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The evolution of ransomware in 2019: attackers think bigger, go deeper and grow more advanced

Security Affairs

The findings come as highlights of Group-IB whitepaper titled “ Ransomware Uncovered: Attackers’ Latest Methods ,” closely examining the evolution of the ransomware operators’ strategies over the past year, issued today. Last year, ransomware operators matured considerably, having joined Big Game Hunting and going beyond file encryption.

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How Groove Gang is Shaking up the Ransomware-as-a-Service Market to Empower Affiliates

McAfee

Yet on April 30, it was reported that the gang suddenly had stopped working with affiliates, including the act of encrypting a victim’s system. To ATR’s understanding, the latter has been used several times by exploiting vulnerable VPN servers. If a partnership is achieved with a Ransomware family: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact.

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Preventing the Spread of Ransomware

Security Boulevard

Most companies were unprepared to secure an entirely remote workforce, relying on remote desktop protocol (RDP) and strained VPN infrastructures, leaving workers ripe for attack. Learn more in this whitepaper: Defending Against Ransomware with Zscaler Workload Segmentation.