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Credit to Author: Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2022 15:00:00 +0000

The Microsoft Defender for IoT research team has recently discovered the exact method through which MikroTik devices are used in Trickbot’s C2 infrastructure. In this blog, we share the analysis of this method and provide insights on how attackers gain access and how they use compromised IoT devices in Trickbot attacks.

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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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Independent Krebs

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.

Independent Krebs

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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TrickBot takes down server infrastructure after months of inactivity

February 28, 2022 admin bazarloader, conti, dyreza, em otet, ransomware, ryuk, trickbot, trojans

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2022 12:15:31 +0000

After months of spam silence, TrickBot has pulled the plug on its server infrastructure. Is this the end of an era?

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Microsoft Security

Human-operated ransomware attacks: A preventable disaster

March 18, 2020 admin cybersecurity, DoppelPaymer, dridex, Endpoint security, hands-on-keyboard, human-operated attacks, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection, Microsoft security intelligence, parinacota, ransomware, ryuk, Secure Score, Security deployment, Threat protection, trickbot, wadhrama

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2020 17:00:31 +0000

In human-operated ransomware attacks, adversaries exhibit extensive knowledge of systems administration and common network security misconfigurations, perform thorough reconnaissance, and adapt to what they discover in a compromised network.

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Nearly a quarter of malware now communicates using TLS

February 18, 2020 admin dridex, IcedID, malware, SophosLabs Uncut, SSL, ssl inspection, tls, trickbot

Credit to Author: Luca Nagy| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 13:30:07 +0000

Encryption is one of the strongest weapons malware authors can leverage: They can use it to obfuscate their code, to prevent users (in the case of ransomware) from being able to access their files, and for securing their malicious network communication. As websites and apps more widely adopt TLS (Transport Layer Security) and communicate over […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/XXvUtjG7XVU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Malwarebytes Labs releases 2020 State of Malware Report

February 11, 2020 admin 2020 state of malware report, Adware, Android, Android malware, Data Privacy, emotet, hacktools, iOS, Mac, MacOS, ransomware, reports, ryuk, Sodinokibi, State of Malware, state of malware report, trickbot, trojans, web threats, windows

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 08:01:00 +0000

The 2020 State of Malware Report reveals how cybercriminals upped the ante on businesses, Mac threats outpaced PCs, and ransomware continued its targeted, deadly assault with new families in 2019. Learn all this and more in the full report, linked in our blog.

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