Researchers Quietly Cracked Zeppelin Ransomware Keys

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2022 02:30:26 +0000

Peter is an IT manager for a technology manufacturer that got hit with a Russian ransomware strain called “Zeppelin” in May 2020. He’d been on the job less than six months, and because of the way his predecessor architected things,… Read More »

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DEV-0569 finds new ways to deliver Royal ransomware, various payloads

Credit to Author: Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2022 17:00:00 +0000

DEV-0569’s recent activity shows their reliance on malvertising and phishing in delivering malicious payloads. The group’s changes and updates in delivery and payload led to distribution of info stealers and Royal ransomware.

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QBOT – A HTML Smuggling technique to target victims

Credit to Author: Anjali Raut| Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2022 11:02:59 +0000

QBot, also known as Qakbot, QuackBot, and Pinkslipbot, is a Banking Trojan that was first observed in 2007….

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Stopping C2 communications in human-operated ransomware through network protection

Credit to Author: Katie McCafferty| Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Providing advanced protection against increasingly sophisticated human-operated ransomware, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint’s network protection leverages threat intelligence and machine learning to block command-and-control (C2) communications.

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Raspberry Robin worm used as ransomware prelude

Categories: News

Categories: Ransomware

Tags: Raspberry Robin

Tags: FakeUpdates

Tags: LockBit

Tags: Clop

Tags: ransomware

Microsoft warns that the Raspberry Robin worm has triggered payload alerts on devices of almost 1,000 organizations in the past 30 days and is used to introduce ransomware.

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Raspberry Robin worm part of larger ecosystem facilitating pre-ransomware activity

Credit to Author: Paul Oliveria| Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Microsoft has discovered recent activity indicating that the Raspberry Robin worm is part of a complex and interconnected malware ecosystem, with links to other malware families and alternate infection methods beyond its original USB drive spread.

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US agencies issue warning about DAIXIN Team ransomware

Categories: News

Categories: Ransomware

Tags: DAIXIN

Tags: FBI

Tags: CISA

Tags: HHS

Tags: ransomware team

Tags: DAIXIN Team

Tags: ransomware

The FBI, CISA, and HSH have issued a joint advisory about a new threat to healthcare organizations

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Malformed signature trick can bypass Mark of the Web

Categories: News

Tags: MOTW

Tags: mark of the web

Tags: signature

Tags: malformed

Tags: malware

Tags: ransomware

Tags: bypass

Tags: SmartScreen

We take a look at reports that malware authors are using what appears to be a years-old bug to bypass Mark of the Web alerts.

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