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Month: September 2024

Independent Krebs Security 

Crooked Cops, Stolen Laptops & the Ghost of UGNazi

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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 21:33:10 +0000

A California man accused of failing to pay taxes on tens of millions of dollars allegedly earned from cybercrime also paid local police officers hundreds of thousands of dollars to help him extort, intimidate and silence rivals and former business partners, a new indictment charges. KrebsOnSecurity has learned that many of the man’s alleged targets were members of UGNazi, a hacker group behind multiple high-profile breaches and cyberattacks back in 2012.

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Security TrendMicro 

MDR in Action: Preventing The More_eggs Backdoor From Hatching

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Credit to Author: Ryan Soliven| Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Trend Micro MDR (Managed Detection and Response) team promptly mitigated a more_eggs infection. Using Vision One, MDR illustrated how Custom Filters/Models and Security Playbook can be used to automate the response to more_eggs and similar threats.

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Microsoft Security 

Storm-0501: Ransomware attacks expanding to hybrid cloud environments

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Credit to Author: Microsoft Threat Intelligence| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Microsoft has observed the threat actor tracked as Storm-0501 launching a multi-staged attack where they compromised hybrid cloud environments and performed lateral movement from on-premises to cloud environment, leading to data exfiltration, credential theft, tampering, persistent backdoor access, and ransomware deployment. The said attack targeted multiple sectors in the United States, including government, manufacturing, transportation, […]

The post Storm-0501: Ransomware attacks expanding to hybrid cloud environments appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.

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Microsoft Security 

​​Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms

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Credit to Author: Rob Lefferts| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 19:00:00 +0000

Gartner® names Microsoft a Leader in Endpoint Protection Platforms—a reflection, we believe, of our continued progress in helping organizations protect their endpoints against even the most sophisticated attacks, while driving continued efficiency for security operations center teams.

The post ​​Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.

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