Daniel Miessler

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Since 2007 the InfoSec industry has been talking about TheBigOne™—the event that would change cyber threats from annoyances to existential concerns. Ransomware is the Cyber Pearl Harbor we’ve been waiting for all along. Ransomware is the new PCI. They called it Cyber Pearl Harbor. It just looks different.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 14, 2024

Emerging in 2007 as a banking trojan, QakBot (a.k.a. Qbot and Pinkslipbot ) has morphed into an advanced malware strain now used by multiple cybercriminal groups to prepare newly compromised networks for ransomware infestations. Kaspersky said it has since seen the exploit used together with QakBot and other malware.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Ransomware is getting worse. Cybersecurity analysts have been screaming this sentiment from the rooftops for years, but now new research examining the expanding landscape of software vulnerabilities leveraged in ransomware attacks offers up some hard numbers that put the depth of this problem into context.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Co-founder Jay Kim was running a family steel fabrication business when he took a trip to South Korea in the fall of 2007. Kim: Yes, companies want assurance that they have an offline backup, yet they also want to be able to monitor what people are doing with those backups, as well. LW: Threats are still out there, essentially.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 28, 2020

When a ransomware strain is associated with a name like Evil Corp, you know there's trouble. Evil Corp returns with WastedLocker ransomware. In existence since around 2007, Evil Corp malware — also known as the Dridex gang — gradually became one of the largest malware and spam botnets on the internet. Remember December of 2019?

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Webroot

MARCH 5, 2021

Over 100 banks in Italy have fallen victim to the Ursnif banking trojan, which has stolen thousands of login credentials since it was first discovered in 2007. Officials for PrismHR are working to restore functionality to their payroll platform after a suspected ransomware attack. Italy targeted by Ursnif banking Trojan.

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Spinone

AUGUST 27, 2019

How to backup Office 365 emails if you have a vast number of messages from multiple accounts? However, native tools are not exactly a backup. Also, we’ll show you how to use professional backup software with advanced functionality. They all have their limitations since they are not designed initially as backup tools.

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