SecureWorld News

AUGUST 8, 2022

Cybercriminals often use malware to gain access to a computer or mobile device to deploy viruses, worms, Trojans, ransomware, spyware, and rootkits. The top malware strains in 2021 included remote access Trojans (RATs), banking Trojans, information stealers, and ransomware. MOUSEISLAND may be the initial phase of a ransomware attack.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

One recent example that underscores this importance is the 2021 Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack. Patch management: Keeping software and firmware up to date to close security gaps. Ransomware can cripple essential functions until a ransom is paid, while malware may lead to unauthorized control or surveillance of the system.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Ransomware Unlike DDoS malicious programs, ransomware largely targets IoT devices that contain user data: NAS boxes. DeadBolt, which affected thousands of QNAP NAS devices in 2022, is a prominent example of IoT ransomware. Regrettably, vendors could have done a much better job fixing those.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2018

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 4, 2024

State actors actively attack Ivanti, Ubiquity, and Microsoft’s Windows AppLocker, and ransomware attackers probe for unpatched ScreenConnect servers in this week’s vulnerability recap. February 27, 2024 Ransomware Gangs Target Unpatched ScreenConnect Servers Type of vulnerability: Authentication bypass and path traversal.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Also read: Feds Warn About Critical Infrastructure Ransomware Attacks, Vulnerabilities. It can even access the chip’s firmware to gain root access on the device, a significant privilege escalation. Spyware and Zero-Days: A Troubling Market. com, with a non-standard high port number and fourth-level subdomain like [link].

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

At the end of September, at the Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit , our researchers provided an overview of FinSpy , an infamous surveillance toolset that several NGOs have repeatedly reported being used against journalists, political dissidents and human rights activists. FinSpy: analysis of current capabilities. Other malware.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The malware posed as ransomware, demanding money from the victims for “decrypting” their data. A creative avenue for threat actors is to expand their surveillance efforts to include devices such as smart home cameras, connected car systems and beyond. In July 2023, we privately reported new FiveSys signed variants.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 9, 2025

Also of concern is the firmware and ROM found on many components that go into the manufacture of systems, nearly of all which are manufactured today in mainland China. Ransomware as a national threat Ransomware attacks targeting critical infrastructure are elevated to a national intelligence priority, equating them to acts of terrorism.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 5, 2021

It was for 1000s of compromised, Internet of Things, enabled devices, such as surveillance cameras, residential gateways, internet connected printers, and even in home baby monitors these devices themselves are often thought of as not having much in the way of resources, and really they don't have many computing resources. Probably not.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2022

The following day, Avast Threat Research announced the discovery of new Golang ransomware in Ukraine , which they dubbed HermeticRansom. Due to its unsophisticated style and poor implementation, this new ransomware was probably only a smokescreen for the HermeticWiper attack, due to its non-sophisticated style and poor implementation.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 26, 2021

On June 3, Check Point published a report about an ongoing surveillance operation targeting a Southeast Asian government, and attributed the malicious activities to a Chinese-speaking threat actor named SharpPanda. In this campaign, a broad spectrum of industries located in South Korea were targeted with custom ransomware.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

From ransomware attacks locking businesses out of their data until they pay potentially millions of dollars to spyware tracking users’ every move through their infected device, the effects of malware can be devastating. Ransomware. Ransomware is one of the most virulent forms of malware on the modern Internet.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2024

BadBox rapidly grows, 190,000 Android devices infected Romanian national was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in NetWalker ransomware attacks Sophos fixed critical vulnerabilities in its Firewall product U.S. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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