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Credit to Author: Hugh Aver| Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2022 21:53:16 +0000

Kaspersky experts have found a way to decrypt files encrypted by Yanluowang ransomware.

April 18, 2022 admin

Why you shouldn’t automate your VirusTotal uploads

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2022 15:33:35 +0000

Security teams use VirusTotal as a second opinion scanner, but it’s not advisable to upload documents to VirusTotal as that may result in a breach of confidence and exposure of confidential data.

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Security TrendMicro

April 18, 2022 admin

An Investigation of the BlackCat Ransomware via Trend Micro Vision One

Credit to Author: Lucas Silva| Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000

We recently investigated a case related to the BlackCat ransomware group using the Trend Micro Vision One™ platform, which comes with extended detection and response (XDR) capabilities. BlackCat (aka AlphaVM or AlphaV) is a ransomware family created in the Rust programming language and operated under a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) model.

Security TrendMicro

April 18, 2022 admin

Cyber Risk Index (2H’ 2021): An Assessment for Security Leaders

Credit to Author: Jon Clay| Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000

We take a look at our latest Cyber Risk Index (CRI) findings across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin/South America, to help security leaders better understand, communicate, and address their enterprise’s cyber risk.

MalwareBytes Security

April 18, 2022 admin

A week in security (April 11 – 17)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2022 11:27:24 +0000

The most important and interesting stories in security from the last 7 days

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Fortinet Security

April 17, 2022 admin

Trends in the Recent Emotet Maldoc Outbreak

FortiGuard Labs observed that a recent Emotet outbreak is being spread through a variety of malicious Microsoft Office files, or maldocs, attached to phishing emails. Read our blog to learn how the malware spreads, what the malicious documents look like, and how to avoid this scam.