Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The malware survives reboots and firmware upgrades. “Notably, the COATHANGER implant is persistent, recovering after every reboot by injecting a backup of itself in the process responsible for rebooting the system. Moreover, the infection survives firmware upgrades.” ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2022

The Daixin Team group gains initial access to victims through virtual private network (VPN) servers. In one successful attack, the attackers likely exploited an unpatched vulnerability in the organization’s VPN server. In another compromise, the group leveraged on compromised credentials to access a legacy VPN server.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

The good news is in the latter attack the victims restored its backups. The FBI provided the following mitigations to protect against ransomware attacks: Regularly back up data, air gap, and password protect backup copies offline. Install updates/patch operating systems, software, and firmware as soon as they are released.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2022

Implement network segmentation and maintain offline backups of data to ensure limited interruption to the organization. Regularly back up data, password protect backup copies offline. Install updates/patch operating systems, software, and firmware as soon as updates/patches are released. Consider installing and using a VPN.

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2022

Below is the content of the ransom not shared by a victim on the BleepingComputer forum: Here is the content: “ ……… You was hacked by CHECKMATE team. All your data has been encrypted, backups have been deleted. Go to Control Panel > System > Firmware Update. Your unique ID: bc75c72[edited].

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2022

Regularly back up data, air gap, and password-protect backup copies offline. Install updates/patch operating systems, software, and firmware as soon as updates/patches are released. Consider installing and using a virtual private network (VPN). SecurityAffairs – hacking, BlackCat ransomware). To nominate, please visit:?

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2021

The alert provides a list of mitigations to stay protected from ransomware families: Recommended Mitigations • Regularly back up data, air gap, and password protect backup copies offline. Install updates/patch operating systems, software, and firmware as soon as they are released. • Consider installing and using a VPN.

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