posted data stolen from IKEA stores in Morocco and Kuwait. Snippets from the ransomware gang’s leak site suggest threat actors got a hold of confidential business…

PravinKarthik November 29, 2022

Ragnar Locker in Belgium! Vice Society in US – Ransomware attacks

A notorious ransomware group Ragnar locker has begun leaking sensitive data that it stolen from Belgian police (Zwijndrecht in Antwerp city), one of the biggest breaches of its kind in…

PravinKarthik November 28, 2022

FBI warns on Surge in Ransomware attack on Schools

Ransomware attacks surged that targeting schools in the US, the FBI came up with a warning. The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), serving about 600,000 students released details of…

PravinKarthik September 7, 2022

Security

Magniber Exploits Print Nightmare

Ransomware operators such as Magniber and Vice Society are actively exploiting vulnerabilities in Windows Print Spooler to compromise victims and spread laterally across a victim's network to deploy file-encrypting payloads…

PravinKarthik August 13, 2021