eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2022

“With a cyberattack, it’s more than just data that needs protecting—at risk is really the entire physical infrastructure from applications and operating systems down to low-level firmware and BIOS. This type of backup and DR technology offers RPOs measured in hours. See the Best Backup Solutions for Ransomware Protection.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

.” The PIN provides a series of examples of ransomware attacks impacting food and agriculture sector businesses, such as an attack that took place in January 2021 against an identified US farm that resulted in losses of approximately $9 million due to the disruption of the farming operations. hard drive, storage device, the cloud).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

As of November 2021, BlackByte ransomware had compromised multiple US and foreign businesses, including entities in at least three US critical infrastructure sectors (government facilities, financial, and food & agriculture).” Install updates/patch operating systems, software, and firmware as soon as updates/patches are released.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2022

The AvosLocker ransomware-as-a-service emerged in the threat landscape in September 2021, since January the group expanded its targets by implementing the support for encrypting Linux systems, specifically VMware ESXi servers. Regularly back up data, password protect backup copies offline. hard drive, storage device, the cloud).

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Malwarebytes

JULY 10, 2022

New to [link] : @CISAgov joined partners @FBI & @USTreasury to provide TTPs and IOCs for #Maui ransomware, which North Korean state-sponsored cyber actors have used to target Public Health Sector orgs since May 2021. The FBI started responding to incidents involving Maui in May 2021. Check it out @ [link].

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 28, 2021

According to a flash alert issued by the FBI , unknown cyber criminals using Ranzy Locker ransomware had compromised more than 30 US businesses as of July 2021, including victims in the construction, academic, government, IT, and transportation sectors. Ranzy Locker is a successor of ThunderX and AKO ransomware. Ransomware-as-a-Service.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 20, 2022

The FBI started responding to incidents involving Maui in May 2021. According to court documents, in May 2021, North Korean hackers used a ransomware strain called Ransom.Maui to encrypt the files and servers of a medical center in the District of Kansas. Keep operating systems, applications, and firmware up to date.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 28, 2022

QNAP) pushed out an automatic, forced, update with firmware containing the latest security updates to protect against the attackers’ “DeadBolt” ransomware. Rather ironic, since many NAS owners use their devices to store backups in case their main systems become dislabed by things like ransomware.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 10, 2022

Observed since: July 2021 Ransomware note: BlackByteRestore.txt Ransomware extension: BlackByte Kill Chain: Some victims reported that attackers used known Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities to gain access to their networks. > Observed since: January 2021 Ransomware note: BackFiles_encoded01.txt Mitigations.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 9, 2022

Either way, this ransomware-for-hire has been around far longer (in internet terms) than the bulletin may have some believe, having been first seen in September 2021. The ransomware targets virtual machines and snapshots, looking to escape containers, encrypt any possible persistence, and wipe out backups that weren’t carefully archived.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 28, 2022

Western Digital removed Netatalk from its firmware, released on January 10, 2022. The company says that users can continue to access local network shares and perform Time Machine backups via SMB, a different file-sharing protocol. TrueNAS says it fixed the vulnerabilities in TrueNAS Core 12.0-U8.1 on April 14, 2022.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The agencies offered some sound cybersecurity advice for BlackByte that applies pretty generally: Conduct regular backups and store them as air-gapped, password-protected copies offline. Update and patch operating systems, software, and firmware as soon as updates and patches are released. The 15 Vulnerabilities Explained.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 6, 2022

REvil (aka Sodinokibi) first appeared in May 2020 and has been responsible for numerous high-profile ransomware attacks, including arguably the biggest ransomware attack of all time—a supply-chain attack on Kaseya VSA in July 2021 that is thought to have affected over 1,000 businesses. Known ransomware attacks in April 2022 by country.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 21, 2022

By using a misconfigured Cisco Duo MFA implementation to force enrollment of a new device, the hackers were then able to use the “PrintNightmare” Windows Print Spooler vulnerability ( CVE-2021-34527 and CVE-2021-36958 ) to obtain administrator privileges. Identify and create offline backups for critical assets.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2021

In March 2021, government experts observed state sponsored hackers scanning the internet for servers vulnerable to the above flaws, the attackers were probing systems on ports 4443, 8443, and 10443. Regularly back up data, air gap, and password protect backup copies offline. Implement network segmentation.

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Adam Shostack

JANUARY 3, 2021

As the expression goes, no one cares about backups, they care about restores. Some lessons learned over the last few days: Apple has disabled single user mode as of Mojave, and many recovery options are not available if you use a firmware password. Do yours work? Do not forget that availability is a security property.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 5, 2023

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) found that K–12 cyberattacks more than tripled over the pandemic, from 400 reported incidents in 2018 to over 1,300 in 2021. In 2021, 56 percent of K–12 schools and 64 percent of higher education institutions reported being hit by some type of ransomware.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 28, 2021

We look at three RSAC 2021 sessions and some of the most daunting vulnerabilities presented by the SANS Institute, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and Varonis Systems. Also Read: And the Winner of the 2021 RSA Innovation Contest is… SANS: Five dangerous new attack techniques and vulnerabilities.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 28, 2021

According to Coveware, a company that offers incident response services to organizations impacted by ransomware attacks, Conti is the second most common ransomware family that victim organizations have reported in the first quarter of 2021. Install updates/patch operating systems, software, and firmware as soon as they are released.

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McAfee

AUGUST 24, 2021

Though this partnership, our research led us to discover five previously unreported vulnerabilities in the medical system which include: CVE-2021-33886 – Use of Externally-Controlled Format String (CVSS 7.7). CVE-2021-33885 – Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity (CVSS 9.7). Braun on January 11, 2021.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 13, 2022

Hive ransomware, a RaaS launched in June 2021, was also busy in March. The threat actors have been linked to numerous high-profile ransomware incidents, including arguably the biggest ransomware attack of all time—a supply-chain hit on Kaseya in July 2021 believed to have affected over 1,000 businesses. Noteworthy May attacks.

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Veracode Security

JULY 19, 2021

On May 12, 2021, President Biden announced an executive order to improve the nation’s cybersecurity. One of NIST’s first orders of business was to define critical software by June 26, 2021. One of NIST’s first orders of business was to define critical software by June 26, 2021.

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Kali Linux

MAY 31, 2021

release from February 2021 is: Releasing Kaboxer v1.0 - Introducing Kali Applications Boxer v1.0! This is due to bluez , bluez-firmware , and pi-bluetooth packages forked and patched Raspberry Pi kernel updated to 5.4.83 1kali1 (2021-04-12) ┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~] └─$ uname -r 5.10.0-kali7-amd64 " VERSION_ID="2021.2"

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Security Boulevard

JULY 19, 2021

On May 12, 2021, President Biden announced an executive order to improve the nation’s cybersecurity. One of NIST’s first orders of business was to define critical software by June 26, 2021. One of NIST’s first orders of business was to define critical software by June 26, 2021. Software components in boot-level firmware.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

A malformed software update also affected Kaseya's clients in 2021. And while approval is pending, a separate group creates offline backups of essential files that are needed in the event of an error and affected systems need restoring. Create and test offline backups Speaking of backups, never assume they work.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

A report from IBM claims that 21% of all cyber attacks the company remediated in 2021 were ransomware, making it the most common type of attack in the report. To apply more pressure, the attacker might also encrypt backup files to render them inaccessible. Firmware rootkits are also known as “hardware rootkits.”.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2022

The updates are done through firmware, firmware updates that we get from the vendor. Vamosi: In June 2021, malware caused the colonial pipeline, which provides gas to the southeast corner of the United States, was shut down in an abundance of caution. Well, this is where we're going to start analyzing some firmware.

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SecureList

JANUARY 31, 2024

However, they can learn to mitigate the impact more effectively (for example, through better securing the most confidential data, and with proper backup and incident response plans). Potential victims are unlikely to become immune to attacks any time soon. Vehicle manufacturers and service providers sometimes do likewise.

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SecureList

JULY 28, 2022

In late 2021, we encountered a malicious DXE driver incorporated into several UEFI firmware images that were flagged by our firmware scanner (integrated into Kaspersky products at the start of 2019). Pangolin is private malware we discovered in 2021, exclusively used by ZexCone, the threat actor behind ExCone and DexCone.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

In 2021, Connelly and other researchers presented a new paper outlining an approach to detecting rootkits similar to CloudSkulk. Firmware Rootkit. A firmware rootkit uses device or platform firmware to create a persistent malware image in the router, network card, hard drive or the basic input/output system (BIOS).

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