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At Request of U.S., Russia Rounds Up 14 REvil Ransomware Affiliates

February 2, 2022 0 Comments andrey sergeevich bessonov, colonial pipeline, darkside, dmitri alperovitch, FSB, gandcrab, immersive labs, kevin breen, Ne'er-Do-Well News, notpetya, president biden, Ransomware, revil, roman gennadyevich muromsky, The Coming Storm, vladimir putin

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 22:41:34 +0000

The Russian government said today it arrested 14 people accused of working for “REvil,” a particularly aggressive ransomware group that has extorted hundreds of millions of dollars from victim organizations. The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said the actions were taken in response to a request from U.S. officials, but many experts believe the crackdown is part of an effort to reduce tensions over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to station 100,000 troops along the nation’s border with Ukraine.

Independent Krebs Security

Who is the Network Access Broker ‘Wazawaka?’

February 2, 2022 0 Comments 902228, abakan, abaza, Breadcrumbs, constella intelligence, cs-arena.org, darkside, ddosis.ru, devdelphi@yandex.ru, domaintools, flashpoint, initial access broker, kopyovo-a, lockbit, mikhail matveev, mikhail mix matveev, mix@devilart.net, mixfb@yandex.ru, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Ransomware, uhodiransomware, wazawaka

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2022 05:17:31 +0000

In a great many ransomware attacks, the criminals who pillage the victim’s network are not the same crooks who gained the initial access to the victim organization. More commonly, the infected PC or stolen VPN credentials the gang used to break in were purchased from a cybercriminal middleman known as an initial access broker. This post examines some of the clues left behind by Wazawaka, the handle chosen by a major access broker in the Russian-speaking cybercrime scene.

Security Sophos

Ransomware attacks drive ZTNA adoption

February 2, 2022 0 Comments featured, products & services, Ransomware, sophos ztna, ztna

Credit to Author: Sally Adam| Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2022 13:00:20 +0000

Organizations with recent direct experience of a ransomware attack have considerably higher adoption of zero trust network access (ZTNA) technology than those that haven’t fallen victim.

Security Sophos

Windows services lay the groundwork for a Midas ransomware attack

February 2, 2022 0 Comments anydesk, dism, dismcore.dll, midas, PowerShell, Ransomware, rapid response, teamviewer, threat research

Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2022 12:30:13 +0000

Attackers took two months to craft and install PowerShell scripts as services before deploying the ransomware

Microsoft Security

Secured-core PCs: A brief showcase of chip-to-cloud security against kernel attacks

March 18, 2020 0 Comments chip to cloud security, cve-2018-19320, cybersecurity, hypervisor-protected code integrity (hvci), kernel attacks, Microsoft Defender ATP, Ransomware, robbinhood, secured-core pcs, virtualization-based security (vbs), windows defender system guard

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 16:00:49 +0000

Secured-core PCs combine virtualization, operating system, and hardware and firmware protection. Along with Microsoft Defender ATP, Secured-core PCs provide end-to-end protection against advanced attacks that leverage driver vulnerabilities to gain kernel privileges.

The post Secured-core PCs: A brief showcase of chip-to-cloud security against kernel attacks appeared first on Microsoft Security .

Microsoft Security

Human-operated ransomware attacks: A preventable disaster

March 18, 2020 0 Comments cybersecurity, DoppelPaymer, dridex, Endpoint security, hands-on-keyboard, human-operated attacks, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection, Microsoft security intelligence, parinacota, Ransomware, ryuk, secure score, security deployment, Threat protection, trickbot, wadhrama

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2020 17:00:31 +0000

In human-operated ransomware attacks, adversaries exhibit extensive knowledge of systems administration and common network security misconfigurations, perform thorough reconnaissance, and adapt to what they discover in a compromised network.

The post Human-operated ransomware attacks: A preventable disaster appeared first on Microsoft Security .

QuickHeal Security

Mailto Ransomware under the skin of explorer.exe

March 3, 2020 0 Comments cybersecurity, mailto, Ransomware

Credit to Author: Priyanka Shinde| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 09:54:12 +0000

All of us, at some point in time, must have heard the story of Wolf and the flock of sheep. The fooling trick used by the wicked wolf of pretending to be a sheep is still in use by many malware authors. They pretend to be genuine processes to achieve…

Security Sophos

Ransomware wipes evidence, lets suspected drug dealers walk free

February 28, 2020 0 Comments deleted evidence, drug dealer, Florida, Law & order, malware, Ransomware, security threats, stuart

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 12:04:27 +0000

Six alleged drug criminals will go free thanks to a ransomware attack on a small Florida city, it was revealed this month.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/-YH21vT56Rs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

S2 Ep28: Stalkerware, when cybercrooks return, and phishing gone wild – Naked Security Podcast

February 27, 2020 0 Comments cybersecurity, Naked Security, Naked Security Podcast, phishing, Podcast, Ransomware, ransomware attack, Stalkerware

Credit to Author: Alice Violet| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 13:19:30 +0000

Listen to the latest episode now!<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/M-uTiBQXpSE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Hackers Expand Their Repertoire as Trend Micro Blocks 52 Billion Threats in 2019

February 25, 2020 0 Comments CISO, phishing, Ransomware, roundup report, Security

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 15:56:29 +0000

Variety is welcome in most walks of life, but not when it comes to the threat landscape. Yet that is unfortunately the reality facing modern cybersecurity professionals. As Trend Micro’s 2019 roundup report reveals, hackers have an unprecedented array of tools, techniques and procedures at their disposal today. With 52 billion unique threats detected by…

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