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A week in security (February 28 – March 6)

March 7, 2022 admin a week in security, chrome 99, Cisco, conti, crisis text line, deepfakes, hermeticwiper, malware, meta, nvidia, podcast, ransomware, Toyota, trickbot, Ukraine

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2022 11:05:36 +0000

The most important and interesting security stories from the last seven days.

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Conti Ransomware Group Diaries, Part III: Weaponry

March 4, 2022 admin A Little Sunshine, alarm, bentley, bio, bloodrush, chainalysis, cobalt strike, conti, grant, kaktus, lemans corporation, Ne'er-Do-Well News, pin, ransomware, reshaev, revers, salamandra, skippy, the spaniard, tramp, trickbotleaks, Trump

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2022 20:20:29 +0000

Part I of this series examined newly-leaked internal chats from the Conti ransomware group, and how the crime gang dealt with its own internal breaches. Part II explored what it’s like to be an employee of Conti’s sprawling organization. Today’s Part III looks at how Conti abused a panoply of popular commercial security services to undermine the security of their targets, as well as how the team’s leaders strategized for the upper hand in ransom negotiations with victims.

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Countermeasures and observability key to defending against attackers trying to buy security products

March 4, 2022 admin conti, Featured, ransomware, security operations, sophos security

Credit to Author: Craig Jones| Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2022 17:42:45 +0000

The leak of Conti ransomware’s internal chat logs revealed the attackers tried to buy security software so they could figure out how to bypass it and avoid detection

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Conti Ransomware Group Diaries, Part II: The Office

March 2, 2022 admin A Little Sunshine, bentley, Bleeping Computer, conti, emotet, hof, Lawrence Abrams, mango, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Palo Alto Networks, ransomware, reverse, ryuk, stern, The Coming Storm, trickbot

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2022 17:49:52 +0000

Earlier this week, a Ukrainian security researcher leaked almost two years’ worth of internal chat logs from Conti, one of the more rapacious and ruthless ransomware gangs in operation today. Tuesday’s story examined how Conti dealt with its own internal breaches and attacks from private security firms and governments. In Part II of this series we’ll explore what it’s like to work for Conti, as described by the Conti employees themselves.

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Conti Ransomware Group Diaries, Part I: Evasion

March 1, 2022 admin alex holden, alla witte, conti, conti breach, conti ransomware, contileaks, emercoin, emerdns, hof, Hold Security, Ne'er-Do-Well News, ransomware, revil ransomware, stern, The Coming Storm, trickbot, Ukraine

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2022 20:50:30 +0000

A Ukrainian security researcher this week leaked several years of internal chat logs and other sensitive data tied to Conti, an aggressive and ruthless Russian cybercrime group that focuses on deploying its ransomware to companies with more than $100 million in annual revenue. The chat logs offer a fascinating glimpse into the challenges of running a sprawling criminal enterprise with more than 100 salaried employees. The records also provide insight into how Conti has dealt with its own internal breaches and attacks from private security firms and foreign governments.

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The Conti ransomware leaks

March 1, 2022 admin conti, leaks, ransomware, Threat Intelligence

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2022 20:49:54 +0000

Perhaps one of the most interesting leaks for the threat intelligence community, the Conti data dumps will provide invaluable data for a long time to come.

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