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RansomHub ransomware gang relies on Kaspersky TDSKiller tool to disable EDR

Security Affairs

. “ RansomHub used TDSSKiller with the -dcsvc flag to try disabling critical security services, specifically targeting Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Service (MBAMService). The command aimed to disrupt security defenses by disabling this service. Knight, also known as Cyclops 2.0,

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Email Security Recommendations You Should Consider from 2021

Cisco Security

Now mix in architectural changes that support cloud productivity suites like Microsoft 365 and Google’s G-Suite to accelerate your business to cloud-based email security services. When it comes to safeguarding email against today’s advanced threats like phishing and malware information is power.

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Dutch police arrested the author of Dryad and Rubella Macro Builders

Security Affairs

He is suspected of large-scale production and selling of malware.” “The young man offered programs with names like Rubella, Cetan and Dryad, enabling the buyer to include secret code or malware in amongst others Word or Excel files.” The macro might also purposely attempt to bypass endpoint security defenses. .

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How Steganography Allows Attackers to Evade Detection

eSecurity Planet

Steganography, derived from Greek words meaning “covered” and “writing,” has been used for centuries to hide secret messages inside regular documents. Thanks to an encryption algorithm, the message or the malware is embedded in the image by altering only specific pixels. malware or command-and-control instructions).

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APT trends report Q1 2021

SecureList

In our initial report on Sunburst , we examined the method used by the malware to communicate with its C2 (command-and-control) server and the protocol used to upgrade victims for further exploitation. This campaign made use of a previously unknown malware family we dubbed FourteenHi.

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Experts link the Black Basta ransomware operation to FIN7 cybercrime gang

Security Affairs

It focused on deploying POS malware and launching targeted spear-phishing attacks against organizations worldwide. The Sentinel Labs’s analysis revealed that Black Basta ransomware operators develop and maintain their own toolkit, they documented only collaboration with a limited and trusted set of affiliates.

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From Caribbean shores to your devices: analyzing Cuba ransomware

SecureList

It exploits vulnerabilities in software used by the victim companies: mostly known issues, such as the combination of ProxyShell and ProxyLogon for attacking Exchange servers, and security holes in the Veeam data backup and recovery service. The malware will try calling home if the initial ping goes through. Path to the komar65.dll