LockBit: Lessons learned on winning the war on cybercrime
Credit to Author: Chester Wisniewski| Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 20:01:20 +0000
Making sense of the ransomware-group takedown — what it means for ransomware and law enforcement
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February’s Patch Tuesday treats customers to 72 patches
Credit to Author: Angela Gunn| Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 09:23:10 +0000
Two issues under active exploit in the wild headline fixes across 13 product groups
Read moreCryptocurrency scams metastasize into new forms
Credit to Author: gallagherseanm| Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2024 11:00:13 +0000
“DeFi mining” scams adopted by pig-butchering rings create more problems for those trying to defend against them.
Read moreMultiple vulnerabilities discovered in widely used security driver
Credit to Author: Angela Gunn| Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 19:00:52 +0000
A false-alarm incident involving Panda Security software leads to three very real CVEs
Read more2024’s first Patch Tuesday steps lightly
Credit to Author: Angela Gunn| Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2024 22:03:14 +0000
Four dozen fixes and a handful of advisories make for the quietest January since 2020
Read moreAkira, again: The ransomware that keeps on taking
Credit to Author: Angela Gunn| Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2023 21:06:11 +0000
Seven months after our first investigation, a fuller portrait of the criminal gang and its tactics emerges
Read moreCryptoGuard: An asymmetric approach to the ransomware battle
Credit to Author: Mark Loman| Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2023 11:00:06 +0000
In the second of our new technical thought leadership series, Sophos X-Ops takes a detailed look at anti-ransomware techniques
Read more“Inhospitality” malspam campaign targets hotel industry
Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2023 11:00:33 +0000
Social engineering drives password-stealing malware attack against the front desk
Read moreLuring with love, a network of pig butchering “mining” scams robbed millions from victims’ wallets
Credit to Author: gallagherseanm| Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 11:00:55 +0000
Three threat groups using the exact same scam kit stole from 90 victims, mostly during the period of June to August, using smart contracts to hijack wallets and transfer their contents without needing to bypass device security. To date, neary $3 million has been stolen by the coordinated groups.
Read moreArrested Intimidation
Credit to Author: Chester Wisniewski| Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 18:08:41 +0000
Why the new US regulatory disclosure requirements work for the defenders, not the criminals
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