Security Affairs

JANUARY 28, 2023

The recent Hive infrastructure takedown as well as other major gangs dissolution such as Conti in 2022, is making room in the cybercrime business The Lockbit locker leaked a few months ago in the underground, is increasing its popularity and adoption among micro-criminal actors.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 8, 2022

Remcos Remcos is marketed as a legitimate software tool for remote management and penetration testing. Remcos, short for Remote Control and Surveillance, was leveraged by malicious cyber actors conducting mass phishing campaigns during the COVID-19 pandemic to steal personal data and credentials. Enforce MFA.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

The logic of the raid mainly comes down to using unsecured RDP ports or spear-phishing to infiltrate networks and gain a foothold in them. Forward outlook Ransomware is a dynamic and increasingly hybrid segment of cybercrime. Instead of using the “spray and pray” technique, they started zeroing in on enterprise networks.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2021

Operators behind the Pysa ransomware, also employed a version of the PowerShell Empire penetration-testing tool, they were able to stop antivirus products. Threat actors deploy the ransomware by gaining unauthorized access to victim networks by compromising Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) credentials and/or through phishing campaigns.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

Computer Weekly said it had learnt that FatFace paid a £1.5m ($2 million US dollar) ransom to the Conti Ransomware gang , disclosing the gang gained access to FatFace network and their IT systems via a phishing email on 10th January 2021. conduct employee phishing tests. conduct penetration testing.

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Jane Frankland

APRIL 28, 2022

Just like yesterday, all tech is hackable and cybercriminals penetrate 93% of company networks in less than 2-days. This can result in significant system downtime, monetary loss, lawsuits, fines, and of course reputational damage. The impact is huge, and damages can cost billions, as they did with SolarWinds and Kaseya recently.

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Cytelligence

JANUARY 27, 2020

Effectiveness of data backup strategies. Threat actors attack tactics include the following: Phishing – using a phishing email the workstation is infected and access provided to the ransomware threat actors. Lessons learned” from attacks that did not generate a pay-out. Learn more about the different ransomware variants.

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