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Happy 13th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity!

Krebs on Security

I seem to be doing most of that activity now on Mastodon , which appears to have absorbed most of the infosec refugees from Twitter, and in any case is proving to be a far more useful, civil and constructive place to post such things. For a variety of reasons, I will no longer be sharing these updates on Twitter.

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3 Essential Measures to Mitigate the Risk from Follina — A New Windows Zero-Day Actively Exploited in the Wild

CyberSecurity Insiders

Last week the infosec community was hit with news about a new Windows 0-day vulnerability, Follina. Up-to-date endpoint protection and antivirus software on remote and in-office endpoints that can detect and remove malware that gets into the system. A reliable and comprehensive backup and recovery strategy. Conclusion.

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Which Data Do Ransomware Attackers Target for Double Extortion?

Security Boulevard

Double extortion is one of the most prevalent ransomware tactics today. The attackers first exfiltrate sensitive information from their target before launching the ransomware encryption routine.

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How Not to Pay the Ransom? No Soup For You, Ransomware!

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Even the most critical damages caused by ransomware are repairable as long as you have a solid backup strategy. Intergovernmental organizations, national police departments, and antivirus vendors do their best to have the information corrupted by encryption malware available to its legitimate holders. They do it free of charge.

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Ransomware Attacks are Evolving: What You Need to Know

Security Boulevard

One look at all the ransomware attacks from the past few years, and it’s clear that crypto-malware actors are attempting to maximize their financial gain. We’ve observed these threat groups using multiple techniques to profit even more off their victims than in years past. Here are a few tactics that stood out to us.

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Lab Walkthrough?—?The WannaCry Ransomware

Pentester Academy

Also, some important actions could save you from this type of advanced attack: Take a backup of all your data Install Antivirus Software & Firewalls Keep All Systems And Software Updated References 1. We must keep the Windows operating system fully updated and never download or execute doubtful/untrusted executables.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Gaining Persistence On Windows Boxes

ForAllSecure

A lot of infosec’s knowledge is either tribal -- passed on from one person to another - or can be found in books. For example, some of our tools are actually recognized by various antivirus services, not because they contain a virus, but because it's considered to be a hacking tool, which we definitely use for our pandas.