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Operation Phobos Aetor: Police dismantled 8Base ransomware gang

Security Affairs

The 8Base ransomware group has been active since March 2022, it focused on small and medium-size businesses in multiple industries, including finance, manufacturing, business services, and IT. Disable system recovery, backup and shadow copies and the Windows firewall.

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8Base ransomware operators use a new variant of the Phobos ransomware

Security Affairs

The group has been active since March 2022, it focused on small and medium-size businesses in multiple industries, including finance, manufacturing, business services, and IT. Disable system recovery, backup and shadow copies and the Windows firewall. and Brazil. Embedded configuration with more than 70 options available.

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Ransomware Attacks on Schools: 'Dirty, Rotten Scoundrels' Stop Online Learning

SecureWorld News

"We talked about the possibility of waiting to the end of school, but our IT folks said, just like any other infection, the longer you let it go the worse it is going to get," said Assistant Superintendent of Business Services Larry Teixeira. There's a lot of extradition issues with countries, so cybercrime has really grown.