How Did Authorities Identify the Alleged Lockbit Boss?

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 11:26:27 +0000

Last week, the United States joined the U.K. and Australia in sanctioning and charging a Russian man named Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev as the leader of the infamous LockBit ransomware group. LockBit’s leader “LockBitSupp” claims the feds named the wrong guy, saying the charges don’t explain how they connected him to Khoroshev. This post examines the activities of Khoroshev’s many alter egos on the cybercrime forums, and tracks the career of a gifted malware author who has written and sold malicious code for the past 14 years.

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Zero-day deploys remote code execution vulnerability via Word documents

Categories: Business

Tags: microsoft

Tags: zero-day

Tags: exploit

Tags: CVE-2023-36884

Tags: storm-0978

Tags: email

Tags: phish

Tags: phishing

Tags: Ukraine

We take a look at reports of an exploit being deployed via booby trapped Word documents.

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Update 5: Information on MOVEit Vulnerabilities CVE-2023-34362, CVE-2023-35036, CVE-2023-35708, and CVE-2023-36934

Credit to Author: Christopher Budd| Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2023 21:50:09 +0000

Users of the file-transfer package should apply patches immediately and check for indications of possible compromise

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