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U.S. Hacks QakBot, Quietly Removes Botnet Infections

August 29, 2023 admin DoJ, don alway, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Latest Warnings, martin estrada, qakbot, Qbot, ransomware, The Coming Storm, u.s. department of justice

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2023 18:35:25 +0000

The U.S. government today announced a coordinated crackdown against QakBot, a complex malware family used by multiple cybercrime groups to lay the groundwork for ransomware infections. The international law enforcement operation involved seizing control over the botnet’s online infrastructure, and quietly removing the Qakbot malware from tens of thousands of infected Microsoft Windows computer systems.

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Teenage members of Lapsus$ ransomware gang convicted

August 25, 2023 admin breach, Business, compromise, convicted, Crime, hack, hacked, lapsus$, leak, ransomware

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A wave of video game developer compromises has come to a court-based conclusion.

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Ransomware actors log on when you log off. Here’s how to stop them.

August 23, 2023 admin products & services, ransomware, security operations, sophos mdr, sophos x-ops

Credit to Author: Sally Adam| Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2023 11:29:54 +0000

With 90% of ransomware attacks occurring outside standard business hours, Sophos’ 24/7 Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service is now an essential part of an effective security stack.

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Tourists Give Themselves Away by Looking Up. So Do Most Network Intruders.

August 22, 2023 admin assetnote, canary tokens, Cisco Talos, haroon meer, hazel burton, ransomware, Security Tools, shubham shah, The Coming Storm, thinkst

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2023 17:45:28 +0000

In large metropolitan areas, tourists are often easy to spot because they’re far more inclined than locals to gaze upward at the surrounding skyscrapers. Security experts say this same tourist dynamic is a dead giveaway in virtually all computer intrusions that lead to devastating attacks like ransomware, and that more organizations should set simple virtual tripwires that sound the alarm when authorized users and devices are spotted exhibiting this behavior.

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