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Leaked Black Basta Chats Suggest Russian Officials Aided Leader's Escape from Armenia
2025-03-19 13:50

The recently leaked trove of internal chat logs among members of the Black Basta ransomware operation has revealed possible connections between the e-crime gang and Russian authorities. The leak,...

Microsoft Teams tactics, malware connect Black Basta, Cactus ransomware
2025-03-04 22:47

New research has uncovered further links between the Black Basta and Cactus ransomware gangs, with members of both groups utilizing the same social engineering attacks and the BackConnect proxy...

Researchers Link CACTUS Ransomware Tactics to Former Black Basta Affiliates
2025-03-04 16:21

Threat actors deploying the Black Basta and CACTUS ransomware families have been found to rely on the same BackConnect (BC) module for maintaining persistent control over infected hosts, a sign...

Southern Water says Black Basta ransomware attack cost £4.5M in expenses
2025-02-26 23:50

United Kingdom water supplier Southern Water has disclosed that it incurred costs of £4.5 million ($5.7M) due to a cyberattack it suffered in February 2024. [...]

Leaked Black Basta Ransomware Chat Logs Reveal Inner Workings and Internal Conflicts
2025-02-26 13:54

More than a year's worth of internal chat logs from a ransomware gang known as Black Basta have been published online in a leak that provides unprecedented visibility into their tactics and...

Southern Water takes the fifth over alleged $750K Black Basta ransom offer
2025-02-25 09:30

Leaked chats and spilled secrets as AI helps decode circa 200K private talks Southern Water neither confirms nor denies offering Black Basta a $750,000 ransom payment following its ransomware...

Experts race to extract intel from Black Basta internal chat leaks
2025-02-21 12:56

Researchers say there's dissent in the ranks. Plus: An AI tool lets you have a go yourself at analysing the data Hundreds of thousands of internal messages from the Black Basta ransomware gang...

Black Basta ransomware gang's internal chat logs leak online
2025-02-20 20:48

An unknown leaker has released what they claim to be an archive of internal Matrix chat logs belonging to the Black Basta ransomware operation. [...]

Black Basta Ransomware Evolves with Email Bombing, QR Codes, and Social Engineering
2024-12-09 17:44

The threat actors linked to the Black Basta ransomware have been observed switching up their social engineering tactics, distributing a different set of payloads such as Zbot and DarkGate since...

BT unit took servers offline after Black Basta ransomware breach
2024-12-04 18:37

Multinational telecommunications giant BT Group (formerly British Telecom) has confirmed that its BT Conferencing business division shut down some of its servers following a Black Basta ransomware...