Cisco Security

MAY 12, 2022

Threat actors picking sides [1], group members turning against each other [2], some people handing out DDoS tools [3], some people blending in to turn it into profit [4], and many other stories, proving that this new frontier is changing daily, and its direct impact is not limited to geographical boundaries. 14] Conti: [link]. [15]

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SecureWorld News

JULY 7, 2022

United States government agencies recently released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) providing information on how North Korean state-sponsored threat actors are actively using Maui ransomware to attack healthcare organizations. What is Maui ransomware? Using manually operated ransomware.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Thanks to your readership and support, I was able to spend more time in 2022 on some deep, meaty investigative stories — the really satisfying kind with the potential to affect positive change. I will also continue to post on LinkedIn about new stories in 2023.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

AUGUST 10, 2022

When we think of nation-state hacking most of us have a western skew, immediately think of “the usual suspects”, China, North Korea, and Russia. The report acknowledges that high publicity around Russia and China during the survey may have skewed responses as well. State-level cyber warfare comes in many forms with many “faces.”

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ForAllSecure

MAY 30, 2023

Say you’re an organization that’s been hit with ransomware. At what point do you need to bring in a ransomware negotiator? Mark Lance, the VP of DFIR and Threat intelligence for GuidePoint Security, provides The Hacker Mind with stories of ransomware cases he’s handled. Should you pay, should you not?

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Security Boulevard

JULY 12, 2021

The post CISO Roundtable: Ransomware Attacks and the True Cost to Business appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Ransomware attacks were defeated on the computers of 108,323 unique users. Ransomware programs. Attack on Kaseya and the REvil story. Europol and the Ukrainian police have arrested two members of an unnamed ransomware gang. The group Conti also used ProxyShell exploits for its attacks. Financial threats.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 4, 2022

Part I of this series examined newly-leaked internal chats from the Conti ransomware group, and how the crime gang dealt with its own internal breaches. Part II explored what it’s like to be an employee of Conti’s sprawling organization. As it happens, Conti itself recently joined the $100 million club.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 6, 2022

But the full story of the bronze soldier affair is only becoming clearer now. 13 years later, you researchers connected the dots to reveal how these events formed part of a new style of coordinated interference in which misinformation and manipulation were used by Russia to stoke division. It’s really a cute story.

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