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How Did Authorities Identify the Alleged Lockbit Boss?

Krebs on Security

The government alleges Khoroshev created, sold and used the LockBit ransomware strain to personally extort more than $100 million from hundreds of victim organizations, and that LockBit as a group extorted roughly half a billion dollars over four years. 2011 said he was a system administrator and C++ coder. Image: treasury.gov.

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FBI and CISA published a new advisory on AvosLocker ransomware

Security Affairs

This joint CSA updates the advisory published by the US Government on March 17, 2022. AvosLocker affiliates use legitimate software and open-source remote system administration tools to compromise the victims’ networks. bat) scripts [T1059.003] for lateral movement, privilege escalation, and disabling antivirus software.

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Top 8 trusted cybersecurity companies in the world

CyberSecurity Insiders

As soon as the government of the United States announced a ban on Russian security software provided by Kaspersky, all the system administrators working across the world searched for the most trusted cybersecurity software companies in the world.

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A Closer Look at the Snatch Data Ransom Group

Krebs on Security

The government says Snatch used a customized ransomware variant notable for rebooting Microsoft Windows devices into Safe Mode — enabling the ransomware to circumvent detection by antivirus or endpoint protection — and then encrypting files when few services are running. Details after contacting on jabber: truniger@xmpp[.]jp.”

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Cloud Hopper operation hit 8 of the world’s biggest IT service providers

Security Affairs

. “Teams of hackers connected to the Chinese Ministry of State Security had penetrated HPE’s cloud computing service and used it as a launchpad to attack customers, plundering reams of corporate and government secrets for years in what U.S. prosecutors say was an effort to boost Chinese economic interests.”

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Feds Warn About Critical Infrastructure Ransomware Attacks, Vulnerabilities

eSecurity Planet

Secret Service issued a detailed advisory on the BlackByte Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) group, which has attacked critical infrastructure industries in recent months, among them government, financial and food and agriculture targets. Update and patch operating systems, software, and firmware as soon as updates and patches are released.

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Malware Evolves to Present New Threats to Developers

Security Boulevard

As new forms of malicious code appeared, an antivirus (AV) industry arose to tackle the challenge of detecting and responding to cyber threats. They also provide cover for malicious actions from governments and organizations by introducing a layer of separation between the attackers and the attack source. Ransomware. Trojans/Spyware.

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