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Clustering attacker behavior reveals hidden patterns

Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2023 10:00:11 +0000

A collection of very specific behaviors, observed by Sophos X-Ops incident response analysts in the lead-up to four separate ransomware attacks in the first quarter of 2023, indicates an unexpected connection between the attacks. In the parlance of the Managed Detection and Response (MDR) team, the peculiarly similar details constitute a threat activity cluster that […]

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Ransomware groups claim responsibility for double-attack on Yamaha

Categories: Business

Tags: ransomware

Tags: blackbyte

Tags: Akira

Tags: group

Tags: compromised

Tags: data

Tags: blackmail

Tags: extortion

Tags: attack

Tags: Yamaha

Tags: Canada

Tags: music

Tags: audio

We take a look at claims that Yamaha has been compromised by two unrelated ransomware groups.

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The post Ransomware groups claim responsibility for double-attack on Yamaha appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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Tampa General Hospital half thwarts ransomware attack, but still loses patient data

Categories: News

Categories: Ransomware

Tags: Tampa

Tags: General Hospital

Tags: Snatch

Tags: ransomware

Tags: RDP

Tags: data breach

The Tampa General Hospital has promised to reach out to the individuals whose information has been stolen by the Snatch ransomware group.

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The post Tampa General Hospital half thwarts ransomware attack, but still loses patient data appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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Sophos Discovers Ransomware Abusing “Sophos” Name

Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2023 21:20:01 +0000

Attackers will sometimes use the name of security companies in their malware. While performing a regular search on VirusTotal looking for interesting malware and new ransomware variants using our threat hunting rules this week, a Sophos X-Ops analyst discovered a novel ransomware executable that appears to use “Sophos” in the UI of the panel alerting […]

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