Malwarebytes

MARCH 10, 2022

In this February 2022 ransomware review, we go over some the most successful ransomware incidents based on both open source and dark web intelligence. Observed since: February 2022 Ransomware note: read_me.html Ransomware extension: <original file name> [vote2024forjb@protonmail[.]com].encryptedJB SFile (Escal).

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 10, 2022

Back in July 2021, NortonLifeLock announced Norton Crypto, a feature made available in the popular antivirus product Norton 360, which allows users to mine cryptocurrency while their PC is idle. Norton "Antivirus" now sneakily installs cryptomining software on your computer, and then SKIMS A COMMISSION. January 4, 2022.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 11, 2022

In this March 2022 ransomware review, we go over some of the most successful ransomware incidents based on both open source and dark web intelligence. Install and regularly update antivirus software on all hosts, and enable real-time detection. The post Ransomware: March 2022 review appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2023

xyz pic.twitter.com/VLhISark8Y — Goldwave (@OGoldwave) March 13, 2023 The variant employed in the campaign supports a more sophisticated encryption method of byte remapping and a monthly rotation of the C2 server. ViperSoftX also checks for active antivirus products running on the machine. c2 arrowlchat[.]com

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

IT threat evolution in Q3 2022. IT threat evolution in Q3 2022. IT threat evolution in Q3 2022. Nevertheless, in our APT predictions for 2022 , we noted that more attackers would reach the sophistication level required to develop such tools. Non-mobile statistics. Mobile statistics. Targeted attacks. Other malware.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 23, 2022

Offers encryption at rest, ransomware protection, multiple copy protection, and multi-site remote replication, as well as fault domain protection. See the Top Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) Solutions and the Best Antivirus Software. OneXafe continuous data protection (CDP) takes low-overhead snapshots every 90 seconds.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 29, 2022

If you’re here looking for antivirus software, see our list of the best antivirus software for 2021. It also comes with next-generation antivirus (NGAV) and device control. It offers excellent malware and antivirus protection, as well as phishing detection. Jump to: XDR NGFWs CASBs SIEM. Best XDR Tools.

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SecureList

APRIL 7, 2025

The contents of the TCESB CSV fully match the CSV data in the EDRSandBlast version of August 13, 2022, while the original malware commit of October 6, 2023 adds lines that are missing in the TCESB resource. Our analysis of the tool code found that the data in the payload file is encrypted using AES-128.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Vicarius Vulnerability management 2022 Private Dragos ICS and OT security 2021 Private Safeguard Cyber Risk management 2021 Private CyberGRX Risk management 2019 Private Signifyd Fraud protection 2018 Private RedOwl Security analytics 2015 Acquired: Forcepoint. AllegisCyber Investments. ForgePoint Capital.

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Zero Day

JUNE 6, 2025

The hackers say that the dates of birth and social security numbers were originally encrypted but have since been decrypted and are now visible in plain text. " Also:  Stop paying for antivirus software. At that time, the carrier said it didn't believe the data was publicly available.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Its parameters are also encrypted — they are decrypted once dropped by the first stage. Linking timestamps are overwritten with a random date in the range between May and December 2022, along with the linker version. Inserted malicious code First, the second stage (the dropped malicious code) is decrypted with the AES-128 algorithm.

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2022

The security firm states that the AstraLocker decryptor works for ransomware versions based on the Babuk malware that appends the.Astra or.babyk extensions to the name of the encrypted files. 2/4 — Emsisoft (@emsisoft) July 7, 2022. a-z0-9]{4} extension. a-z0-9]{4} extension, and they released a total of 3 keys.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2022

The security researcher John Page aka ( hyp3rlinx ) discovered that malware from multiple ransomware operations, including Conti , REvil , LockBit , AvosLocker , and Black Basta, are affected by flaws that could be exploited block file encryption. “Conti looks for and executes DLLs in its current directory.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 16, 2022

And as cyber attackers become ever more sophisticated, so too have the technologies and tools that companies must buy to address rising threats, such as IDPS , UEBA , threat intelligence , patch management , encryption , DLP , DDoS protection , vulnerability management , and even mobile security management.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 16, 2023

Antivirus firm Avast released a free decryptor for the BianLian ransomware family that allows victims to recover locked files. The BianLian ransomware emerged in August 2022, the malware was employed in attacks against organizations in various industries, including manufactoring, media and entertainment, and healthcare.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2023

The human-operated Royal ransomware first appeared on the threat landscape in September 2022, it has demanded ransoms up to millions of dollars. “FBI and CISA believe this variant, which uses its own custom-made file encryption program, evolved from earlier iterations that used “Zeon” as a loader.”

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 25, 2022

In late January 2022, ThreatLabz identified an updated version of Conti ransomware as part of the global ransomware tracking efforts. This update was released prior to the massive leak of Conti source code and chat logs on Februrary 27, 2022. Start encryption using the specified path as the root directory. Technical Analysis.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 7, 2022

Reports are in that the servers of Flood Monitoring System were hit by the file-encrypting malware on June 21st,2022 and the hackers are demanding BTC in double-digit figures to free data from encryption.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 19, 2023

By the end of 2022, the education sector had seen increased ransomware attacks. Between November and December 2022, there were 24 disclosed and confirmed ransomware attacks, five against K-12 universities and schools. Hive Ransomware added new additions to their VMware ESXi Linux encryptor in March of 2022.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

. “When launched, BATLOADER uses MSI Custom Actions to launch malicious PowerShell activity or run batch scripts to aid in disabling security solutions and lead to the delivery of various encrypted malware payloads that is decrypted and launched with PowerShell commands.” anydeskos[.]com

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 17, 2023

From the report: "This machine was compromised on December 16, 2022. The malware was not detected by our antivirus software. A customer alerted the company to "suspicious GitHub OAuth activity" on December 29, 2022, leading to the conclusion that this customer's OAuth token had been compromised.

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SecureList

APRIL 23, 2025

Finally, the generated private key and the attacker’s public key are scalar-operated to create a shared key, which is then used as the key for the ChaCha20 algorithm to encrypt the data ( T1573.001 ). The malware receives an RSA public key from the C2 and encrypts a randomly generated AES key using the public key.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2022

This issue was reported by an independent security researcher and disclosed to Slack on 17 July 2022. The company states that the bug affected all users who created or revoked shared invitation links between 17 April 2017 and 17 July 2022. Slack announced that it is resetting passwords for about 0.5% Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

Cyber criminals may damage, destroy, steal, encrypt, expose, or leak data as well as cause harm to a system. Also read: Best Antivirus Software of 2022. The 2022 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report found that all types of cyberattacks increased in 2021. Encrypted threats spiked 167%, ransomware increased 105%, and 5.4

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2023

The new ransomware strain outstands for the use of encryption to protect the ransomware binary. CACTUS essentially encrypts itself, making it harder to detect and helping it evade antivirus and network monitoring tools,” Laurie Iacono, Associate Managing Director for Cyber Risk at Kroll, told Bleeping Computer.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 30, 2024

Failure to enforce security regulations and implement appropriate encryption may result in accidental data exposure. 8 Common Cloud Storage Security Risks & Mitigations Cloud storage risks include misconfiguration, data breaches, insecure interfaces, DDoS attacks, malware, insider threats, encryption issues, and patching issues.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Antivirus company Bitdefender has released a free decryptor for the recently discovered ransomware family MortalKombat. Good news for the victims of the recently discovered MortalKombat ransomware , the antivirus firm Bitdefender has released a free decryptor that will allow them to recover their file without paying the ransom.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The AvosLocker ransomware-as-a-service emerged in the threat landscape in September 2021, since January the group expanded its targets by implementing support for encrypting Linux systems, specifically VMware ESXi servers. This joint CSA updates the advisory published by the US Government on March 17, 2022.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The web antivirus reacted to 113.5 The file antivirus blocked over 27 million malicious and unwanted objects. Ransomware Quarterly trends and highlights Law enforcement successes In April 2024, a criminal who developed a packer that was allegedly used by the Conti and Lockbit groups to evade antivirus detection was arrested in Kyiv.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The experts observed the use of the malware BABYWIPER in Israel in 2022 and the malware ROADSWEEP in Albania in 2022. These implants use HTTPS-encrypted traffic and undocumented Input/Output Control commands to evade network monitoring and endpoint detection. ” concludes the report.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 21, 2025

IBM: Best for Advanced Encryption 13 $233.91 IBM Best for advanced encryption Headquarters: Armonk, New York Founded: 1911 Annual Revenue: $61.9 billion in revenue, Trend Micro continues growing steadily past its first-gen antivirus vendor status. Fortinet: Best for Network Security Perimeter Protection 15 $74.33 Visit IBM 7.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 20, 2022

Here’s more on the various types and benefits of MSS, as well as the state of the MSS(P) market in 2022! MSSPs in 2022. Managed security services (MSS) refer to a service model that enable the monitoring and managing of security technologies, systems, or even software-as-a-service (SaaS) products. Fully-managed vs. co-managed.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2022

In January 2022, researchers at Kaspersky ICS CERT uncovered a series of targeted attacks on military industrial enterprises and public institutions in Afghanistan and East Europe. China-linked threat actors targeted dozens of industrial enterprises and public institutions in Afghanistan and Europe.

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SecureList

MAY 11, 2023

In 2022, Kaspersky solutions detected over 74.2M On the eve of the global Anti-Ransomware Day, Kaspersky looks back on the events that shaped the ransomware landscape in 2022, reviews the trends that were predicted last year, discusses emerging trends, and makes a forecast for the immediate future.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Also read: Top Vulnerability Management Tools for 2022. The ransomware encrypts files on compromised Windows host systems, including physical and virtual servers, the advisory noted, and the executable leaves a ransom note in all directories where encryption occurs, including ransom payment instructions for obtaining a decryption key.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 6, 2023

The hospital is not able to report the services performed in December 2022 and for this reason, it cannot receive payment for the medical services provided. “The hackers entered the system and encrypted the December database. The threat actors demanded a ransom of 3 Bitcoin to decrypt the data on the infected systems. .

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SecureList

APRIL 21, 2025

Among these threats, Lumma Stealer has emerged as a particularly sophisticated player since its introduction in 2022 by the threat actor known as Lumma. Environment validation It then checks for processes from popular antivirus tools such as Avast ( avastui.exe ), Bitdefender ( bdagent.exe ), and Kaspersky ( avp.exe ).

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