Phishing scams and attacks through emails and text messages have been intensifying in recent times. Often, the ones who fall prey to such scams are those who are less tech-savvy, like the elderly or those who know of such scams happening. Meanwhile, other customers fall into the deception because the Read more…
Law Enforcement Action Push Ransomware Gangs to Surgical Attacks The numerous law enforcement operations leading to the arrests and takedown of ransomware operations in 2021 have forced threat actors to narrow their targeting scope and maximize the efficiency of their operations. Most of the notorious Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) gangs continue their Read more…
BlackCat (ALPHV) Ransomware Linked to BlackMatter, DarkSide Gangs The Black Cat ransomware gang, also known as ALPHV, has confirmed they are former members of the notorious BlackMatter/DarkSide ransomware operation. BlackCat/ALPHV is a new feature-rich ransomware operation launched in November 2021 and developed in the Rust programming language, which is unusual for ransomware Read more…
What’s New in Windows 11 Sun Valley 2 Update, Arriving this Year Later this year, Microsoft is planning to launch the first big update for Windows 11. The update is reportedly codenamed “Sun Valley 2,” and it is expected to ship with a new Task Manager, improvements to Start Menu Read more…
FBI Shares Lockbit Ransomware Technical Details, Defense Tips The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released technical details and indicators of compromise associated with LockBit ransomware attacks in a new flash alert published this Friday. It also provided information to help organizations block this adversary’s attempts to breach their networks Read more…
The Week in Ransomware – February 4th 2022 – Critical Infrastructure Critical infrastructure suffered ransomware attacks, with threat actors targeting an oil petrol distributor and oil terminals in major ports in different attacks. Earlier this week, German petrol distributor Oiltanking suffered a ransomware attack allegedly by the new ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware operation. Soon Read more…
Microsoft Disables MSIX Protocol Handler Abused in Emotet Attacks Microsoft has disabled the MSIX ms-appinstaller protocol handler exploited in malware attacks to install malicious apps directly from a website via a Windows AppX Installer spoofing vulnerability. Today’s decision comes after the company released security updates to address the flaw (tracked as CVE-2021-43890) during Read more…
Microsoft: Russian FSB Hackers Hitting Ukraine Since October Microsoft said today that a Russian hacking group known as Gamaredon has been behind a streak of spear-phishing emails targeting Ukrainian entities and organizations related to Ukrainian affairs since October 2021. Linked by Ukraine’s security (SSU) and secret (SBU) services to Russia’s Federal Read more…
A Look at the New Sugar Ransomware Demanding Low Ransoms A new Sugar Ransomware operation actively targets individual computers, rather than corporate networks, with low ransom demands. First discovered by the Walmart Security Team, ‘Sugar’ is a new Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) operation that launched in November 2021 but has slowly been Read more…
CISA Orders Federal Agencies to Patch Actively Exploited Windows Bug The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has ordered federal agencies to patch their systems against an actively exploited Windows vulnerability that enables attackers to gain SYSTEM privileges. Per a binding operational directive (BOD 22-01) issued in November and today’s announcement, Read more…
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