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Ransomware Survey 2022 – like the Curate’s Egg, “good in parts”

April 27, 2022 0 Comments cybersecurity, EDR, Law & order, mdr, mtr, Ransomware, white paper, XDR

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 15:22:43 +0000

You might not like the headline statistics in this year’s ransomware report… but that makes it even more important to take a look!

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The State of Ransomware 2022

April 27, 2022 0 Comments cyber insurance, featured, products & services, products and services, Ransomware

Credit to Author: Sally Adam| Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 13:48:59 +0000

Explore the real-world ransomware experiences of 5,600 IT professionals working at the frontline

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What’s happening in the world of personal cyber insurance?

April 27, 2022 0 Comments Awareness, backup, claim, claims, cyber insurance, document, excess, exempt, exemption, expenses, insurance, insurer, loss, policy, Ransomware, stalking, theft

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 10:57:03 +0000

Cyber insurance is back in the news, but this time the focus is on personal insurance. We take a look at what’s on offer.

The post What’s happening in the world of personal cyber insurance? appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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Conti’s Ransomware Toll on the Healthcare Industry

April 18, 2022 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, conti, emotet, emsisoft, errol weiss, FBI, h-isac, health information sharing & analysis center, healthcare information and management systems society, Microsoft, Ne'er-Do-Well News, proofpoint, Ransomware, ryuk, sophos, u.s. cybersecurity & infrastructure security agency, zloader

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2022 20:41:08 +0000

Conti — one of the most ruthless and successful Russian ransomware groups — publicly declared during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic that it would refrain from targeting healthcare providers. But new information confirms this pledge was always a lie, and that Conti has launched more than 200 attacks against hospitals and other healthcare facilities since first surfacing in 2018 under the name “Ryuk.”

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Attackers linger on government agency computers before deploying Lockbit ransomware

April 12, 2022 0 Comments anydesk, lockbit ransomware, mega, mimikatz, Ransomware, rdp brute forcer, rdp multi tool, screenconnect, security operations, threat research

Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 11:30:45 +0000

Threat actors spent more than five months remotely googling for tools from the target’s machines

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Conti ransomware offshoot targets Russian organizations

April 12, 2022 0 Comments conti, conti ransomware, nb65, network battalion 65, Ransomware, roscosmos, tensor, ufa scientific center of the russian academy of science

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 11:53:03 +0000

A new Conti variant was explicitly designed to target Russian organizations.

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Ransomware: March 2022 review

April 11, 2022 0 Comments Ransomware, threat intelligence

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2022 19:26:54 +0000

Get the latest information on ransomware trends with our monthly review.

The post Ransomware: March 2022 review appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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Actions Target Russian Govt. Botnet, Hydra Dark Market

April 7, 2022 0 Comments ars technica, asus, beserk bear, cyclops blink, dan goodin, dragonfly 2.0, FBI, federal security service, garantex, german federal criminal police office, gru, hydra market, main intelligence directorate, Ne'er-Do-Well News, notpetya, Ransomware, russian fsb, sandworm, trisis, triton, u.s. department of justice, u.s. department of treasury, voodoo bear, vpnfilter, watchguard, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2022 22:03:45 +0000

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says it has disrupted a giant botnet built and operated by a Russian government intelligence unit known for launching destructive cyberattacks against energy infrastructure in the United States and Ukraine. Separately, law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and Germany moved to decapitate “Hydra,” a billion-dollar Russian darknet drug bazaar that also helped to launder the profits of multiple Russian ransomware groups.

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