A week in security (February 28 – March 6)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2022 11:05:36 +0000

The most important and interesting security stories from the last seven days.

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Conti Ransomware Group Diaries, Part III: Weaponry

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2022 20:20:29 +0000

Part I of this series examined newly-leaked internal chats from the Conti ransomware group, and how the crime gang dealt with its own internal breaches. Part II explored what it’s like to be an employee of Conti’s sprawling organization. Today’s Part III looks at how Conti abused a panoply of popular commercial security services to undermine the security of their targets, as well as how the team’s leaders strategized for the upper hand in ransom negotiations with victims.

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HermeticWiper: A detailed analysis of the destructive malware that targeted Ukraine

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2022 17:18:26 +0000

Hours before the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces, a new piece of malware was launched at Ukrainian targets. In this blog post, we take apart its components and highlight its capabilities.

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