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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2024 17:09:00 +0000

U.S. and U.K. authorities have seized the darknet websites run by LockBit, a prolific and destructive ransomware group that has claimed more than 2,000 victims worldwide and extorted over $120 million in payments. Instead of listing data stolen from ransomware victims who didn’t pay, LockBit’s victim shaming website now offers free recovery tools, as well as news about arrests and criminal charges involving LockBit affiliates.

MalwareBytes Security

February 28, 2024 admin

Raccoon Infostealer operator extradited to the United States

A Ukrainian national that is being accused of operating the Raccoon Infostealer in a Malware-as-a-Service has been extradited to the US.

MalwareBytes Security

February 28, 2024 admin

LockBit, the world’s worst ransomware, is down

LockBit’s position as ransomware’s biggest beast is suddenly in doubt.

Security TrendMicro

February 28, 2024 admin

Threat Actor Groups, Including Black Basta, are Exploiting Recent ScreenConnect Vulnerabilities

Credit to Author: Ian Kenefick| Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

This blog entry gives a detailed analysis of these recent ScreenConnect vulnerabilities. We also discuss our discovery of threat actor groups, including Black Basta and Bl00dy Ransomware gangs, that are actively exploiting CVE-2024-1708 and CVE-2024-1709 based on our telemetry.

MalwareBytes Security

February 28, 2024 admin

Why keeping track of user accounts is important

CISA has issued an advisory after the discovery of documents containing information about a state government organization’s network environment on a dark web brokerage site.

Security TrendMicro

February 28, 2024 admin

Earth Lusca Uses Geopolitical Lure to Target Taiwan Before Elections

Credit to Author: Cedric Pernet| Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

During our monitoring of Earth Lusca, we noticed a new campaign that used Chinese-Taiwanese relations as a social engineering lure to infect selected targets.

Microsoft Security

February 28, 2024 admin

Navigating NIS2 requirements with Microsoft Security solutions

Credit to Author: Herain Oberoi| Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2024 17:00:00 +0000

NIS2 is the most comprehensive European cybersecurity directive yet, covering 18 sectors and 160,000+ companies. The Zero Trust principles addressed by Microsoft Security solutions can help you protect your organization and meet NIS2 requirements.

The post Navigating NIS2 requirements with Microsoft Security solutions appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.

Security TrendMicro

February 28, 2024 admin

LockBit Attempts to Stay Afloat With a New Version

Credit to Author: Trend Micro Research| Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

This research is the result of our collaboration with the National Crime Agency in the United Kingdom, who took action against LockBit as part of Operation Cronos, an international effort resulting in the undermining of its operations.