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The Week in Ransomware – November 20th 2020 – Don’t Mess With The Turkey This week we saw two massive attacks that had a signifcant impact on the food supply industry, as well as a demonstration of Egregor’s annoying ransom note print bombs. Last weekend, Latin American retail giant Cencosud suffered an attack by the Egregor ransomware
Mobile App Launched To Identify And Block Scam Messages, Calls SINGAPORE — The National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) on Friday (Nov 20) launched a mobile application that can identify and block scam messages and phone calls. Called ScamShield, the app uses artificial intelligence to identify keywords in messages from unknown contacts and move them into
FBI Warns Of Increasing Ragnar Locker Ransomware Activity The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Cyber Division has warned private industry partners of increased Ragnar Locker ransomware activity following a confirmed attack from April 2020. The MU-000140-MW flash alert issued to partners by the FBI yesterday was coordinated with DHS-CISA and it provides security professionals and system
LightBot: TrickBot’s New Reconnaissance Malware For High-Value Targets The notorious TrickBot has gang has released a new lightweight reconnaissance tool used to scope out an infected victim’s network for high-value targets. Over the past week, security researchers began to see a phishing campaign normally used to distribute TrickBot’s BazarLoader malware switch to installing a new malicious PowerShell script.