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Sophos blocked attacks exploiting XG Firewall zero-day to deploy Ransomware

Security Affairs

Hackers attempted to exploit a zero-day flaw in the Sophos XG firewall to distribute ransomware to Windows machines, but the attack was blocked. It was designed to download payloads intended to exfiltrate XG Firewall-resident data. Sophos was informed of the attacks exploiting the zero-day issue by one of its customers on April 22.

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Researchers Quietly Cracked Zeppelin Ransomware Keys

Krebs on Security

He’d been on the job less than six months, and because of the way his predecessor architected things, the company’s data backups also were encrypted by Zeppelin. Peter is an IT manager for a technology manufacturer that got hit with a Russian ransomware strain called “ Zeppelin ” in May 2020.

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Snake Ransomware isolates infected Systems before encrypting files

Security Affairs

Snake samples employed in more recent attacks implements the ability to enable and disable the firewall and leverage specific commands to block unwanted connections to the system. This list contains processes related to the industrial world and several security and backup solutions.” ” continues the analysis.

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How to Prevent Malware: 15 Best Practices for Malware Prevention

eSecurity Planet

Use Caution with Ads and Websites Website pop-ups and online advertising can be vectors for malware, phishing attempts, and other harmful actions. Enable Firewall Protection Your firewall , working as the primary filter, protects your network from both inbound and outgoing threats.

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NCSC warns of a surge in ransomware attacks on education institutions

Security Affairs

backup servers, network shares, servers, auditing devices). In some attacks, government experts also observed the sabotage of backup or auditing devices to make recovery more difficult, the encryption of entire virtual servers, the use of scripting environments (i.e.

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FBI issued a flash alert on Lockbit ransomware operation

Security Affairs

After ransomware ads were banned on hacking forum, the LockBit operators set up their own leak site promoting the latest variant and advertising the LockBit 2.0 Like other ransomware gangs, Lockbit 2.0 determines the system and user language settings and only targets those not matching a set list of languages that are Eastern European.

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Breaking Down 5 Different Types of Malware Every Small Business Should Know

SiteLock

Sometimes, legitimate advertisements are injected with malicious code and are served across a legitimate ad network. In fact, according to research by GeoEdge, malvertising drained $1 billion from the online advertising ecosystem in 2018, and 2019 totals are expected to be 20-30 percent higher. Malvertising.