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Trellix finds business services top target of ransomware attacks

Tech Republic Security

JULY 18, 2022

Ransomware groups are now starting to pick sides in the Russian-Ukrain conflict. The post Trellix finds business services top target of ransomware attacks appeared first on TechRepublic. Learn more about who and what are at risk.

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Orange Business Services hit by Nefilim ransomware operators

Security Affairs

JULY 17, 2020

Security researchers at Cyble reported that Nefilim ransomware operators allegedly targeted the mobile network operator Orange. Researchers from Cyble came across a post of Nefilim ransomware operators which were claiming to have stolen sensitive data of Orange S.A., SecurityAffairs – hacking, Nefilim ransomware).

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Government contractor Conduent disclosed a data breach

Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2025

The business services provider Conduent told the SEC a January cyberattack exposed personal data, including names and Social Security numbers. The business services provider Conduent revealed that personal information, including names and Social Security numbers, was stolen in a January cyberattack.

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Operation Phobos Aetor: Police dismantled 8Base ransomware gang

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Authorities dismantled the 8Base ransomware gang, shutting down its dark web data leak and negotiation sites. An international law enforcement operation, codenamed Operation Phobos Aetor, dismantled the 8Base ransomware gang. The ransomware component is then decrypted and loaded into the SmokeLoader process memory.

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

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

8Base ransomware operators were observed using a variant of the Phobos ransomware in a recent wave of attacks. Cisco Talos researchers observed 8Base ransomware operators using a variant of the Phobos ransomware in recent attacks. The ransomware component is then decrypted and loaded into the SmokeLoader process’ memory.

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LockFile Ransomware uses a new intermittent encryption technique

Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2021

Recently emerged LockFile ransomware family LockFile leverages a novel technique called intermittent encryption to speed up encryption. LockFile ransomware gang started its operations last month, recently it was spotted targeting Microsoft Exchange servers using the recently disclosed ProxyShell vulnerabilities.

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Over 500,000 people were impacted by a ransomware attack that hit Morley

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Business services firm Morley was hit by a ransomware attack that may have exposed data of +500,000 individuals. Business services company Morley was victim of a ransomware attack that may have resulted in a data breach impacting more than 500,000 individuals. Pierluigi Paganini.

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U.S. Justice Department Cracks Down on Scattered Spider Phishing Ring

SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Scattered Spider has gained infamy for its high-profile cyberattacks, including the ransomware assault on MGM Casino in 2023 , which caused widespread disruption. Known for targeting employee credentials through phishing schemes, the group uses stolen access to infiltrate systems, extract sensitive data, and deploy ransomware.

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New LockFile ransomware gang uses ProxyShell and PetitPotam exploits

Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2021

A new ransomware gang named LockFile targets Microsoft Exchange servers exploiting the recently disclosed ProxyShell vulnerabilities. A new ransomware gang named LockFile targets Microsoft Exchange servers using the recently disclosed ProxyShell vulnerabilities. “The LockFile ransomware was first observed on the network of a U.S.

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Business Services industry targeted across the country for backdoor access

Malwarebytes

AUGUST 18, 2022

The presence of so many hacking tools in the detections for the Business Services industry tells a story about these organizations being targeted for not only infection, but to establish backdoors and likely gain access to customers of the organizations through the victim’s network.

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Business services provider Morley discloses ransomware incident

Bleeping Computer

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

disclosed a data breach after suffering a ransomware attack on August 1st, 2021, allowing threat actors to steal data before encrypting files. [.]. Morley Companies Inc.

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Ransomware infected systems at Xchanging, a DXC subsidiary

Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2020

Systems at Xchanging, a subsidiary of Global IT services and solutions provider DXC Technology was hit by ransomware over the weekend. Global IT services and solutions provider DXC Technology disclosed a ransomware attack that infected systems at its Xchanging subsidiary. Pierluigi Paganini.

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AkiraBot: AI-Powered spam bot evades CAPTCHA to target 80,000+ websites

Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2025

The spam framework evades CAPTCHA and network detection using proxies, unrelated to the Akira ransomware group. “These technologies are primarily used by small- to medium-sized businesses for their ease in enabling website development with integrations for eCommerce, website content management, and business service offerings.”

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How Cryptocurrency Turns to Cash in Russian Banks

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The reporters found another collection of 97 MSBs clustered at an address for a commercial office suite in Ontario, even though there was no evidence these companies had ever arranged for any business services at that address.

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Experts warn of a spike in May and June of 8Base ransomware attacks

Security Affairs

JUNE 28, 2023

Researchers warn of a massive spike in May and June 2023 of the activity associated with the ransomware group named 8Base. VMware Carbon Black researchers observed an intensification of the activity associated with a stealthy ransomware group named 8Base. and Brazil. ” reported NCC.

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Ransomware Attempts Flag as Payments Also Decline

Dark Reading

JULY 18, 2022

Telecom and business services see the highest level of attacks, but the two most common ransomware families, which continue to be LockBit and Conti, are seen less often.

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

SecureWorld News

AUGUST 31, 2020

Ransomware attack shuts down California online learning. In Central California, the Selma Unified School District abruptly stopped online classes during the middle of the day because of a ransomware attack which was spreading across the district's network. Ransomware attack hits North Carolina schools.

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BrandPost: IT's New Cyber Threat Landscape

CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

NETSCOUT protects digital business services against disruptions in availability, performance, and security. As ransomware and DDoS attacks have become events that every business needs to guard against, our cybersecurity solutions have evolved to protect your organization from the latest threat actors.

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RSAC insights: Malware is now spreading via weaponized files circulating in data lakes, file shares

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 3, 2022

Digital content has become the liquid fuel of digital commerce—and much of it now flows into and out of massive data lakes supplied by Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. However, a surge of high-profile ransomware attacks and supply chain breaches has made company leaders very nervous. “I

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Patch now! Microsoft Exchange attacks target ProxyShell vulnerabilities

Malwarebytes

AUGUST 23, 2021

Ransomware. Several researchers have pointed to a ransomware group named LockFile that combines ProxyShell with PetitPotam. Later, the threat actor revisited to initiate the staging of artefacts related to the LockFile ransomware. PetitPotam. PetitPotam enables a threat actor to launch an NTLM relay attack on domain controllers.

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Over 3.1 million cyber attacks on cloud user accounts

CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 13, 2021

Legal, Real Estate and transportation and business service accounts remain in the second place on the list. While the ransomware attacks grew by 69 percent from Q3 2020 to Q4 2020, REvil, Thanos, RYUK, Maze and RansomeXX occupied a large share in such attacks. The post Over 3.1

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Port of San Diego hit by a cyber attack a few days after the attack on the Port of Barcelona

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Port of San Diego suffered a ransomware-based attack, a few days after the Port of Barcelona was hit by a cyber attack that caused several problems. Several computers at the Port of San Diego were infected with a ransomware, the incident impacted the processing park permits and record requests, along with other operations.

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A week in security (August 15 - August 21)

Malwarebytes

AUGUST 22, 2022

CISA and FBI issue alert about Zeppelin ransomware. Business Services industry targeted across the country for backdoor access. Introducing Malwarebytes Cloud Storage Scanning: How to scan for malware in cloud file storage repositories. JSSLoader: the shellcode edition. How to secure a Windows PC for your kids.

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Weakness at the Network Edge: Mandiant Examines 2022’s Zero-Day Exploits

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 27, 2023

A quarter were financially motivated, and three of those were linked to ransomware operations. Exploitation of enterprise IT zero-day vulnerabilities are continuing into 2023, led by a Fortra GoAnywhere zero-day that has been behind more than a hundred attacks by the Clop ransomware group.

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Google plans to scrape everything you post online to train its AI

Malwarebytes

JULY 4, 2023

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Top 7 SaaS Security Gaps for SMBs

Spinone

JANUARY 30, 2019

E-mail and file storage are basic necessities when it comes to businesses services. Maintaining these systems on-premises can be expensive, time consuming, require a great deal of support, and can encounter scalability issues depending on business growth. Not Backing up SaaS Data Backups are part of cloud security?

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Top IT Asset Management Tools for Security

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Additionally, they often provide an accurate account of technology asset lifecycle costs and risks as well as built-in cybersecurity features to combat ransomware and malware. ITAM has a role, too, in guiding management in its efforts to enhance productivity by implementing hardware upgrades or business software. Freshservice.

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Podcast Episode 123: HaveIBeenPwned’s Troy Hunt on Marriott’s Big Mess and GreatHorn on the Asymmetric Threat of Email

The Security Ledger

DECEMBER 4, 2018

. » Related Stories As Election Threats Mount, Voting Machine Hacks are a Distraction Cryptojacking and MikroTik’s Bad-Feeling Feel Good Patch Story Iranians Indicted in SamSam Ransomware Scheme. And: you’ve heard of Business Email Compromise attacks but what about Business Service Impersonation scams?

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Professional services - concluding phase

Notice Bored

APRIL 23, 2022

Imagine the implications of, say, a law firm being hit by a ransomware attack, office burglary or insider incident, giving miscreants access to its inadequately-secured client casework files and archives. At the very least, simply refusing to discuss the details of prior business arrangements is better than raising old wounds.

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Cyber security guidance for small fleet operators

Pen Test Partners

JANUARY 23, 2025

Anything from phishing emails to ransomware attacks, these threats can disrupt operations and compromise critical systems. Attackers use phishing, malware, ransomware, and scams like BEC to gain access to systems and cause disruption. TL;DR Cybersecurity for small fleet operations. They request that you pay a ransom to regain access.

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The people problem: Large businesses shift resources to address risks tied to new and disgruntled employees

SC Magazine

MARCH 11, 2021

Threats increased between Q3 and Q4 at more than half (54%) of the organizations surveyed, with financial services (61%) and high-tech/business services (57%) reporting the highest rate of increase. With a higher payout for HIPAA and PII information with ransomware, we worry about these types of attacks as well.”.

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Office 365 Backup. The Cost of Data Loss

Spinone

JANUARY 30, 2019

The large public cloud vendors today, including Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, all have a multitude of services in their portfolio that businesses can generally find that fit any use case they may have for infrastructure or services. These two services are email and file storage.

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Ultimate Guide for Cloud Apps Audit for Education

Spinone

DECEMBER 25, 2018

There is arguably no organization today that isn’t at least considering hosting business services in the public cloud. Cloud has revolutionized the way businesses thinking about their infrastructure. Cloud Ransomware Protection Ransomware poses a tremendous threat to data of all kinds. What are these?

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Cloud Security Checklist

Spinone

DECEMBER 28, 2018

The cloud has certainly matured as a platform and solution for today’s business-critical applications. Organizations have chosen to run not only production virtual machines on top of cloud infrastructure but also business services such as email and file storage.

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G Suite Admin Tasks Every Google Administrator Should Do

Spinone

DECEMBER 19, 2018

However, by utilizing Google’s powerful infrastructure and software stack, businesses today are able to quickly have access to the same powerful infrastructure running Google’s services, as well as plug into Google’s business services such as Gmail , Google Team Drives , Google Calendar, and many other Google services.

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Migrating from On Premise to Google G Suite

Spinone

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Obtaining the Google G Suite Skills Needed for Migration The really nice thing about Google G Suite is there are a wealth of resources for organization’s on-premise IT Teams to leverage to quickly get up to speed with Google G Suite before migrating business services and data to the G Suite public cloud.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 273

Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2020

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Cyber Security Informer

Trellix finds business services top target of ransomware attacks

Orange Business Services hit by Nefilim ransomware operators

Trending Sources

Government contractor Conduent disclosed a data breach

Operation Phobos Aetor: Police dismantled 8Base ransomware gang

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

LockFile Ransomware uses a new intermittent encryption technique

Over 500,000 people were impacted by a ransomware attack that hit Morley

U.S. Justice Department Cracks Down on Scattered Spider Phishing Ring

New LockFile ransomware gang uses ProxyShell and PetitPotam exploits

Business Services industry targeted across the country for backdoor access

Business services provider Morley discloses ransomware incident

Ransomware infected systems at Xchanging, a DXC subsidiary

AkiraBot: AI-Powered spam bot evades CAPTCHA to target 80,000+ websites

How Cryptocurrency Turns to Cash in Russian Banks

Experts warn of a spike in May and June of 8Base ransomware attacks

Ransomware Attempts Flag as Payments Also Decline

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

BrandPost: IT's New Cyber Threat Landscape

RSAC insights: Malware is now spreading via weaponized files circulating in data lakes, file shares

Patch now! Microsoft Exchange attacks target ProxyShell vulnerabilities

Over 3.1 million cyber attacks on cloud user accounts

Port of San Diego hit by a cyber attack a few days after the attack on the Port of Barcelona

A week in security (August 15 - August 21)

Weakness at the Network Edge: Mandiant Examines 2022’s Zero-Day Exploits

Google plans to scrape everything you post online to train its AI

Top 7 SaaS Security Gaps for SMBs

Top IT Asset Management Tools for Security

Podcast Episode 123: HaveIBeenPwned’s Troy Hunt on Marriott’s Big Mess and GreatHorn on the Asymmetric Threat of Email

Professional services - concluding phase

Cyber security guidance for small fleet operators

The people problem: Large businesses shift resources to address risks tied to new and disgruntled employees

Office 365 Backup. The Cost of Data Loss

Ultimate Guide for Cloud Apps Audit for Education

Cloud Security Checklist

G Suite Admin Tasks Every Google Administrator Should Do

Migrating from On Premise to Google G Suite

Security Affairs newsletter Round 273

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