Krebs on Security

JULY 12, 2022

Microsoft today released updates to fix at least 86 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and other software, including a weakness in all supported versions of Windows that Microsoft warns is actively being exploited. Under Microsoft’s plan, the new warnings provided no such way to enable the macros.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 7, 2023

Modern ransomware attacks are as much about stealing data and threatening to leak it as they are about encrypting data. In our recent report on the state of ransomware in education we saw an 84% increase in known attacks on the education sector.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Malware has been around for nearly 40 years, longer even than the World Wide Web, but ransomware is a different kind of threat, capable of crippling a company and damaging or destroying its critical data. Zero trust is an important new tool to add to all that, essentially walling off your most important data. Ransomware removal tools.

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 14, 2021

During a ransomware attack, it is critical to detect and respond early and quickly. By decreasing your mean time to detection in identifying the attacker’s behavior, your security team can quickly investigate and respond timely to prevent a ransomware incident. Endpoint ransomware protection.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Major cybersecurity events in the last week make clear that hackers just keep getting savvier — and security teams need to be vigilant to keep up. Ransomware groups continue to exploit unpatched vulnerabilities. Now ransomware attackers, possibly affiliated with FIN8, are exploiting unpatched Citrix products to launch attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

However, basic cybersecurity tools and practices, like patching , strong passwords , and multi-factor authentication (MFA), “can prevent 80 to 90% of cyberattacks,” said Anne Neuberger, deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technologies, during a White House press conference in Sept. Ransomware. Types of Cyberattacks.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 17, 2023

Regular readers of our monthly ransomware review ( read our April edition here ) know that Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) gangs have been making headlines globally with their disruptive attacks on organizations. Sometimes, though, it’s not enough to merely know about of the problem.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 3, 2023

The Pierce County Public Transportation Benefit Area Corporation (Pierce Transit) has fallen victim to a cyberattack using LockBit ransomware. Based on the number of known attacks, Lockbit has been the most widely used ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) for some time now. How to avoid ransomware Block common forms of entry.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 27, 2023

Ransomware is like that stubborn cold that you thought you kicked, but creeps back up determined to run amok again. In this post, we'll break down the idea of ransomware reinfection and share a real-life episode where Malwarebytes Managed Detection and Response (MDR) mitigated a resilient ransomware reinfection from the Royal ransomware gang.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 1, 2022

Malwarebytes Threat Intelligence builds a monthly picture of ransomware activity by monitoring the information published by ransomware gangs on their Dark Web leak sites. In June, LockBit was the most active ransomware , just as it has been all year. Known ransomware attacks by group, June 2022.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The operators behind the infamous RobbinHood ransomware are exploiting a vulnerable GIGABYTE driver to kill antivirus products. Cybercriminals behind the RobbinHood Ransomware are exploiting a vulnerable GIGABYTE driver to install a malicious and unsigned driver into Windows with the intent of disabling security products.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 23, 2023

When we first introduced the Royal ransomware gang in ou r November 2022 review , little did we know they'd rapidly evolve into one of the most potent threats in our ongoing monthly threat intelligence briefings. In the rest of this post, we'll be shedding some light on five key facts to know about the Royal ransomware gang.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 8, 2022

By Steve Moore, Chief Security Strategist, Exabeam. When you take a step back and consider these statistics, you will quickly realize the gravity of what is at stake for organizations when it comes to effectively securing their confidential information – and that there is still a lot more to be done to combat this growing trend.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

An “unidentified actor” is making use of these two malicious files to cause combo-laden mayhem on desktops around the world, according to new research from Talos. The tag-team campaign serves up ransomware known as Mortal Kombat, which borrows the name made famous by the video game, and Laplas Clipper malware, a clipboard stealer.

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SecureList

APRIL 15, 2024

They generated a custom version of the ransomware, which used the aforementioned account credential to spread across the network and perform malicious activities, such as killing Windows Defender and erasing Windows Event Logs in order to encrypt the data and cover its tracks. In this article, we revisit the LockBit 3.0 As we can see, LB3.exe

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 14, 2021

There are now automated scripts available on GitHub so even novice hackers can explore these previously unknown security flaws. That was one of the insights in the HP Wolf Security Threat Insights Report released today. Also read: Best Ransomware Removal and Recovery Services. Also read: How DMARC Can Protect Against Ransomware.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 18, 2022

During April of 2021, at least three notable attacks against government services made the news, this included the New York Metropolitan Transport Authority (MTA ), the Illinois Attorney General’s office , and the Washington DC Police Department. This matches up with our detections of unidentified, AI detected malware.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

A newly discovered malware campaign leverages steganography to hide GandCrab ransomware in an apparently innocent Mario image. Security experts at Bromium have discovered a malware campaign using steganography to hide the GandCrab ransomware in a Mario graphic package. ” reads the analysis published by Rowan.

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McAfee

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

BlackMatter is a new ransomware threat discovered at the end of July 2021. This malware started with a strong group of attacks and some advertising from its developers that claims they take the best parts of other malware, such as GandCrab , LockBit and DarkSide , despite also saying they are a new group of developers.

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McAfee

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

BlackMatter is a new ransomware threat discovered at the end of July 2021. This malware started with a strong group of attacks and some advertising from its developers that claims they take the best parts of other malware, such as GandCrab , LockBit and DarkSide , despite also saying they are a new group of developers.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 4, 2022

It’s been a couple of decades since data tapes delivered by trucks made encryption a standard enterprise cybersecurity practice. Yet even as technology has changed, sending and receiving data remains a major vulnerability, ensuring encryption’s place as a foundational security practice.

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SecureList

AUGUST 15, 2022

New technique for installing fileless malware. Earlier this year, we discovered a malicious campaign that employed a new technique for installing fileless malware on target machines by injecting a shellcode directly into Windows event logs. WinDealer’s man-on-the-side spyware. IT threat evolution in Q2 2022.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 9, 2021

If ransomware and data exfiltration attacks that targeted hospitals and vaccine researchers during the pandemic signaled a cyber hygiene crisis in health care, the SolarWinds supply chain attack demonstrated just how deep the problem goes. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images). What about other breaches that were enabled via a third party?

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 2, 2023

On May 31, 2023, Progress Software released a security bulletin about a critical vulnerability in MOVEit Transfer. The security bulletin states: “a SQL injection vulnerability has been found in the MOVEit Transfer web application that could allow an un-authenticated attacker to gain unauthorized access to MOVEit Transfer's database.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 14, 2022

On Friday March 3, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a whopping number of 95 new known exploited vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. 95 new ones? Not so new. The first thing that jumped out at me is that these vulnerabilities were not all very new at all.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 10, 2022

We spent the last post figuring out how to aggregate security data. Alas, a lake of security data doesn’t find attackers, so now we have to use it. Security analytics has been all the rage for the past ten years. In fact, many security analytics companies have emerged promising to make sense of all of this security data.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

In today’s rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape, the battle for privacy and security is relentless. While cybersecurity advice is often focused on technology like endpoint protection, firewalls and anti-virus, it’s important to remember that behind every breach is a human. What Does the Opportunist Want?

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SecureList

MAY 6, 2024

With trillions of dollars of digital payments made every year, it is no wonder that attackers target electronic wallets, online shopping accounts and other financial assets, inventing new techniques and reusing good old ones. This type of wallet, normally disconnected from the internet, is considered quite safe.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 24, 2022

On March 15th, research firm ESET reported a new data-wiping malware targeting Ukraine named CaddyWiper. [ 2 ] The threat actor leveraged a set of misconfigured Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) accounts that enabled it to enroll a new device for MFA and to access the victim network. One such beam is located over Kyiv.

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Centraleyes

DECEMBER 6, 2023

According to Purplesec, ransomware attacks have increased by 350% since 2018, zero-day attacks were up by 55% in 2021, and out of the 30 million SMBs in the USA, over 66% have had at least 1 cyber incident between 2018-2020. Vulnerability management is a critical element of information security. But we won’t stop there!

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Digital Shadows

AUGUST 17, 2021

It’s still showing up to drop ransomware and Trojans, harvest credentials, and spy on organizations like yours. We’ve even written about it before because it’s been a problem year after year. Before we get too deep into phishing, let’s talk spam for just a moment. Why should I care about Phish?

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McAfee

MAY 7, 2021

The same is true with security operations, attackers are going to try to hit you, but how good is your defense so you can minimize the impact of the attack and in the case you do get knocked down what controls do you have in place that you can get back up and resume operations. ransomware & steganography).

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Spinone

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Public cloud has made it possible for organizations to be much more efficient, agile, and to integrate new technologies much more quickly. Additionally, in recent years, news headlines filled with massive data leaks or breaches add to the cloud security concerns that many organizations may have about public cloud.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection (EP) achieved the highest possible score (100%) and received certifications for Level 1, Exploit, Online Banking, and Ransomware. GET THE ENDPOINT SECURITY EVALUATION GUIDE Let’s dive into where we prevented more than the rest and how we were able to do it. Download below!

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

As you may have read in our November Ransomware Review , Scattered Spider is a relatively new, albeit dangerous, ransomware gang who made headlines in September for attacking MGM Resorts and Caesar Entertainment. The objective is that the target will grow tired of the notifications or make a mistake and allow the access.

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SecureList

MAY 11, 2023

Ransomware keeps making headlines. attempted ransomware attacks which was 20% more than in 2021 (61.7M). attempted ransomware attacks which was 20% more than in 2021 (61.7M). Although early 2023 saw a slight decline in the number of ransomware attacks, they were more sophisticated and better targeted.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 7, 2021

In the past twelve months, the word “ransomware” has popped up in countless headlines worldwide across both print and digital publications: The Wall Street Journal , the BBC , the New York Times. That is precisely why we have chosen ransomware as our story of the year for Kaspersky’s annual Security Bulletin.

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