Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Among those is CVE-2022-22005 , a weakness in Microsoft’s Sharepoint Server versions 2013-2019 that could be exploited by any authenticated user. This is a big deal because malicious macros hidden in Office documents have become a huge source of intrusions for organizations, and they are often the initial vector for ransomware attacks.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Our investigation revealed that this remote endpoint is associated with criminal activities dating back to 2019, indicating that these hosts were likely under the control of the same technical administration. Introduction Digging into ransomware infections always provides valuable insights.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2022

QNAP is warning customers of ransomware attacks targeting network-attached storage (NAS) devices exposed online. Taiwanese vendor QNAP has warned customers to secure network-attached storage (NAS) exposed online from ransomware and brute-force attacks. In December a new wave of ech0raix ransomware attacks targeted QNAP NAS devices.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

It was designed to make it convenient for system administrators to automate tasks and manage configurations across all Windows endpoints and servers in a company network. Another branch of attacks revolve around ransomware, crypto jacking, denial of service attacks and malware spreading activities.

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SecureList

AUGUST 12, 2021

This tool was used as part of an ongoing campaign that we named “ TunnelSnake “ The rootkit was detected on the targeted machines as early as November 2019; and another tool we found, showing significant code overlaps with the rootkit, suggests that the developers had been active since at least 2018. Ferocious Kitten.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The fix: System administrators are encouraged to install the Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 14 (CU14), which was issued in February 2024 and enabled NTLM credentials Relay Protection. Despite VMware’s three-year-old deprecation statement, unprotected systems remain at risk.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

That’s like the worst feeling you’ll ever have,” Tipton said about his initial impressions about a fast-moving ransomware attack that he originally thought hit just his company. Ransomware recovery lessons. Ransomware podcasts. Racing against a real-life ransomware attack. Racing against a real-life ransomware attack.

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Spinone

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

These are words that no system administrator or business leader wants to hear from anyone using a computer on their network. However, this year in 2019, many IT professionals and business leaders alike have had to deal with the very real and alarming scenario of a ransomware attack. Is cloud storage safe from ransomware?

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Digital Shadows

JULY 5, 2021

On 02 July 2021, details started to emerge of a sophisticated supply-chain attack targeting Kaseya VSA, virtual system administrator software used to manage and monitor customers’ infrastructure. Kaseya VSA is commonly used by managed service providers (MSPs) in the US and UK to help them manage their clients’ systems.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 15, 2019

A report by US cyber-security firm Recorded Future published last May highlighted a spike in ransomware attacks targeting US cities. In June 2019, Riviera Beach in FL paid $600,000 to hackers to restore its email system and public records. The potential security failure of a smart city initiative could have grave consequences.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

While this report is primarily focused on cybercriminals that operate on Russian territory, cybercriminals rarely restrict themselves to national borders — with ransomware gangs being a prime example of such cross-border activity. Understandably, such tools have risen in popularity since the pandemic and the consequent rise in remote working.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Malicious code, or malware, is intentionally written to disrupt, damage, or otherwise inflict undesirable effects on a target system. Often, like in the case of ransomware, malicious code both benefits the attacker and harms the victim. Ransomware. Malicious Code: Origins. Trojans/Spyware. Logic bombs.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

With lateral movement across a victim’s IT infrastructure, threat actors can escalate privileges, spread malware , extract data , and disrupt IT services as with ransomware attacks. SamSam Ransomware: Malware Specializing in RDP. A few days later, IT systems started malfunctioning with ransom messages following.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 11, 2022

He writes about this in his book, "Ghost in the Wires": "I would call the company I'd targeted, ask for their computer room, make sure I was talking to a system administrator, and tell him, 'This is [whatever fictitious name popped into my head at that moment], from DEC support. Mitnick says his favorite emotional tool was fear.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 1, 2021

#PrintNightmare / CVE-2021-1675 – It appears patches might be effective on systems that are not domain controllers. RpcAddPrinterDriverEx call as non-admin fails with access denied against fully patched Server 2016 and 2019 non-DC, but after dcpromo the exploit works again. Mitigation.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2023

The Originating Malvertising Campaign According to CTI investigation on the adversary infrastructure, we were able to identify an ongoing campaign luring system administrators to install the malicious code into their machines.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 5, 2021

It’s nice when ransomware gangs have their bitcoin stolen, malware servers shut down, or are otherwise forced to disband. Indeed, some of the most destructive and costly ransomware groups are now in their third incarnation. Indeed, some of the most destructive and costly ransomware groups are now in their third incarnation.

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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. Going back a bit, it was also the top attack vector in 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, and well, hopefully, you get the picture. We’re talking about the email attack variety. Why should I care about Phish?

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ForAllSecure

MAY 26, 2022

Like, okay, you know, I don't have time to order more, but the next year in 2019, I took 5000 and I didn't attend a single talk. I've often advised people to pursue that path that really get a solid foundation on the legacy technology or legacy concepts of coding, networking and system administration type stuff.

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